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West-MEC - Central Campus

GLENDALE · AZ · West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923) · Public

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How West-MEC - Central Campus compares for families

What families should know about West-MEC - Central Campus.

  • LocallyAZ sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Start Campus, Arizona Insight Academy, Raymond S. Kellis and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
63.0%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
17
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +39.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 27 students:

2025
38
2027
73
2029
141

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Start Campus
GLENDALE
Public 1.9
Arizona Insight Academy
GLENDALE
Public · charter 2.0 801 -15.1%
Raymond S. Kellis
GLENDALE
Public 2.4 1,691 -6.2%
West-MEC - Raymond S. Kellis
GLENDALE
Public 2.4 3
West-MEC - Copper Canyon High School
GLENDALE
Public 2.7 1
Copper Canyon High School
GLENDALE
Public 2.7 2,182 -0.6%
Westland School Brighton Campus
GLENDALE
Public · charter 3.0 76 -16.5%
Arizona Preparatory Academy
Phoenix
Public · charter 3.0 233 -84.5%

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