ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School

ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School is a tight-knit high school in Mesa, Arizona, part of ASU Preparatory Academy (91305). The school hosts 489 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 631.

ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School sits inside ASU Preparatory Academy (91305), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 35% White, 8% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Maricopa County shows median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School is one.

The closest other public school is ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School's enrollment has expanded 84% since 2018, when it stood at 266 (now 489). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 35% over that span.

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