EdOptions Preparatory Academy

EdOptions Preparatory Academy operates as a very small four-year high school in NOGALES, Arizona, part of Educational Options Foundation (90201). Current enrollment sits at 88 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 86% leaner than typical.

EdOptions Preparatory Academy is one of 2 schools operated by Educational Options Foundation (90201), a district that enrolls 553 students overall.

On the student-mix side, EdOptions Preparatory Academy lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting EdOptions Preparatory Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Santa Cruz County put median household earnings sit near $55,217, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Santa Cruz County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,432 students), EdOptions Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

Pierson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EdOptions Preparatory Academy.

The school occupies a small-town site. As a public charter, EdOptions Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EdOptions Preparatory Academy has shrank 28%, going from 123 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.