Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies

Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies operates as a large high school in BUCKEYE, Arizona, overseen by The Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc. (90287). Current enrollment sits at 1,553 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 146% bigger than the state mean of about 631.

Within The Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc. (90287), which oversees 4 schools and 3,091 students, Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, 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%. Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Blue Horizons Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. As a public charter, Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,297 (now 1,553). White enrollment moved from 56% to 34% across the same window.

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