Mission Heights Preparatory High School is a public charter high school serving 451 students in grades 9-12 in Casa Grande, Arizona. The school is part of the Kaizen Education Foundation district, which is ranked 113 out of 288 districts in the state.
Mission Heights Preparatory High School consistently outperforms the Kaizen Education Foundation district and the state of Arizona in academic proficiency. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 54% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in AASA/English Language Arts, compared to 36% for the district and 38% for the state. The school also has higher proficiency rates in AASA/Mathematics and on standardized tests like ACT. Mission Heights Preparatory High School has maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 82.4% to 88.5% over the past five years, and relatively low dropout rates.
While Mission Heights Preparatory High School faces competition from nearby charter schools like ASU Preparatory Academy - Casa Grande High School, which has higher statewide rankings and academic proficiency rates, it performs significantly better than some other nearby schools, such as Leona Connected High School and Villa Oasis Interscholastic Center For Education, which have much lower graduation rates, higher dropout rates, and lower academic proficiency levels.
Mission Heights Preparatory High School ranks 98th of 270 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.
Students at Mission Heights Preparatory High School are 47% Hispanic, 41% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.
In the 2023-24 school year, 492 students attended Mission Heights Preparatory High School.
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