Summary:
Maricopa Unified School District has one high school, Maricopa High School, serving grades 6-12. The school has a diverse student population, with 42.23% Hispanic, 30.35% White, 14.08% African American, 5.21% Native American, 2.19% Asian, and 5.35% two or more races. However, Maricopa High School's academic performance, as measured by 11th-grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, is consistently below the state averages.
In the 2023-2024 school year, Maricopa High School ranked 169 out of 259 Arizona high schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 11th-grade proficiency rates were 33% in English Language Arts and 25% in Mathematics, both below the state averages of 38% and 30%, respectively. Similarly, in the 2022-2023 school year, the school's 11th-grade proficiency rates were 34% in English Language Arts and 23% in Mathematics, again below the state averages of 40% and 32%.
Maricopa High School also faces challenges in other areas, such as a relatively high dropout rate of 6.5% and a four-year graduation rate of 74.3% in the 2022-2023 school year. Additionally, 45.93% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic need in the community. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $8,773, and the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.4 for the 2022-2023 school year.
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