Tempe High School

Summary:

Tempe High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Tempe, Arizona, which is part of the Tempe Union High School District. With a diverse student population, Tempe High School faces several challenges, including lower academic performance, declining graduation rates, and a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds compared to the district and state averages.

Tempe High School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 27% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 54% for the district and 38% for the state. Similarly, only 22% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 40% for the district and 30% for the state. The school's four-year graduation rate has also been declining, from 84.5% in 2019-2020 to 83.2% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the district average of 88.5%.

Interestingly, Tempe High School's performance for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Special Education students, is relatively strong compared to the state. However, the school's academic performance and other key metrics are generally lower than those of nearby schools, such as McClintock High School. These findings suggest that Tempe High School may benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the academic and socioeconomic needs of its diverse student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1730 S Mill Ave
       Tempe, AZ  85281-6600


(480) 967-1661

District: Tempe Union High School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
189th of 259 Arizona High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,594 Help


Feeder schools for Tempe High School:

Elementary:    Arredondo Elementary School
    Broadmor Elementary School
    Carminati School
    Holdeman Elementary School
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Middle:    Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.8 Help
Number of students:  1,584

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.5%
African American:
12.1%
White:
6.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  50.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Tempe High School ranks worse than 73% of high schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 7 ranked high schools in the Tempe Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.27. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Tempe High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (71.5%), African American (12.1%), White (6.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 50.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Tempe Union High School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tempe High School is 19.8, which is the 2nd best among 7 high schools in the Tempe Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tempe High School is $8,594, which is the 2nd highest among 7 high schools in the Tempe Union High School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tempe High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Tempe High School 189th of 259 Arizona public high schools. (See Tempe High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Tempe Union High School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tempe Union High School District 142nd of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Tempe High School

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Rank History for all students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 51.40 203rd 395 48.6%
2010 55.85 189th 403 53.1%
2011 46.60 214th 397 46.1%
2012 67.70 154th 471 67.3%
2013 69.11 160th 491 67.4%
2014 69.48 132nd 394 66.5%
2015 24.81 202nd 261 22.6%
2016 28.36 250th 406 38.4%
2017 28.67 255th 416 38.7%
2018 28.77 253rd 420 39.8%
2019 13.70 256th 285 10.2%
2021 38.85 261st 509 48.7%
2022 23.78 320th 464 31.0%
2023 41.46 236th 469 49.7%
2024 24.27 189th 259 27.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.41 252nd 374 32.6%
2022 25.53 202nd 282 28.4%
2023 43.63 115th 199 42.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.72 38th 45 15.6%
2021 52.23 22nd 312 92.9%
2022 48.74 38th 258 85.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.13 134th 155 13.5%
2021 49.58 145th 422 65.6%
2022 35.94 184th 380 51.6%
2023 23.43 147th 172 14.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 25.09 127th 168 24.4%
2023 45.07 173rd 347 50.1%
2024 33.92 111th 168 33.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.68 4th 26 84.6%
2021 53.35 50th 168 70.2%
2022 26.98 146th 150 2.7%
2023 21.00 53rd 60 11.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.54 255th 354 28.0%
2019 11.49 236th 247 4.5%
2021 36.81 274th 492 44.3%
2022 23.24 321st 456 29.6%
2023 37.71 231st 406 43.1%
2024 24.93 141st 193 26.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.45 248th 370 33.0%
2019 14.26 218th 238 8.4%
2021 40.25 253rd 492 48.6%
2022 21.53 331st 455 27.3%
2023 41.10 228th 429 46.9%
2024 15.45 173rd 207 16.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.00 172nd 231 25.5%
2022 49.89 116th 238 51.3%
2023 4.85 143rd 146 2.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.87 87th 122 28.7%
2021 42.08 149th 306 51.3%
2022 44.32 134th 301 55.5%
2023 22.20 163rd 201 18.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.21 189th 311 39.2%
2019 16.08 170th 183 7.1%
2021 43.41 226th 479 52.8%
2022 25.66 306th 441 30.6%
2023 48.38 169th 379 55.4%
2024 30.08 112th 164 31.7%
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Rank History for Native American students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.05 31st 68 54.4%
2021 30.29 115th 256 55.1%
2022 25.05 150th 255 41.2%
2023 40.15 64th 128 50.0%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 27.21 41st 94 56.4%
2022 20.13 80th 129 38.0%
2023 93.87 1st 41 97.6%
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Rank History for White students at Tempe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.54 180th 291 38.1%
2021 70.17 110th 448 75.4%
2022 62.28 117th 409 71.4%
2023 44.53 205th 371 44.7%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Tempe High School Test Scores
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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Tempe High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 666 125 36 100 14 n/a n/a 852 1793
1989 652 121 27 116 12 n/a n/a 787 1715
1990 1162 285 34 327 34 n/a n/a -260 1582
1991 1005 242 45 364 46 n/a n/a -106 1596
1992 791 219 39 305 43 n/a n/a -1 1396
1993 811 138 52 286 50 n/a n/a 0 1337
1994 767 185 46 292 55 n/a n/a 0 1345
1995 690 183 40 308 52 n/a n/a 0 1273
1996 690 183 40 308 52 n/a n/a 0 1273
1997 706 194 46 362 51 n/a n/a 0 1359
1998 724 203 62 443 49 n/a n/a 0 1481
1999 612 213 69 420 33 n/a n/a 0 1347
2000 603 174 81 471 53 n/a n/a 0 1382
2001 589 181 82 516 72 n/a n/a 0 1440
2002 472 216 64 560 64 n/a n/a 0 1376
2003 472 216 64 560 64 n/a n/a 0 1376
2004 414 212 71 609 57 n/a n/a 0 1363
2005 340 234 67 622 59 n/a n/a 0 1322
2006 309 245 71 667 73 n/a n/a 0 1365
2007 244 225 77 705 89 n/a n/a 0 1340
2008 228 221 49 688 73 n/a n/a 0 1259
2009 211 256 51 721 61 n/a n/a 0 1300
2010 223 267 44 808 65 n/a n/a 0 1407
2011 219 237 43 868 57 6 6 0 1436
2012 183 228 41 883 59 10 13 0 1417
2013 157 190 36 914 48 11 24 0 1380
2014 164 172 33 999 56 14 26 0 1464
2015 168 197 30 1051 66 14 24 0 1550
2016 158 224 25 1155 62 16 28 0 1668
2017 138 201 25 1086 78 31 24 0 1583
2018 147 212 31 1205 65 34 31 0 1725
2019 127 203 32 1150 74 38 28 0 1652
2020 126 175 30 1147 52 45 46 0 1621
2021 107 161 25 1067 56 40 41 0 1497
2022 104 185 23 1115 58 35 41 0 1561
2023 110 191 17 1133 58 32 43 0 1584

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tempe High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1793 88.5 20.2 n/a
1989 1715 90.3 18.9 n/a
1990 1582 84.8 18.6 n/a
1991 1596 81.2 19.6 n/a
1992 1396 73.5 18.9 n/a
1993 1337 69.3 19.3 n/a
1994 1345 72.2 18.6 n/a
1995 1273 75.2 16.9 n/a
1996 1273 75.2 16.9 n/a
1997 1359 73.4 18.5 n/a
1998 1481 79.8 18.6 n/a
1999 1347 80.0 16.8 n/a
2000 1382 78.0 17.7 n/a
2001 1440 72.8 19.8 n/a
2002 1376 74.3 18.5 n/a
2003 1376 74.3 18.5 n/a
2004 1363 79.8 17.1 9.8
2005 1322 79.6 16.6 n/a
2006 1365 83.2 16.4 n/a
2007 1340 78.7 17.0 0.4
2008 1259 75.2 16.7 35.1
2009 1300 76.1 17.1 40.5
2010 1407 74.7 18.8 48.3
2011 1436 82.7 17.3 63.4
2012 1417 78.7 18.0 41.1
2013 1380 78.1 17.6 52.9
2014 1464 78.0 18.7 n/a
2015 1550 78.0 19.8 1
2016 1668 81.0 20.5 1.6
2017 1583 82.2 19.2 n/a
2018 1725 82.9 20.8 64.9
2019 1652 83.8 19.7 55
2020 1621 81.1 19.9 45
2021 1497 75.6 19.7 n/a
2022 1561 77.0 20.2 26.3
2023 1584 79.6 19.8 50.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Tempe High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1793 88.5 20.2 n/a
1989 1715 90.3 18.9 n/a
1990 1582 84.8 18.6 n/a
1991 1596 81.2 19.6 n/a
1992 1396 73.5 18.9 n/a
1993 1337 69.3 19.3 n/a
1994 1345 72.2 18.6 n/a
1995 1273 75.2 16.9 n/a
1996 1273 75.2 16.9 n/a
1997 1359 73.4 18.5 n/a
1998 1481 79.8 18.6 n/a
1999 1347 80.0 16.8 n/a
2000 1382 78.0 17.7 n/a
2001 1440 72.8 19.8 n/a
2002 1376 74.3 18.5 n/a
2003 1376 74.3 18.5 n/a
2004 1363 79.8 17.1 9.8
2005 1322 79.6 16.6 n/a
2006 1365 83.2 16.4 n/a
2007 1340 78.7 17.0 0.4
2008 1259 75.2 16.7 35.1
2009 1300 76.1 17.1 40.5
2010 1407 74.7 18.8 48.3
2011 1436 82.7 17.3 63.4
2012 1417 78.7 18.0 41.1
2013 1380 78.1 17.6 52.9
2014 1464 78.0 18.7 n/a
2015 1550 78.0 19.8 1
2016 1668 81.0 20.5 1.6
2017 1583 82.2 19.2 n/a
2018 1725 82.9 20.8 64.9
2019 1652 83.8 19.7 55
2020 1621 81.1 19.9 45
2021 1497 75.6 19.7 n/a
2022 1561 77.0 20.2 26.3
2023 1584 79.6 19.8 50.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Tempe High School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $496 (5.4%) $78 (0.9%) $1,070 (11.7%) $7,268 (79.2%) $1,329 (14.5%) $8,597 (93.7%) $9,171
2020 $454 (5.9%) $232 (3.0%) $1,141 (14.7%) $6,122 (78.9%) $948 (12.2%) $7,071 (91.1%) $7,758
2021 $491 (6.0%) $120 (1.5%) $1,102 (13.4%) $6,615 (80.6%) $982 (12.0%) $7,597 (92.6%) $8,208
2022 $465 (5.4%) $405 (4.7%) $1,334 (15.5%) $7,077 (82.3%) $648 (7.5%) $7,724 (89.9%) $8,594

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Tempe High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 256th of 285 High schoolsRanks 236th of 469 High schools
 39.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16521584
 4.1%
African American203191
 5.9%
American Indian7458
 21.6%
Asian3217
 46.9%
Hispanic11501133
 1.5%
Pacific Islander3832
 15.8%
White127110
 13.4%
Two or More Races2843
 53.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55%50.9%
 4.1%


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Students at Tempe High School are 72% Hispanic, 12% African American, 7% White, 4% American Indian, 3% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% Asian.

Tempe High School ranks 189th of 259 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,584 students attended Tempe High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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