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Skyline Prep High School

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

Summary

Skyline Prep High School is a public charter high school in Phoenix, Arizona, serving around 200 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Tempe Union High School District, which is ranked 465 out of 540 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Skyline Prep faces significant challenges, with a student population that is 40.5% African American, 40% Hispanic, and only 9% White. Academically, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Arizona high schools, with test scores well below state and district averages. Its 4-year graduation rate has declined sharply, from 93.9% in 2017-2018 to just 60.5% in 2021-2022, and its dropout rate has increased from 1.8% to 5.0% over the same period. Skyline Prep serves a high-needs population, with 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than nearby schools like Mountain Pointe High School and Tapbi.

Despite spending significantly more per student ($20,398 in 2021-2022) than nearby schools, Skyline Prep's academic performance and student outcomes continue to decline. This suggests the need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach that focuses on equity, instructional quality, and student support services. By learning from the successes of higher-performing schools in the area, such as Hope College and Career Readiness Academy and Paideia Liberal Arts Academy, Skyline Prep can develop strategies to better serve its diverse student population and improve overall educational outcomes.

167

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,398

Per pupil spending ?

80%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7500 N 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85042

(602) 343-4980

District: Skyline Schools Inc.

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.9%

African American:

39.5%

Two or more races:

7.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 6th percentile in 2012 → 16th in 2023

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 16th (2023) from a 6th-percentile low (2012)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (9% vs 31% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the Arizona average (72% vs 78%)

!Mathematics scores 26 pts below the Arizona average

Students meeting standards (2022-2023) ?

This school9%

District avg9%

Arizona avg31%

Not ranked this year

Skyline Prep High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	17.6	396 of 469	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	336 of 464	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.9	331 of 509	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	13.7	377 of 420	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.7	391 of 416	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	14.1	362 of 406	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	46.1	228 of 394	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	63.7	192 of 491	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2012	9.7	444 of 471	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	68.7	134 of 397	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	30.3	283 of 403	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	49.5	208 of 395	47.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	14.0	189 of 201	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	188 of 301	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.0	202 of 306	34.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	114 of 122	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	17.9	198 of 238	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.7	164 of 231	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	41.7	53 of 258	79.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.6	29 of 312	90.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	17.6	345 of 406	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	376 of 456	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.4	397 of 492	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.6	334 of 354	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	33.4	248 of 441	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.4	286 of 479	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	13.2	289 of 311	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	12.6	331 of 347	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	13.1	394 of 429	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	292 of 455	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.2	274 of 492	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	13.6	339 of 370	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	10.1	234 of 282	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	51.0	165 of 374	55.9%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	47.6	51 of 128	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.3	115 of 256	55.1%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	32.4	192 of 380	49.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.9	212 of 422	49.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	15.4	315 of 371	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.2	261 of 448	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2022)79th percentile+52 vs school

Native American (2023)60th percentile+45 vs school

Special Education (2022)49th percentile+22 vs school

Hispanic (2022)44th percentile+16 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)17th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2022)17th percentile-11 vs school

White (2023)15th percentile~ school

Female (2023)15th percentile~ school

Male (2023)8th percentile-7 vs school

African American (2023)6th percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)5th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2022-2023) ?

English Language Arts16%-24 vs state

Mathematics6%-26 vs state

Science4%-18 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, June 20, 2013

DO NOT send your child to this school. My son had 5 teachers for one class in the first quarter. When I went for conferences I noticed that there were no books on the shelf and no computers for them to use. I was promised by the enrollment staff that this was an A+ school, but the Dept of Ed website says it is not. I pulled my child and sent him to another prep charter. I have also been informed that the entire high schools staff resigned over mistreatment and lack of resources. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)			AASA Mathematics (2025)	AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Skyline Prep High School	Public, Charter	9-12	7500 N 40th Street	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Skyline Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 343-4980	167	13	12.8		10 (6.0%)	66 (39.5%)	75 (44.9%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.2%)								(n/a)							$20,398	$1,932	$6,890	$10,754	$3,360	$8,216	$11,576
Pinnacle High School - Tempe	Public, Charter	9-12	2224 W Southern Ave Ste 2	Tempe	85282	Maricopa County	Pinnacle Education-Tempe Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 414-0950	10	18	.5		2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)								$00			$00
Pinnacle Online High School	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	2224 W Southern Ave Ste 1	Tempe	85282	Maricopa County	Pinnacle Education-Tempe Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 755-8222	239	17	14.0		30 (12.6%)	18 (7.5%)	182 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.3%)								(n/a)								$00			$00
AAEC - SMCC Campus	Public, Charter	9-12	2002 E Baseline Rd	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 323-9890	426	20	21.3		16 (3.8%)	22 (5.2%)	379 (89.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	48.4	119^th of 271 public high schools	56.1%		30.6	177^th of 270 public high schools	34.4%	58			63.0	23.0		21.0		$00			$00
Tapbi	Public, Virtual	9-12	500 W Guadalupe Rd	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 839-0292	175	10	17.5		49 (28.0%)	28 (16.0%)	71 (40.6%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (9.1%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.6%)	42.9	135^th of 271 public high schools	50.2%		42.1	137^th of 270 public high schools	49.3%	2			43.0	31.0		23.0	$7,607	$00			$7,591	$16	$7,607
Hope College and Career Readiness Academy	Public	9-12	6401 S 16th St	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Maricopa County Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 875-5265	0	4	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)								$00			$00
Compadre High School	Public	9-12	500 W Guadalupe Rd	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 752-3560	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
EVIT - Compadre High School	Public	9-12	500 W Guadalupe Rd	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 461-4000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Paideia Liberal Arts Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	1535 E Baseline Rd	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	The Paideia Academies Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 343-3043	266	21	12.6		29 (10.9%)	41 (15.4%)	183 (68.8%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)								(n/a)	39.0	35.0			21.0			$00			$00
Mountain Pointe High School	Public	9-12	4201 E Knox Rd	Phoenix	85044	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 759-8449	1,570	78	20.1		246 (15.7%)	474 (30.2%)	614 (39.1%)	25 (1.6%)	88 (5.6%)	7 (0.4%)	116 (7.4%)	43.6	132^nd of 271 public high schools	51.3%		39.7	145^th of 270 public high schools	46.3%	13			42.0	33.0		23.0	$8,024	$264	$374	$902	$6,881	$506	$7,386

Frequently Asked Questions about Skyline Prep High School

How many students attend Skyline Prep High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 167 students attended Skyline Prep High School.

What district is Skyline Prep High School in?

Skyline Schools Inc.

What is the racial makeup of Skyline Prep High School?

Students at Skyline Prep High School are 45% Hispanic, 40% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% White, 2% American Indian.

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