Summary:
ZIP code 85015 has three high schools enrolling 2,400 students: Metro Technical High School serves grades 9–12, Empower College Prep High School serves grades 7–12, and Linda Abril Educational Academy serves grades 10–12. The sharpest concern in the reported outcomes is Linda Abril’s 2024–25 graduation rate: 34%, compared with 78% for the Phoenix Union High School District and 80% statewide—gaps of 44 and 46 percentage points, respectively.
Metro Technical stands out for published test results: its all-grades ELA proficiency was 33%, 15 points above its district but 8 below the state; math was 25%, 11 points above the district and 8 below the state. Its grade 11 results were also above district figures, while remaining 5 points below the state in ELA and 6 below in math. Linda Abril is the clearest concern on both graduation and dropout: its dropout rate was 16%, versus 4% in its district and 5% statewide—12 and 11 points higher. Empower had a more favorable reported dropout rate of 3%, 2 points below the state.
SchoolDigger’s school ranking histories show different directions: Metro Technical rose from the 29th to the 43rd percentile between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while Empower fell from the 51st to the 18th percentile across its listed years; Linda Abril moved from the 7th to the 13th percentile. Student–teacher ratios range from 15.2 at Empower to 18.7 at Metro, with Linda Abril at 17.5. These rankings are not test-score trends, and suppressed proficiency results for Empower and Linda Abril, along with the lack of earlier comparable test results, mean the schools’ academic performance cannot be reliably compared over time or across all three schools.
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