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Agua Fria Union High School District

1481 N. Eliseo Felix Jr. Way, Avondale, AZ 85323

7,618 Students | 372 Teachers | 4 Schools

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

1.8x

White students are 1.8 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

White students are 1.4 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 1.7 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

students of Two or More Races are 1.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

3.3x

Native American or Alaska Native students are 3.3 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Black students are 2.5 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 1.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

64% Nonwhite Students

19% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

89% High School Graduation Rate

26% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

2,009 students

3% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

266 students

22% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

1,663 students

5% Students Enrolled in Physics

361 students

27% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

2,085 students

29% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

2,191 students

29% Students Enrolled in Biology

2,191 students

22% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

1,708 students

5% Students Enrolled in Calculus

382 students

0% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

Teachers & Resources

20.5 Students for Every Teacher

17% Inexperienced Teachers

22% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

15 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.3 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

4 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

3 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

4 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

1 School With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

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Students

436 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

6% of all students in this district

790 Total In-School Suspended Students

10% of all students in this district

2 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

826 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

5.8Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

69 Total Arrests

17 Average Arrests, per School

115 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

28 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

3 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Phillip Nowlin
(623) 932-9323
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Phillip Nowlin
(623) 932-9323
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Patrick Becker
(623) 932-7150
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Agua Fria High School	Avondale	80%	25%	86%	0 Not available	2.1x
Desert Edge High School	Goodyear	71%	29%	89%	1.5x	3.5x
Millennium High School	Goodyear	58%	11%	89%	1.7x	2.1x
Verrado High School	Buckeye	49%	14%	91%	2x	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Agua Fria High School	Avondale	80%	25%	86%	1.4x	0 Not available
Desert Edge High School	Goodyear	71%	29%	89%	1.2x	0 Not available
Millennium High School	Goodyear	58%	11%	89%	1.3x	0 Not available
Verrado High School	Buckeye	49%	14%	91%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Agua Fria High School	Avondale	80%	25%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Desert Edge High School	Goodyear	71%	29%	89%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Millennium High School	Goodyear	58%	11%	89%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Verrado High School	Buckeye	49%	14%	91%	.5Less likely	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Agua Fria High School	Avondale	80%	25%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Desert Edge High School	Goodyear	71%	29%	89%	0 Not available	3.4x
Millennium High School	Goodyear	58%	11%	89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Verrado High School	Buckeye	49%	14%	91%	0 Not available	8.9x

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Agua Fria High School	Avondale	80%	25%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Desert Edge High School	Goodyear	71%	29%	89%	0 Not available	3.3x
Millennium High School	Goodyear	58%	11%	89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Verrado High School	Buckeye	49%	14%	91%	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →