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Great Hearts Academies is a non-profit charter school management organization dedicated to improving public education in the Phoenix metropolitan area by developing a network of excelling preparatory academies (grades 6 to 12).
Great Hearts member schools--Veritas Preparatory Academy, Chandler Preparatory Academy, and Mesa Preparatory Academy—and its founding sister school, Tempe Preparatory Academy, are substantially outperforming other public schools and proving that schools can do a superb job of educating students if they are smaller, more efficient, and set higher expectations for all students through a core, liberal arts curriculum.
Great Hearts plans to open many more liberal arts academies in Metro Phoenix in the next decade. Scottsdale Preparatory Academy and Glendale Preparatory Academy will open in Fall 2008. An Academy that will serve an economically disadvantaged community in the Phoenix Metro Core is planned for 2009.
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Great Hearts vs. Elite Private Schools and Local Public District Schools
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Great Hearts
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Elite Phoenix Prep Schools *
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Nearby Public District Schools **
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Average School Enrollment (Full Growth)
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350-450
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889
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2346
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Admissions Requirements?
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None
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Yes
Academic Testing, Letters of Reference, Academic Record, Application Fee
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Yes
Attendance Boundary Regulations
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Average Total Tuition for 6 Year Curriculum
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$0
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$78,673
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$0
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Credits Required for Graduation (not including religion classes at private schools)
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24.5
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23
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20
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Average SAT Scores (Reading + Math)
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1270
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1211
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1012
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Percent of Students who Attend 4 Year Colleges
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90%
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99%
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34%
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Percent of Seniors who are National Merit Finalists
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12.5%
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5.3%
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0.3%
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Percent of Faculty with Doctorates
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9%
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5%
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1.4%
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Average Terra Nova National Percentile
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87th
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n/a
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52nd
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Average Number of Discipline Incidents per school per year that required the intervention of local, state, or federal authorities
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<1
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No Data
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41
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* Brophy College Prep, Xavier College Prep, Notre Dame College Prep, and Phoenix Country Day School.
**The eight district high schools closest to the existing four academies: Shadow Mountain High, Camelback High, Hamilton High, Chandler High, Red Mountain, Mesa High, Tempe High, and McClintock High.
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