High school (grades 9-12) · Yuma, AZ

Educational Opportunity Center

Federal NCES profile for Educational Opportunity Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 40/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 040009501114Charter school
0/100100/10040/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
80
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Educational Opportunity Center earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#1 of 7
high schools in Yuma · Resource Index
40
Resource Index · Typical
87.9%
free-lunch eligible
101
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Educational Opportunity Center ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Yuma, AZ.

Enrollment

101

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

87.9%

vs 48.3% Arizona avg

+82% vs state

What stands out at Educational Opportunity Center

Educational Opportunity Center is a high-poverty, mid-sized charter high school in Yuma, Arizona, enrolling 101 students.

Economic need is high: 87.9% of students qualify for free meals, 82% above the Arizona average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.

Enrollment of 101 puts it in the smaller third of Arizona schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 92% of the 2,064 Arizona schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Against 35 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #6.

Its student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 29/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 101 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Its district draws 20.3% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 26 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 101 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Yuma Private Industry Council Inc. (4509) is a single-school charter district, so Educational Opportunity Center operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Educational Opportunity Center compares

Educational Opportunity Center on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 87.9% ▲ 82% 48.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 101 top 82% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

101
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
87.9%
free-lunch eligible - 82% above the Arizona average of 48.3%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$11,079
per pupil, district-wide - below Arizona avg of $13,145
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 101 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 26 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 25.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 83.2%
White 10.9%
African American 3.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 3.0%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 83.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 29.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 29.4, Educational Opportunity Center is less mixed than the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Yuma Private Industry Council Inc. (4509), which includes Educational Opportunity Center.

$11,079
Per student
-16%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
-33%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
State 79.7%
Federal 20.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Arizona, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Educational Opportunity Center's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Educational Opportunity Center

How many students attend Educational Opportunity Center?

Educational Opportunity Center has 101 students enrolled. It is a high school in Yuma, AZ.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Educational Opportunity Center?

87.9% of students at Educational Opportunity Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Arizona average of 48.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Educational Opportunity Center?

The largest demographic group at Educational Opportunity Center is Hispanic or Latino at 83.2% of enrollment, in Yuma, AZ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Educational Opportunity Center?

Educational Opportunity Center has a Resource Investment Index of 40/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Educational Opportunity Center rank among high schools in Yuma?

By Resource Investment Index, Educational Opportunity Center ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Yuma, AZ. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Yuma on the city page.

Is Educational Opportunity Center a good school?

Educational Opportunity Center earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Yuma Private Industry Council Inc. (4509)?

None; Yuma Private Industry Council Inc. (4509) is a single-school charter district, and Educational Opportunity Center is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.