High school (grades 9-12) · Casa Grande, AZ

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande

Federal NCES profile for Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 040062601886Charter school
0/100100/10045/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
95
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#1 of 7
high schools in Casa Grande · Resource Index
45
Resource Index · Typical
26
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Casa Grande, AZ.

Enrollment

26

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande is a small charter high school in Casa Grande, Arizona, enrolling 26 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Arizona schools, with 26 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 2,064 Arizona schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (62%) and African American (15%) (diversity index 57/100).

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

Counselor coverage is strong, about 26 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

The surrounding Pinnacle Education-Casa Grande Inc. (81011) spends $7,632 per pupil, 42% below the Arizona average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Pinnacle Education-Casa Grande Inc. (81011) is a single-school charter district, so Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande operates independently rather than alongside district-mates. At 26 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Arizona's single-school districts.

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 Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande compares

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 26 top 92% - -

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

26
Bigger than 3% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$7,632
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 26 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 7.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 11.5 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 61.5%
African American 15.4%
White 11.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 11.5%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 61.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 57.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 57.2, Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande is more mixed than the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Pinnacle Education-Casa Grande Inc. (81011), which includes Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande.

$7,632
Per student
-42%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
-54%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
State 100.0%

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 Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande'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 Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande

How many students attend Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande?

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande has 26 students enrolled. It is a high school in Casa Grande, AZ.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande?

The largest demographic group at Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande is Hispanic or Latino at 61.5% of enrollment, in Casa Grande, AZ. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 57.2/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande?

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (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 Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande rank among high schools in Casa Grande?

By Resource Investment Index, Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Casa Grande, 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 Casa Grande on the city page.

Is Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande a good school?

Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande earns 45/100 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 Pinnacle Education-Casa Grande Inc. (81011)?

None; Pinnacle Education-Casa Grande Inc. (81011) is a single-school charter district, and Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande 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.

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