High school (grades 9-12) · Buckeye, AZ

Skyview High School

Federal NCES profile for Skyview High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 040038801736Charter school
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Skyview High School earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#3 of 6
high schools in Buckeye · Resource Index
20
Resource Index · Lower
62.9%
free-lunch eligible
148
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Skyview High School ranks #3 of 6 high schools in Buckeye, AZ.

Enrollment

148

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

62.9%

vs 48.3% Arizona avg

+30% vs state

What stands out at Skyview High School

Skyview High School is a higher-need, mid-sized charter high school in Buckeye, Arizona, enrolling 148 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 62.9% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 148 puts it in the smaller third of Arizona schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,064 scored Arizona schools.

Against 84 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #41.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (76%) and White (12%) (diversity index 40/100).

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

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

Among Buckeye's high schools, it stands alongside Thrivepoint High School at Buckeye (141 students): Skyview High School is larger than that campus by headcount.

Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Skyview High Schoo (79880) is a single-school charter district, so Skyview High School 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 Skyview High School compares

Skyview High School on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 62.9% ▲ 30% 48.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 148 top 76% - -

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

148
Bigger than 14% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
62.9%
free-lunch eligible - 30% above the Arizona average of 48.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$12,067
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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.1 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 76.4%
White 12.2%
African American 5.4%
Two or More 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.0%
Asian 0.7%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 76.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 39.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 39.7, Skyview High School is less mixed than the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Skyview High Schoo (79880), which includes Skyview High School.

$12,067
Per student
-8%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
-27%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 1.1%
State 78.5%
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 in Buckeye

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

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 Skyview High School'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 Skyview High School

How many students attend Skyview High School?

Skyview High School has 148 students enrolled. It is a high school in Buckeye, AZ.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Skyview High School?

62.9% of students at Skyview High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Arizona average of 48.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Skyview High School?

The largest demographic group at Skyview High School is Hispanic or Latino at 76.4% of enrollment, in Buckeye, AZ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Skyview High School?

Skyview High School has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Skyview High School rank among high schools in Buckeye?

By Resource Investment Index, Skyview High School ranks #3 of 6 high schools in Buckeye, 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 Buckeye on the city page.

Is Skyview High School a good school?

Skyview High School earns 20/100 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 Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Skyview High Schoo (79880)?

None; Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Skyview High Schoo (79880) is a single-school charter district, and Skyview High School 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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