Original Research by School Decision on Pace Preparatory Academy Inc. (79068)
PACE Preparatory Academy Inc. is a small charter district in Prescott Valley, Arizona, operating a single high school serving grades nine through twelve. The student body is modest in size and draws from the surrounding area; the majority of students are white, with a substantial Hispanic population and small shares of Native American, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Information on economic disadvantage, disability status, and English learner identification was not available, so a family would need to ask the school for that picture.
State testing results and a four-year graduation rate are both missing from the public data. For a high school, those are core indicators of academic outcomes, and their absence is a significant gap. A parent considering this school should request information directly—what proficiency rates look like, how many students graduate, and what pathways lead to a diploma.
Chronic absenteeism is reported, and the rate stands out sharply. A very large share of students miss substantial amounts of school, placing the district among the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Yavapai County. That pattern is a clear caution for families; it affects classroom momentum, course completion, and the overall learning environment.
On the resource side, per-pupil spending lands in the upper half of Yavapai County’s districts, neither at the floor nor the ceiling. That suggests the school has a roughly average level of funding relative to its peers.
Beyond these few data points, there is little publicly available. No information on course offerings, staffing ratios, discipline, or college and career programs was found. The district brief turned up no evidence of a recent curriculum overhaul, property-tax shift, referendum, or other major policy change.
What emerges is a district that remains largely opaque from a distance. Families who want to understand the academic experience, the support for students who are falling behind, and the school’s own measures of success will need to go directly to the school and ask. The name “Preparatory Academy” suggests a college-preparatory orientation, but without test scores, graduation rates, or a program listing, that label cannot be independently confirmed. The high chronic absenteeism is the one clear signal in the record, and it is a significant one to weigh.
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