Changemaker High School, Tucson AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Changemaker High School

Changemaker High School is a charter school in Tucson, Arizona, but it is not currently operating. School directory records list the school as inactive, and publicly reported information describes it as temporarily closed for the 2024–2025 school year. The district that runs the school, Institute for Transformative Education Inc., appears to have no other schools in operation. For a family looking at this school, that is the central fact: the school is not enrolling students right now.

What can be said about the school when it was open is limited by the data. The school served a middle school grade band, but no enrollment figures, student demographics, or counts of students receiving special education or English learner services are available. No state assessment results were reported, and no graduation rate exists because the school did not serve high school grades. The charter designation means it operated as a public school with its own governance, outside the traditional district system. No information on program offerings, discipline rates, or course access was recorded.

The school was located in Tucson, a major desert city and the second-largest in Arizona. Tucson blends a historic downtown core with the University of Arizona campus, residential neighborhoods spanning a wide geographic area, and commercial districts. The economy is anchored by the university, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, and technology and tourism industries. The university sits adjacent to downtown, connected by the Sun Link streetcar, and the city has seen ongoing downtown revitalization with new housing, restaurants, and mixed-use development. Outside the central core, Tucson is largely automobile-dependent, with suburban-style development spreading across a large footprint. The city is surrounded by mountain ranges and parks, including Saguaro National Park and Sabino Canyon.

For a family considering a move to this part of Tucson, the closure of Changemaker High School means they would need to look at other schools in the area. Tucson has many public school options through Tucson Unified School District and surrounding districts, as well as other charter schools. No comparative performance context could be generated because the school lacked the necessary data.

In short, Changemaker High School is a charter middle school that is not currently active. Any family interested in the school should confirm whether it has plans to reopen; as of the latest available information, it is not serving students.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

40-59%Cohort of 16 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

512 schools plotted. 33 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.