Hi-star Center For Children vs. ACCEL
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School Overview
Top Rankings
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ACCEL ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Arizona for:
Category
Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Overview
The Hi-Star Center for Children is a private special education day school, serving students with severe language/communication, learning and behavioral needs.
Hi-Star is an academically based program which incorporates language acquisition skills into the daily curriculum, along with a structured behavior management program.
Hi-Star works with students in Kindergarten through 12th grades. The elementary program consists of a series of five developmental, language-based academic classrooms, which serves children between the ages of 5 and 13.
These classrooms are designed to meet the individual needs of students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Classroom groupings are based on the student's overall academic, language, behavioral and social needs.
ACCEL serves individuals with special needs by providing "research-based" educational, behavioral, therapeutic, and vocational programs empowering all to live, work, and play successfully in the community.
ACCEL has campuses and satellite programs in Tempe, Phoenix and Buckeye.
Grades Offered
UG-UG
K-12
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
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No
Learning Difference Programs
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Yes
Learning Programs Supported
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all
Year Founded
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1980
Students Body
Total Students
45 students
175 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
40%
57%
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
6 teachers
22 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
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95%
Average Class Size
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9
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:8
1:8
Classroom Dress Code
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Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Notes
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varies depending upon special education category of eligibility
Admissions Director
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Michelle Rouse
Admissions Associate
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Jessie Bustamante