Best High Schools in Arizona

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 259)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
040885001955	90	Vail Academy & High School	Public, Alternative	K-12	7762 E Science Park Dr	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1900	554	35	15.6	26.7%	229 (41.3%)	30 (5.4%)	236 (42.6%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.6%)	$6,172	$21	$01	$44	$5,894	$256	$6,150	61.9	64.9	137	47
040625001500	92	Centennial High School	Public	7-12	14388 N 79th Ave	Peoria	85381	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-4400	2,007	89	22.6	30.9%	920 (45.8%)	118 (5.9%)	764 (38.1%)	69 (3.4%)	25 (1.2%)	6 (0.3%)	105 (5.2%)	$6,645	$74	$183	$331	$5,398	$991	$6,389	61.8	71.6	113	21
040094703526	93	ASU Preparatory Academy - Casa Grande High School	Public, Charter	7-12	2612 W Gila Bend Hwy	Casa Grande	85193	Pinal County	ASU Preparatory Academy - Casa Grande	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 374-4200	224				71 (31.7%)	20 (8.9%)	108 (48.2%)	12 (5.4%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)		$00			$00			61.7	72.6	111	18
040077802902	94	Paragon Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2975 W Linda Ln	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Daisy Education Corporation dba Paragon Science Ac	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 814-1600	548			37.8%	197 (35.9%)	151 (27.6%)	44 (8.0%)	133 (24.3%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)		$00			$00			61.5	90.6	38	56
040020201959	95	Academy of Tucson High School	Public, Charter	9-12	10720 E 22nd St	Tucson	85748	Pima County	Academy of Tucson Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 733-0096	166			36.1%	76 (45.8%)	11 (6.6%)	54 (32.5%)	4 (2.4%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	18 (10.8%)		$00			$00			61.1	68.9	123	28
040808001049	96	St Johns High School	Public	9-12	360 Redskin Drive	Saint Johns	85936	Apache County	St Johns Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 337-2221	317	19	16.3	35.6%	197 (62.1%)	6 (1.9%)	80 (25.2%)	2 (0.6%)	28 (8.8%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	$9,191	$332	$158	$822	$6,851	$1,849	$8,701	60.7	76.7	88	8
040082303296	97	Mission Heights Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1376 E Cottonwood Ln	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Kaizen Education Foundation dba Mission Heights Pr	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-9383	451			55.7%	189 (41.9%)	16 (3.5%)	203 (45.0%)	10 (2.2%)	11 (2.4%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.2%)	$10,251	$889	$782	$2,561	$4,490	$4,091	$8,580	60.6	60.8	153	56
040014903386	98	Glenview College Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4386 W Bethany Home Rd	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 841-1221	523			86.8%	18 (3.4%)	25 (4.8%)	457 (87.4%)	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.1%)	$9,507	$1,129	$743	$3,001	$3,179	$4,457	$7,635	60.4	63.1	142	44
040497000406	99	Mountain View High School	Public	9-12	2700 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-6900	3,372	161	20.9	29.0%	1,971 (58.5%)	99 (2.9%)	1,004 (29.8%)	36 (1.1%)	152 (4.5%)	25 (0.7%)	85 (2.5%)	$6,419	$184	$20	$387	$5,621	$595	$6,215	60	74.1	102	3
040497001832	100	Mesa Distance Learning Program	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1025 N Country Club Dr	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 308-6015	107	43	2.4		59 (55.1%)	5 (4.7%)	37 (34.6%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)		$00			$00			58.9	78	84	16

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