Best High Schools in Arizona

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arizona test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 270)	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)
040009701178	31	Northland Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3300 W. Sparrow Ave.	Flagstaff	86004	Coconino County	Northland Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 214-8776	641			5.9%	469 (73.2%)	7 (1.1%)	78 (12.2%)	21 (3.3%)	22 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (6.6%)		$00			$00			87.8	94.8	27	4
040082803199	32	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella	Public, Charter	9-12	3400 Dysart Rd	Avondale	85007	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 535-0754	412				138 (33.5%)	16 (3.9%)	209 (50.7%)	25 (6.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.3%)		$00			$00			87.1	82	69	37
040187002806	33	Perry High School	Public	8-12	1919 E Queen Creek Rd	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2800	2,822	141	20	11.9%	1,855 (65.7%)	101 (3.6%)	507 (18.0%)	218 (7.7%)	22 (0.8%)	4 (0.1%)	115 (4.1%)	$7,167	$473	$126	$1,072	$6,021	$547	$6,568	87	86.9	50	17
040010601892	34	AAEC - Paradise Valley	Public, Charter	9-12	3775 E Union Hills Dr	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 569-1101	316				230 (72.8%)	5 (1.6%)	53 (16.8%)	13 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)		$00			$00			86.9	87.1	48	14
040006503395	35	Benjamin Franklin High School	Public, Charter	7-12	18864 E Germann Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Queen Creek	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 558-1197	1,235				896 (72.6%)	31 (2.5%)	208 (16.8%)	33 (2.7%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	60 (4.9%)	$6,566	$427	$59	$913	$4,656	$1,424	$6,079	86.8	83.8	62	27
040065503096	36	Great Hearts Academies - Veritas Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	3102 N 56th St	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Veritas Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 263-1128	801				498 (62.2%)	20 (2.5%)	178 (22.2%)	44 (5.5%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)	53 (6.6%)		$00			$00			86.5	95.2	26	10
040187002250	37	Basha High School	Public	6-12	5990 S Val Vista Dr	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2100	2,814	135	20.8	11.0%	1,685 (59.9%)	133 (4.7%)	494 (17.6%)	308 (10.9%)	40 (1.4%)	9 (0.3%)	145 (5.2%)	$7,351	$585	$81	$1,250	$6,217	$468	$6,685	85.8	84.8	59	22
040775000636	38	Mountain Ridge High School	Public	7-12	22800 N 67th Ave	Glendale	85310	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-3000	2,771	111	25	10.0%	1,868 (67.4%)	59 (2.1%)	361 (13.0%)	339 (12.2%)	5 (0.2%)	11 (0.4%)	128 (4.6%)	$4,989	$2,247	$30	$4,523	$2,325	$387	$2,712	84.4	88	45	7
040834000680	39	Desert Vista High School	Public	9-12	16440 S 32nd St	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 706-7900	2,964	127	23.4	10.0%	1,546 (52.2%)	202 (6.8%)	742 (25.0%)	197 (6.6%)	59 (2.0%)	7 (0.2%)	211 (7.1%)	$6,366	$163	$374	$700	$5,423	$406	$5,829	83.6	94.1	28	11
040757000604	40	Desert Mountain High School	Public	9-12	12575 E. Via Linda	Scottsdale	85259	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-7000	1,880	87	21.5	7.9%	1,353 (72.0%)	60 (3.2%)	176 (9.4%)	218 (11.6%)	18 (1.0%)	6 (0.3%)	49 (2.6%)	$6,149	$11	$08	$30	$5,311	$819	$6,130	83.4	86.9	49	9

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AzSCI Science, AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Arizona Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.