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)
040045000001	221	Agua Fria High School	Public	9-12	530 E Riley Dr	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Agua Fria Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 932-7300	1,652	92	17.8	61.9%	201 (12.2%)	177 (10.7%)	1,184 (71.7%)	31 (1.9%)	14 (0.8%)	6 (0.4%)	39 (2.4%)	$9,000	$430	$48	$907	$7,322	$1,200	$8,522	16.9	36.4	263	42
040174002909	221	Vista Grande High School	Public	9-12	1556 N Arizola Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 876-9400	1,790	81	21.9	54.0%	338 (18.9%)	66 (3.7%)	1,207 (67.4%)	12 (0.7%)	62 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	104 (5.8%)	$11,072	$719	$805	$2,244	$7,150	$2,397	$9,548	16.9	30.3	303	82
040717002483	223	Tonopah Valley High School	Public	7-12	38201 W Indian School Rd	Tonopah	85354	Maricopa County	Saddle Mountain Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 474-5201	865	38	22.7	51.8%	278 (32.1%)	47 (5.4%)	503 (58.2%)	4 (0.5%)	13 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	17 (2.0%)	$9,150	$444	$298	$1,186	$5,946	$2,463	$8,408	16.9	27.7	324	101
040681003438	224	Queen Creek Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	20217 E Chandler Heights Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 987-5935	257				160 (62.3%)	9 (3.5%)	63 (24.5%)	7 (2.7%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	$2,879	$00			$1,839	$1,040	$2,879	16.3	30.1	306	82
040598000457	225	Parker High School	Public	9-12	1600 S Kofa Ave	Parker	85344	La Paz County	Parker Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 669-2202	507	28	18.1	68.6%	95 (18.7%)	1 (0.2%)	231 (45.6%)	4 (0.8%)	150 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.1%)	$12,919	$2,619	$718	$5,957	$6,955	$2,626	$9,582	15.7	26.5	331	106
040852000805	226	Tolleson Union High School	Public	9-12	9419 W Van Buren St	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	Tolleson Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-4200	2,256	98	23	55.0%	78 (3.5%)	214 (9.5%)	1,861 (82.5%)	29 (1.3%)	27 (1.2%)	8 (0.4%)	39 (1.7%)	$10,168	$1,201	$697	$3,098	$7,113	$1,158	$8,271	15.4	30.8	296	70
040963000996	227	Kofa High School	Public	9-12	3100 S Avenue A	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Yuma Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-5400	2,541	101	25.1	75.0%	167 (6.6%)	20 (0.8%)	2,293 (90.2%)	11 (0.4%)	31 (1.2%)	3 (0.1%)	16 (0.6%)	$9,467	$822	$394	$2,039	$6,475	$1,775	$8,250	15.3	21.5	364	137
040752001036	228	Rio Rico High School	Public	9-12	590 N. Camino Galindo	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8700	1,414	55	25.6	71.9%	40 (2.8%)	2 (0.1%)	1,358 (96.0%)	7 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	$5,911	$356	$138	$850	$4,494	$923	$5,417	15.2	31.7	292	64
040194000137	229	Chinle High School	Public	9-12	Navajo Route 7	Chinle	86503	Apache County	Chinle Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 674-9500	920	61	15	64.9%	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	911 (99.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$14,934	$7,308	$2,192	$16,809	$4,304	$1,129	$5,433	14.7	17.7	393	164
040063603163	230	Hope High School Online	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	5651 W Talavi Blvd Ste 170	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Blueprint Education	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(602) 674-5555	466				221 (47.4%)	30 (6.4%)	178 (38.2%)	9 (1.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.9%)		$00			$00			13.8	30.4	301	71

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