Best High Schools in Arizona

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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)
040269002684	141	Valley Vista High School	Public	7-12	15550 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8800	2,464	102	24.1	44.0%	842 (34.2%)	223 (9.1%)	1,185 (48.1%)	32 (1.3%)	23 (0.9%)	8 (0.3%)	151 (6.1%)	$8,069	$243	$877	$1,362	$5,849	$1,100	$6,949	41.8	55.6	172	31
040045003559	142	Canyon View High School	Public	9-12	6024 N Perryville Rd	Waddell	85355	Maricopa County	Agua Fria Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 932-7600	2,014	85	23.7	28.9%	768 (38.1%)	197 (9.8%)	876 (43.5%)	49 (2.4%)	8 (0.4%)	10 (0.5%)	106 (5.3%)	$5,374	$75	$177	$327	$4,262	$860	$5,122	41.8	61	152	10
040658000561	143	Blue Ridge High School	Public	9-12	1200 W White Mountain Blvd	Lakeside	85929	Navajo County	Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 368-6126	669	34	19.5	48.9%	308 (46.0%)	2 (0.3%)	168 (25.1%)	8 (1.2%)	156 (23.3%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.9%)	$7,580	$429	$107	$964	$6,267	$777	$7,044	41.8	49.2	195	52
040078302932	144	Imagine Prep Superstition	Public, Charter	9-12	1843 W 16th Ave	Apache Junction	85120	Pinal County	Imagine Prep Superstition Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 355-0530	297			49.5%	159 (53.5%)	10 (3.4%)	117 (39.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)		$00			$00			40.2	37.6	257	113
040834001567	145	Mountain Pointe High School	Public	9-12	4201 E Knox Rd	Phoenix	85044	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 759-8449	1,716	86	20	30.9%	372 (21.7%)	455 (26.5%)	642 (37.4%)	40 (2.3%)	88 (5.1%)	9 (0.5%)	110 (6.4%)	$8,024	$264	$374	$902	$6,881	$506	$7,386	39.7	60.3	155	10
040387000306	146	Bradshaw Mountain High School	Public	9-12	6000 E Long Look Dr	Prescott Valley	86314	Yavapai County	Humboldt Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 759-4100	1,697	71	23.9	42.9%	882 (52.0%)	17 (1.0%)	693 (40.8%)	11 (0.6%)	16 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	75 (4.4%)	$8,620	$631	$214	$1,475	$6,260	$1,516	$7,776	39.4	48.2	196	50
040625000508	147	Cactus High School	Public	7-12	6330 W Greenway Rd	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-5000	1,144	60	19	43.9%	574 (50.2%)	64 (5.6%)	403 (35.2%)	28 (2.4%)	17 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	55 (4.8%)	$8,542	$328	$216	$871	$6,554	$1,444	$7,998	39.3	59.5	159	12
040269000198	148	Dysart High School	Public	7-12	11425 N Dysart Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 876-7500	1,433	71	20.2	57.9%	315 (22.0%)	126 (8.8%)	874 (61.0%)	41 (2.9%)	14 (1.0%)	8 (0.6%)	55 (3.8%)	$10,188	$689	$979	$2,357	$7,162	$1,357	$8,520	39.3	53.5	179	31
040011203365	149	American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4380 N. Hunt Hwy	Florence	85312	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 344-9800	959			36.8%	499 (52.0%)	49 (5.1%)	329 (34.3%)	9 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	65 (6.8%)	$8,963	$707	$1,828	$3,242	$4,753	$1,675	$6,428	39	51.7	187	38
040340001670	150	Mesquite High School	Public	8-12	500 S McQueen Rd	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 632-4750	1,430	66	21.8	35.9%	612 (42.8%)	83 (5.8%)	565 (39.5%)	50 (3.5%)	28 (2.0%)	8 (0.6%)	84 (5.9%)	$6,969	$49	$10	$108	$6,507	$403	$6,910	38.2	51.8	186	36

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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.
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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.