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)
040005200752	181	NFL YET College Prep Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	4848 S 2nd St	Phoenix	85040	Maricopa County	Espiritu Community Development Corp.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 243-7788	313			93.6%	9 (2.9%)	10 (3.2%)	292 (93.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			26.6	20.7	370	189
040345000277	182	Cortez High School	Public	9-12	8828 N 31st Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Glendale Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 915-8200	1,104	54	20.5	71.9%	155 (14.0%)	136 (12.3%)	668 (60.5%)	60 (5.4%)	51 (4.6%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (2.9%)	$12,719	$782	$111	$1,674	$10,012	$1,814	$11,826	26.5	40.6	243	61
040625002426	183	Raymond S. Kellis	Public	7-12	8990 W Orangewood Ave	Glendale	85305	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-5425	1,817	86	21	47.9%	425 (23.4%)	161 (8.9%)	1,055 (58.1%)	78 (4.3%)	23 (1.3%)	7 (0.4%)	68 (3.7%)	$7,235	$166	$318	$651	$5,693	$1,058	$6,751	25.8	46.9	204	21
040042703160	184	Arizona Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	335 E Germann Rd Ste 140	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 782-5842	2,576				1,186 (46.0%)	198 (7.7%)	834 (32.4%)	29 (1.1%)	87 (3.4%)	14 (0.5%)	228 (8.9%)		$00			$00			25.7	52.4	184
040532000441	185	Morenci High School	Public	9-12	1 Stadium Dr	Morenci	85540	Greenlee County	Morenci Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 865-3631	359			28.7%	82 (22.8%)	1 (0.3%)	239 (66.6%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$11,776	$334	$504	$1,171	$8,704	$2,235	$10,939	25.3	50.1	193	8
040633003555	186	Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory	Public	9-12	3005 E Fillmore St	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-9600	218	14	15.3	84.9%	5 (2.3%)	18 (8.3%)	191 (87.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,165	$898	$598	$2,395	$10,066	$1,603	$11,669	25.1	29.1	315	129
040546003690	187	Mountainside High School	Public	9-12	32919 N Center St	Wittmann	85361	Maricopa County	Nadaburg Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 388-2915	223	19	11.7	35.4%	92 (41.3%)	4 (1.8%)	116 (52.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	6 (2.7%)	$8,931	$321	$363	$1,005	$6,044	$2,203	$8,247	25			(n/a)
040141000075	188	Buckeye Union High School	Public	9-12	902 E Eason Ave	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 269-1100	1,775	77	23.2	52.0%	419 (23.6%)	122 (6.9%)	1,164 (65.6%)	4 (0.2%)	28 (1.6%)	12 (0.7%)	26 (1.5%)	$6,102	$750	$25	$1,526	$5,024	$302	$5,326	24.3	40.9	241	53
040834000795	189	Tempe High School	Public	9-12	1730 S Mill Ave	Tempe	85281	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 967-1661	1,584	80	19.8	50.9%	110 (6.9%)	191 (12.1%)	1,133 (71.5%)	17 (1.1%)	58 (3.7%)	32 (2.0%)	43 (2.7%)	$8,594	$465	$405	$1,334	$7,077	$648	$7,724	24.3	41.5	236	47
040043202200	190	Arizona Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	99 E Virginia Ave Ste 200	Phoenix	85004	Maricopa County	Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. (	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(602) 476-1320	5,122				1,882 (36.7%)	500 (9.8%)	2,047 (40.0%)	86 (1.7%)	162 (3.2%)	16 (0.3%)	429 (8.4%)		$00			$00			24	42.7	231	41

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