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)
040045002273	201	Desert Edge High School	Public	9-12	15778 W Yuma Rd	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	Agua Fria Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 932-7500	2,051	88	23.2		389 (19.0%)	277 (13.5%)	1,216 (59.3%)	50 (2.4%)	12 (0.6%)	14 (0.7%)	93 (4.5%)	$7,493	$194	$184	$572	$6,028	$1,088	$7,116	22.2	45.8	212	11
040497000419	202	Westwood High School	Public	9-12	945 W Rio Salado Pkwy	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-4400	3,397	174	19.5		682 (20.1%)	193 (5.7%)	1,999 (58.8%)	19 (0.6%)	356 (10.5%)	43 (1.3%)	105 (3.1%)	$6,306	$118	$25	$262	$5,682	$481	$6,163	21.9	33.2	279	77
040607000500	203	Payson High School	Public	9-12	301 S McLane Rd	Payson	85541	Gila County	Payson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 472-5788	748	43	17.5		489 (65.4%)	6 (0.8%)	200 (26.7%)	4 (0.5%)	22 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.6%)	$8,085	$155	$62	$371	$6,458	$1,410	$7,868	21.4	62.7	144	59
040633002854	204	Betty Fairfax High School	Public	9-12	8225 S 59th Ave	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-9000	1,923	86	22.4		121 (6.3%)	398 (20.7%)	1,142 (59.4%)	49 (2.5%)	140 (7.3%)	12 (0.6%)	61 (3.2%)	$9,473	$854	$167	$1,875	$7,551	$901	$8,452	21.3	38.9	251	47
040008201457	205	Mohave High School	Public	9-12	2251 Highway 95	Bullhead City	86442	Mohave County	Colorado River Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 758-3916	1,101	54	20.3		465 (42.2%)	22 (2.0%)	556 (50.5%)	17 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	35 (3.2%)	$7,174	$521	$375	$1,417	$4,995	$1,283	$6,278	21.1	32.6	286	81
040497000404	206	Mesa High School	Public	9-12	1630 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-5900	3,442	166	20.7		742 (21.6%)	143 (4.2%)	2,361 (68.6%)	17 (0.5%)	70 (2.0%)	28 (0.8%)	81 (2.4%)	$6,532	$88	$32	$209	$5,967	$444	$6,411	20.9	30.3	302	96
040963001388	207	Cibola High School	Public	9-12	4100 W 20th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Yuma Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-5700	2,411	90	26.7		233 (9.7%)	23 (1.0%)	2,081 (86.3%)	36 (1.5%)	14 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	22 (0.9%)	$9,313	$814	$410	$2,038	$6,372	$1,718	$8,089	20.9	34.1	274	67
040032903159	208	Primavera - Online	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2471 N. Arizona Ave.	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	American Virtual Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 456-6678	6,820				2,439 (35.8%)	356 (5.2%)	3,283 (48.1%)	48 (0.7%)	312 (4.6%)	11 (0.2%)	371 (5.4%)		$00			$00			20.7	36.2	265	57
040174000113	209	Casa Grande Union High School	Public	9-12	2730 N Trekell Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-8500	1,970	91	21.6		388 (19.7%)	83 (4.2%)	1,171 (59.4%)	15 (0.8%)	149 (7.6%)	3 (0.2%)	161 (8.2%)	$10,527	$675	$797	$2,147	$6,682	$2,373	$9,055	20.6	33.7	277	68
040880001447	210	Sahuaro High School	Public	8-12	545 N Camino Seco	Tucson	85710	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 731-7100	1,386	73	19		419 (30.2%)	143 (10.3%)	649 (46.8%)	33 (2.4%)	20 (1.4%)	11 (0.8%)	111 (8.0%)		$00			$00			20.5	28.6	318	108

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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.