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)
040029500881	231	Kingman High School	Public	9-12	4182 N Bank St	Kingman	86409	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 692-6480	905	50	18	49.9%	538 (59.4%)	14 (1.5%)	248 (27.4%)	14 (1.5%)	42 (4.6%)	3 (0.3%)	46 (5.1%)		$00			$00			16.7	27.8	323	92
040063603163	232	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			16.3	30.4	301	69
040681003438	233	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	73
040582000469	234	Page High School	Public	9-12	434 South Lake Powell	Page	86040	Coconino County	Page Unified School District #8	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 608-4133	804	67	12	49.9%	128 (15.9%)	9 (1.1%)	33 (4.1%)	6 (0.7%)	618 (76.9%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.1%)	$6,987	$1,281	$228	$2,790	$4,853	$624	$5,478	16.2	30.7	298	64
040852002416	235	Copper Canyon High School	Public	9-12	9126 W Camelback Rd	Glendale	85305	Maricopa County	Tolleson Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-4800	2,156	101	21.3	60.0%	100 (4.6%)	116 (5.4%)	1,859 (86.2%)	22 (1.0%)	24 (1.1%)	3 (0.1%)	32 (1.5%)	$9,555	$1,167	$678	$3,013	$6,609	$1,101	$7,710	16.1	27.1	326	91
040752001036	236	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	15.8	31.7	292	56
040598000457	237	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	94
040061903097	238	Alta Vista High School	Public, Charter	9-12	5040 S Campbell Ave	Tucson	85706	Pima County	American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Alta Vi	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 294-4922	487			86.9%	12 (2.5%)	4 (0.8%)	461 (94.7%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)		$00			$00			15.5	22.6	355	117
040194000137	239	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	15.5	17.7	393	154
040292002896	240	San Tan Foothills High School	Public	7-12	1255 W Silverdale Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 474-6240	824	48	17	40.9%	379 (46.0%)	72 (8.7%)	304 (36.9%)	18 (2.2%)	14 (1.7%)	9 (1.1%)	28 (3.4%)	$6,841	$247	$238	$731	$5,106	$1,250	$6,357	15.3	39.9	247	7

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

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