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)
040345003510	241	Glendale Union Online	Public, Virtual	9-12	4530 W Northern Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Glendale Union High School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(623) 435-7300	481				109 (22.7%)	40 (8.3%)	286 (59.5%)	16 (3.3%)	17 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)		$00			$00			15.3	25.3	338	97
040852000805	242	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	30.8	296	54
040963000996	243	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	21.5	364	121
040633001882	244	Cesar Chavez High School	Public	9-12	3921 W Baseline Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-4000	2,725	127	21.4	62.0%	96 (3.5%)	393 (14.4%)	2,055 (75.4%)	30 (1.1%)	78 (2.9%)	9 (0.3%)	64 (2.3%)	$8,638	$649	$172	$1,469	$6,886	$931	$7,817	14	21.5	363	119
040043203324	245	Arizona Insight Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	5323 N 99th Ave Ste 210	Glendale	85305	Maricopa County	Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. (	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(602) 476-1320	1,103				451 (40.9%)	109 (9.9%)	435 (39.4%)	11 (1.0%)	32 (2.9%)	2 (0.2%)	63 (5.7%)		$00			$00			13.8	25.7	336	91
040008200006	246	River Valley High School	Public	9-12	2250 E Laguna Rd	Mohave Valley	86440	Mohave County	Colorado River Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 768-2300	545			49.9%	338 (62.0%)	5 (0.9%)	157 (28.8%)	5 (0.9%)	28 (5.1%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	$8,533	$497	$669	$1,663	$5,512	$1,854	$7,366	13.3	43.5	226	20
040633001244	247	North High School	Public	9-12	1101 E Thomas Rd	Phoenix	85014	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-6500	2,135	112	19	87.0%	90 (4.2%)	169 (7.9%)	1,757 (82.3%)	22 (1.0%)	56 (2.6%)	5 (0.2%)	36 (1.7%)	$9,617	$830	$167	$1,827	$7,923	$696	$8,619	13.2	24.7	341	94
040817001438	248	Desert View High School	Public	9-12	4101 E Valencia Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-5100	2,169	101	21.4	68.9%	83 (3.8%)	87 (4.0%)	1,887 (87.0%)	17 (0.8%)	78 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (0.8%)	$6,565	$539	$23	$1,102	$5,275	$727	$6,002	12.7	24	346	98
040633000540	249	Camelback High School	Public	9-12	4612 N 28th St	Phoenix	85016	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-7000	2,238	122	18.4	86.0%	140 (6.3%)	242 (10.8%)	1,686 (75.3%)	20 (0.9%)	80 (3.6%)	23 (1.0%)	47 (2.1%)	$9,001	$789	$193	$1,771	$7,344	$675	$8,019	12.5	22.9	352	103
040406000324	250	Monument Valley High School	Public	9-12	Highway 163	Kayenta	86033	Navajo County	Kayenta Unified School District #27	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 697-2100	659	45	14.7	83.9%	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	630 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	$10,350	$5,178	$1,208	$11,564	$3,769	$195	$3,964	12.2	15.2	419	169

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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.