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)
040187003306	61	Chandler Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1205 E Frye Rd Bldg B	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 812-6350	405	38	10.8		188 (46.4%)	30 (7.4%)	111 (27.4%)	38 (9.4%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.9%)	$9,578	$1,298	$84	$2,679	$7,966	$230	$8,196	74.5	84.8	58	3
040885003214	61	Vail Innovation Center	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	10775 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(520) 879-1300	107	13	8.4		53 (49.5%)	2 (1.9%)	43 (40.2%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.5%)	$7,594	$04	$78	$87	$7,303	$209	$7,512	74.5	88.4	44	17
040269002971	63	Shadow Ridge High School	Public	7-12	10909 N Perryville Rd	Surprise	85388	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-5100	2,323	106	21.9	21.0%	1,282 (55.2%)	111 (4.8%)	709 (30.5%)	39 (1.7%)	9 (0.4%)	8 (0.3%)	165 (7.1%)	$7,922	$227	$863	$1,316	$5,805	$1,028	$6,833	74.2	72.6	110	47
040378002835	63	Williams Field High School	Public	8-12	2076 S. Higley Road	Gilbert	85236	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8000	2,115	99	21.4	17.9%	1,179 (55.7%)	165 (7.8%)	490 (23.2%)	99 (4.7%)	24 (1.1%)	11 (0.5%)	147 (7.0%)	$6,282	$264	$130	$658	$4,834	$1,054	$5,888	74.2	79.4	79	16
040061002056	65	Desert Heights Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5821 W Beverly Ln	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Desert Heights Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-2900	907			29.9%	478 (52.7%)	44 (4.9%)	270 (29.8%)	19 (2.1%)	16 (1.8%)	7 (0.8%)	73 (8.0%)	$10,891	$1,199	$773	$3,171	$6,647	$2,272	$8,919	72.1	70.8	116	51
040345000281	66	Sunnyslope High School	Public	9-12	35 W Dunlap Ave	Phoenix	85021	Maricopa County	Glendale Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 915-8760	2,281	94	24.2	40.9%	787 (34.5%)	102 (4.5%)	1,239 (54.3%)	29 (1.3%)	42 (1.8%)	3 (0.1%)	79 (3.5%)	$9,115	$440	$92	$971	$7,059	$1,525	$8,584	71.4	78.5	83	17
040974603602	67	Heritage Academy Maricopa	Public, Charter	6-12	41004 W Lucera Ln	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Heritage Academy Maricopa Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(520) 367-3800	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								71.2			(n/a)
040633003509	68	Phoenix Coding Academy	Public	9-12	4445 N Central Ave	Phoenix	85012	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-5700	276	18	15.6	71.7%	65 (23.6%)	23 (8.3%)	164 (59.4%)	8 (2.9%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.0%)	$10,718	$773	$298	$1,845	$8,700	$947	$9,647	71.1	90.9	36	32
040011203179	69	American Leadership Academy Queen Creek K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	23908 S Hawes Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 420-2150	2,371				1,763 (74.4%)	45 (1.9%)	437 (18.4%)	15 (0.6%)	20 (0.8%)	4 (0.2%)	87 (3.7%)	$5,943	$169	$188	$525	$4,110	$1,477	$5,587	70.5	81.6	70	1
040885003652	70	Mica Mountain High	Public	9-12	10800 E Valencia	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3800	1,161	63	18.3	17.9%	546 (47.0%)	61 (5.3%)	450 (38.8%)	27 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.6%)	67 (5.8%)	$6,928	$67	$11	$146	$6,271	$579	$6,850	70.5	73.4	105	35

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