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)
040011203779	151	American Leadership Academy Virtual	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6913 E Rembrandt Ave	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 420-2101	811				580 (71.5%)	21 (2.6%)	152 (18.7%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	40 (4.9%)	$7,197	$3,023	$199	$6,245	$2,155	$1,819	$3,974	38.1	52.4	182	31
040286000215	152	Flagstaff High School	Public	9-12	400 W Elm Ave	Flagstaff	86001	Coconino County	Flagstaff Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 773-8100	1,625	83	19.5		745 (45.8%)	11 (0.7%)	381 (23.4%)	17 (1.0%)	411 (25.3%)	4 (0.2%)	56 (3.4%)	$6,587	$441	$02	$884	$5,189	$955	$6,144	37.2	46.3	208	56
040304000038	153	Fountain Hills High School	Public	9-12	16100 E Palisades Blvd	Fountain Hills	85268	Maricopa County	Fountain Hills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 664-5510	404	21	19.3		249 (61.6%)	4 (1.0%)	48 (11.9%)	7 (1.7%)	67 (16.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.9%)	$7,608	$729	$159	$1,617	$4,754	$1,965	$6,720	37.1	72.9	106	47
040007402185	154	Kingman Academy of Learning - High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3420 N Burbank St	Kingman	86409	Mohave County	Kingman Academy Of Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 681-2900	358				254 (70.9%)	4 (1.1%)	68 (19.0%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	19 (5.3%)	$7,371	$162	$553	$876	$5,247	$1,410	$6,657	37	63.2	141	13
040029503325	155	Lee Williams High School	Public	9-12	400 Grandview Ave	Kingman	86401	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 718-6000	1,083	37	29.5		726 (67.0%)	11 (1.0%)	251 (23.2%)	17 (1.6%)	21 (1.9%)	8 (0.7%)	49 (4.5%)		$00			$00			36.9	57.5	169	14
040301000231	156	Flowing Wells High School	Public	9-12	3725 N Flowing Wells Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Flowing Wells Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-8001	1,708	82	20.8		366 (21.4%)	31 (1.8%)	1,245 (72.9%)	20 (1.2%)	28 (1.6%)	3 (0.2%)	15 (0.9%)	$6,344	$326	$787	$1,438	$5,050	$181	$5,232	36.8	62.6	146	10
040345000284	157	Independence High School	Public	9-12	6602 N 75th Ave	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 435-6100	2,048	87	23.4		154 (7.5%)	130 (6.3%)	1,632 (79.7%)	80 (3.9%)	19 (0.9%)	6 (0.3%)	27 (1.3%)	$9,489	$530	$100	$1,161	$7,583	$1,276	$8,859	36.3	48	200	43
040553000455	158	Nogales High School	Public	9-12	1905 N Apache Blvd	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 377-2021	1,795	72	25		3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1,779 (99.1%)	9 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	$6,013	$324	$61	$709	$4,874	$754	$5,628	36.3	39.8	249	91
040713001044	159	Round Valley High School	Public	9-12	550 North Butler St.	Eagar	85925	Apache County	Round Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 333-6800	416	20	20.8		248 (59.6%)	2 (0.5%)	140 (33.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	$10,318	$568	$417	$1,552	$7,357	$1,977	$9,334	36.2	47.8	201	42
040633002859	160	Franklin Police and Fire High School	Public	9-12	1645 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85007	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-0200	324	20	16.2		8 (2.5%)	3 (0.9%)	306 (94.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$13,219	$757	$344	$1,857	$10,961	$1,157	$12,119	35.8	50.6	190	30

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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.
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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.