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Catalina Foothills High School

Q: Is Catalina Foothills High School a good school?

Catalina Foothills High School ranks 30 th of 271 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

30^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 271 Arizona High Schools

Better than 89% of Arizona high schools

Summary

Catalina Foothills High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Tucson, Arizona. It is part of the Catalina Foothills Unified District, which is ranked 38 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Catalina Foothills High School has consistently been ranked among the top high schools in Arizona, with a current ranking of 30 out of 271 high schools and a 4-star rating.

Catalina Foothills High School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with 75% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 40% statewide, and 55% proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 30% statewide. The school also maintains a strong graduation rate of 93.1% and a low dropout rate ranging from 4.1% to 6.1% over the past few years. Catalina Foothills High School excels in supporting the academic achievement of various student subgroups, including African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Compared to nearby schools, Catalina Foothills High School stands out as a high-performing institution. For example, while BASIS Tucson North, a highly-ranked charter school, also demonstrates exceptional academic performance, Catalina Foothills High School maintains a strong public school presence in the area. Additionally, Catalina Foothills High School's graduation and dropout rates are significantly better than the nearby Tucson Preparatory School and EDGE High School - Northwest, both of which are public charter schools.

1,865

Students ?

20.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,773

Per pupil spending ?

10.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4300 E Sunrise Dr
Tucson, AZ 85718-4300

(520) 209-8300

District: Catalina Foothills Unified District

Feeder schools for Catalina Foothills High School:

Elementary:	Canyon View Elementary School
	Manzanita School
	Sunrise Drive Elementary School
	Ventana Vista Elementary School
Middle:	Esperero Canyon Middle School
	Orange Grove Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.8%

Hispanic:

30.9%

Two or more races:

7.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 89th percentile in 2015 → 89th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Arizona average (60% vs 30% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of Arizona high schools

✓95% graduate in 4 years — above the Arizona average (80%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school60%

District avg60%

Arizona avg30%

30^th of 271

Arizona public high schools ?

Top 11%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

38^th of 289Catalina Foothills Unified District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	87.7	30 of 271	88.9%	★★★★☆
2024	88.3	28 of 270	89.6%	★★★★☆
2023	90.9	37 of 469	92.1%	★★★★★
2022	88.6	41 of 464	91.2%	★★★★★
2021	91.4	38 of 509	92.5%	★★★★★
2019	76.1	34 of 285	88.1%	★★★★☆
2018	89.0	25 of 420	94.0%	★★★★★
2017	93.5	20 of 416	95.2%	★★★★★
2016	94.1	16 of 406	96.1%	★★★★★
2015	85.2	29 of 261	88.9%	★★★★☆
2014	90.1	25 of 394	93.7%	★★★★★
2013	86.9	44 of 491	91.0%	★★★★★
2012	88.5	45 of 471	90.4%	★★★★★
2011	92.6	25 of 397	93.7%	★★★★★
2010	89.3	41 of 403	89.8%	★★★★★
2009	91.5	27 of 395	93.2%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	95.8	5 of 201	97.5%	★★★★★
2022	64.6	65 of 301	78.4%	★★★★☆
2021	86.6	20 of 306	93.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	39.4	25 of 35	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.0	21 of 30	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	63.4	50 of 146	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.1	59 of 238	75.2%	★★★★☆
2021	67.4	77 of 231	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.4	12 of 44	72.7%	★★★★☆
2018	80.9	13 of 83	84.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	71.3	13 of 258	95.0%	★★★★★
2021	44.6	29 of 312	90.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	81.9	29 of 207	86.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.9	34 of 200	83.0%	★★★★☆
2023	87.7	33 of 406	91.9%	★★★★★
2022	85.7	44 of 456	90.4%	★★★★★
2021	88.8	49 of 492	90.0%	★★★★★
2019	74.4	44 of 247	82.2%	★★★★☆
2018	90.0	19 of 354	94.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	86.3	23 of 176	86.9%	★★★★☆
2024	90.3	17 of 170	90.0%	★★★★★
2023	82.6	41 of 379	89.2%	★★★★☆
2022	87.1	43 of 441	90.2%	★★★★★
2021	82.7	51 of 479	89.4%	★★★★☆
2019	76.9	20 of 183	89.1%	★★★★☆
2018	89.8	12 of 311	96.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	18 of 180	90.0%	★★★★★
2024	83.1	24 of 172	86.0%	★★★★☆
2023	77.3	51 of 347	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	94.5	11 of 168	93.5%	★★★★★
2018	81.8	19 of 253	92.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	90.1	24 of 223	89.2%	★★★★☆
2024	89.5	23 of 219	89.5%	★★★★☆
2023	91.2	35 of 429	91.8%	★★★★★
2022	87.6	44 of 455	90.3%	★★★★★
2021	91.2	35 of 492	92.9%	★★★★★
2019	78.0	35 of 238	85.3%	★★★★☆
2018	90.7	24 of 370	93.5%	★★★★★

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	90.0	3 of 74	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	50.4	70 of 125	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	83.8	16 of 102	84.3%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	78.5	6 of 32	81.3%	★★★★☆
2024	81.3	7 of 37	81.1%	★★★★☆
2023	97.4	4 of 199	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	81.3	49 of 282	82.6%	★★★★☆
2021	84.0	53 of 374	85.8%	★★★★☆
2019	76.9	3 of 25	88.0%	★★★★★
2018	84.9	4 of 76	94.7%	★★★★★

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	25.1	150 of 255	41.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.3	115 of 256	55.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	71.7	32 of 380	91.6%	★★★★★
2021	82.5	29 of 422	93.1%	★★★★★
2018	89.0	4 of 155	97.4%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	85.9	18 of 178	89.9%	★★★★★
2024	84.9	26 of 184	85.9%	★★★★☆
2023	86.3	35 of 371	90.6%	★★★★★
2022	82.2	41 of 409	90.0%	★★★★★
2021	85.5	47 of 448	89.5%	★★★★☆
2019	73.1	33 of 217	84.8%	★★★★☆
2018	89.0	17 of 291	94.2%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2023)98th percentile+5 vs school

Military Connected (2023)96th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2022)95th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2022)92nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)90th percentile~ school

White (2025)90th percentile~ school

Male (2025)89th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)87th percentile~ school

Female (2025)86th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)81st percentile-8 vs school

Native American (2022)41st percentile-50 vs school

Asian (2025)29th percentile-60 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts75%+35 vs state

Mathematics55%+25 vs state

Science51%+32 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Friday, March 12, 2021

My Grandson attends Catalina and is happy and doing well. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, June 11, 2018

Hi, I am very disappointed to look at this school. They put something very bad on my son's background report. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)					AASA Mathematics (2025)					AzSCI Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
PCJTED - Catalina Foothills High School	Public	9-12	4300 E Sunrise Dr	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 209-8351	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$00			$00
Catalina Foothills High School	Public	9-12	4300 E Sunrise Dr	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Catalina Foothills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 209-8300	1,865	92	20.1		1,003 (53.8%)	36 (1.9%)	576 (30.9%)	100 (5.4%)	12 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	136 (7.3%)	87.7	30^th of 271 public high schools	88.9%		88.3	28^th of 270 public high schools	89.6%	2					75.0					55.0			51.0	$7,773	$195	$648	$1,039	$5,180	$1,749	$6,930
BASIS Tucson North	Public, Charter	5-12	5740 E River Rd	Tucson	85750	Pima County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 207-0076	753	49	15.2		227 (30.1%)	48 (6.4%)	233 (30.9%)	194 (25.8%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.1%)								(n/a)	59.0	69.0	84.0	86.0		50.0	64.0	81.0	95.0		58.0	91.0	95.0	$9,097	$272	$43	$586	$6,070	$2,712	$8,782
SACA Online	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	2470 N Tucson Blvd	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Southern Arizona Community Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(520) 319-6113	25				5 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)								(n/a)															$00			$00
Southern Arizona Community Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	2470 N Tucson Blvd	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Southern Arizona Community Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 319-6113	64				10 (15.6%)	11 (17.2%)	38 (59.4%)	1 (1.6%)	2 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.1%)								(n/a)														$10,741	$1,022	$273	$2,318	$5,725	$3,720	$9,445
PCJTED - Catalina High School	Public	9-12	3645 E Pima St	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 232-8400	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$00			$00
Catalina High School	Public	8-12	3645 E Pima St	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-8400	580	58	9.9		76 (13.1%)	147 (25.3%)	266 (45.9%)	30 (5.2%)	20 (3.4%)	17 (2.9%)	24 (4.1%)								(n/a)					14.0										$00			$00
Tucson Preparatory School	Public, Charter	9-12	104 E Prince Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Tucson Preparatory School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 622-4185	80	9	9.1		8 (10.0%)	4 (5.0%)	59 (73.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.8%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)															$00			$00
EDGE High School - Northwest	Public, Charter	9-12	231 W Giaconda Way Ste 113	Tucson	85704	Pima County	Edge School Inc. The	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 877-9179	62	4	15.5		30 (48.4%)	8 (12.9%)	19 (30.6%)	2 (3.2%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$10,494	$2,689	$598	$5,976	$4,981	$2,226	$7,207
Pima Prevention Partnership-Tucson	Public, Charter	9-12	924 N Alvernon Way	Tucson	85711	Pima County	Pima Prevention Partnership dba Pima Partnership S	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 917-7880	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Catalina Foothills High School

What schools feed into Catalina Foothills High School?

Catalina Foothills High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Canyon View Elementary School
Elementary : Manzanita School
Elementary : Sunrise Drive Elementary School
Elementary : Ventana Vista Elementary School
Middle : Esperero Canyon Middle School
Middle : Orange Grove Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Catalina Foothills High School?

Students at Catalina Foothills High School are 54% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 2% African American.

Is Catalina Foothills High School a good school?

Catalina Foothills High School ranks 30^th of 271 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Catalina Foothills High School in?

Catalina Foothills Unified District

How many students attend Catalina Foothills High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,865 students attended Catalina Foothills High School.

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