Arizona City Rankings

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Rank (of 100)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Sun Lakes	1	0	0	0	0	0.992		(n/a)
2^nd	Ash Fork	1	1	2	0	0	0.907	16	14
3^rd	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.897	2	1
4^th	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.883	3	1
5^th	Cave Creek	2	0	0	0	3	0.878	4	1
6^th	Vail	2	1	3	0	0	0.836	11	5
7^th	Oro Valley	4	0	3	0	3	0.823	1	6
8^th	Anthem	4	0	2	2	0	0.801	5	3
9^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.786	9
10^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	1	0.782	7	3
11^th	Scottsdale	34	7	16	3	19	0.775	18	7
12^th	Heber	0	2	1	0	0	0.756	40	28
13^th	Prescott	9	1	7	1	4	0.754	22	9
14^th	Roll	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	72	58
15^th	Fort Huachuca	3	0	0	0	0	0.745	10	5
16^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.734	94	78
17^th	Gilbert	45	5	21	5	5	0.726	19	2
18^th	Queen Creek	14	4	11	3	0	0.72	12	6
19^th	Chandler	43	7	14	4	8	0.71	21	2
20^th	Saint Johns	1	1	3	0	0	0.706	13	7
21^st	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	15	6
22^nd	Joseph City	1	1	1	0	0	0.685	36	14
23^rd	Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	31	8
24^th	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	24
25^th	Peoria	28	0	14	2	8	0.657	30	5
26^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	4	0	1	0.657	25	1
27^th	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.627	26	1
28^th	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.62	33	5
29^th	Goodyear	15	1	8	1	4	0.61	32	3
30^th	Litchfield Park	7	3	0	0	2	0.597	17	13
31^st	Surprise	18	1	9	1	1	0.592	34	3
32^nd	Cornville	1	0	0	0	0	0.579	80	48
33^rd	Eagar	1	1	2	0	0	0.572	45	12
34^th	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.568	28	6
35^th	Flagstaff	17	2	12	3	4	0.567	53	18
36^th	Saint David	1	0	2	0	0	0.559	27	9
37^th	Sahuarita	6	1	2	0	0	0.554	35	2
38^th	Mesa	90	16	27	8	13	0.549	50	12
39^th	Prescott Valley	8	3	8	1	0	0.535	39
40^th	Show Low	4	1	5	0	4	0.534	65	25
41^st	Nogales	8	2	5	1	1	0.529	59	18
42^nd	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.526	23	19
43^rd	Safford	4	1	4	0	0	0.524	61	18
44^th	Sierra Vista	8	1	5	1	2	0.521	64	20
45^th	Maricopa	10	2	2	2	0	0.514	54	9
46^th	Tsaile	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	83	37
47^th	Tempe	7	2	21	1	12	0.511	57	10
48^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	73	25
49^th	Mayer	1	0	2	0	1	0.499	98	49
50^th	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	2	0.495	128	78
51^st	Sedona	1	0	1	0	2	0.495	49	2
52^nd	Littlefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.489	115	63
53^rd	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	48	5
54^th	Green Valley	2	0	0	0	0	0.483	37	17
55^th	Duncan	1	0	2	0	0	0.479	74	19
56^th	Glendale	58	4	30	2	11	0.475	60	4
57^th	Tucson	142	38	98	28	46	0.471	77	20
58^th	Pima	2	1	2	1	0	0.465	69	11
59^th	Bullhead City	7	2	3	0	0	0.427	62	3
60^th	Laveen	9	0	3	1	0	0.421	76	16
61^st	Phoenix	230	49	121	23	58	0.409	93	32
62^nd	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	0	0.404	85	23
63^rd	Buckeye	16	1	11	0	1	0.392	78	15
64^th	Kingman	8	3	5	0	1	0.39	55	9
65^th	Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0.387	88	23
66^th	Marana	4	1	2	1	0	0.386	116	50
67^th	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.385	105	38
68^th	Yuma	27	7	14	2	5	0.382	87	19
69^th	Avondale	13	2	9	0	0	0.381	96	27
70^th	Willcox	2	1	2	0	0	0.376	47	23
71^st	San Tan Valley	11	1	3	1	1	0.372	67	4
72^nd	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.363	91	19
73^rd	Globe	2	1	3	1	0	0.345	95	22
74^th	Douglas	9	3	4	1	1	0.336	111	37
75^th	Kearny	1	0	1	0	0	0.323	106	31
76^th	Apache Junction	4	2	5	0	0	0.315	84	8
77^th	Tonopah	1	0	2	0	0	0.314	97	20
78^th	Winslow	3	1	2	0	2	0.311	92	14
79^th	Holbrook	2	1	2	1	1	0.307	81	2
80^th	Casa Grande	14	3	8	0	3	0.306	102	22
81^st	San Manuel	1	1	2	0	0	0.3	120	39
82^nd	Ajo	1	0	1	0	0	0.291	104	22
83^rd	Rio Rico	4	1	2	0	0	0.28	90	7
84^th	Many Farms	1	0	0	0	0	0.274	154	70
85^th	San Luis	7	2	3	0	0	0.266	124	39
86^th	Wittmann	1	0	0	0	0	0.264	108	22
87^th	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	0	0.262	112	25
88^th	Chinle	3	1	2	0	0	0.244	118	30
89^th	Oracle	1	0	0	0	0	0.226	123	34
90^th	Tolleson	8	1	5	0	0	0.224	107	17
91^st	Florence	3	0	2	4	0	0.22	114	23
92^nd	Bisbee	1	1	2	0	0	0.22	103	11
93^rd	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.179	153	60
94^th	Whiteriver	3	1	1	0	1	0.121	155	61
95^th	Coolidge	6	1	5	0	0	0.108	133	38
96^th	Indian Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.091	142	46
97^th	Arizona City	1	0	0	0	0	0.087	134	37
98^th	Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.059	152	54
99^th	Fort Defiance	2	2	2	0	0	0.028	140	41
100^th	Kayenta	1	1	3	0	0	0.021	137	37

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
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These rankings were last updated on October 7, 2019, 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.