Arizona City Rankings

Updated Saturday, August 4, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 160)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Oro Valley	1	0	1	1	2	0.931	2	1
2^nd	Corona De Tucson	1	1	0	0	0	0.911	1	1
3^rd	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	3	0.89	6	3
4^th	Cave Creek	2	0	0	0	3	0.887	3	1
5^th	Anthem	5	0	2	1	1	0.854	4	1
6^th	Congress	1	0	0	0	0	0.836	5	1
7^th	Colorado City	1	0	0	2	1	0.834	10	3
8^th	Corona	1	0	0	0	0	0.834	7	1
9^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.819	8	1
10^th	Fort Huachuca	3	0	0	0	0	0.788	17	7
11^th	Vail	2	2	3	0	0	0.782	12	1
12^th	Queen Creek	14	6	9	5	1	0.779	11	1
13^th	Saint Johns	2	0	3	0	0	0.774	14	1
14^th	Higley	1	0	2	0	0	0.773	22	8
15^th	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.773	19	4
16^th	Ash Fork	1	1	2	0	0	0.77	23	7
17^th	Litchfield Park	9	2	0	0	3	0.766	16	1
18^th	Scottsdale	35	8	14	6	24	0.766	15	3
19^th	Gilbert	45	8	17	6	6	0.76	13	6
20^th	Pomerene	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	30	10
21^st	Chandler	43	7	13	9	11	0.744	21
22^nd	Prescott	11	1	6	2	3	0.707	27	5
23^rd	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.702	18	5
24^th	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	51	27
25^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	4	1	1	0.688	29	4
26^th	Waddell	1	0	1	0	0	0.654	31	5
27^th	Saint David	1	0	2	0	0	0.653	20	7
28^th	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.652	24	4
29^th	Payson	2	1	4	1	1	0.649	52	23
30^th	Peoria	30	0	13	4	6	0.644	32	2
31^st	Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	50	19
32^nd	Goodyear	15	1	7	3	4	0.642	42	10
33^rd	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.639	35	2
34^th	Surprise	17	1	9	1	3	0.639	36	2
35^th	Sahuarita	5	1	2	0	0	0.635	33	2
36^th	Joseph City	1	1	1	0	0	0.634	37	1
37^th	Green Valley	3	0	0	0	0	0.629	44	7
38^th	Topock	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	53	15
39^th	Prescott Valley	9	2	7	1	0	0.612	38	1
40^th	Heber	1	1	1	0	0	0.601	39	1
41^st	Aguila	2	0	0	0	0	0.601	105	64
42^nd	Elgin	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	28	14
43^rd	Morristown	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	41	2
44^th	Parks	1	0	0	0	0	0.595	68	24
45^th	Eagar	1	1	2	0	0	0.581	49	4
46^th	Ehrenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	80	34
47^th	Willcox	3	0	2	0	0	0.568	47
48^th	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.567	40	8
49^th	Sedona	4	0	3	0	2	0.559	62	13
50^th	Mesa	88	9	25	31	10	0.558	45	5
51^st	Grand Canyon	1	0	2	0	0	0.556	54	3
52^nd	Pine	1	0	0	0	0	0.553		(n/a)
53^rd	Flagstaff	17	2	11	4	4	0.546	56	3
54^th	Maricopa	12	2	1	3	0	0.541	63	9
55^th	Kingman	8	3	6	0	1	0.527	61	6
56^th	Cochise	1	0	0	0	0	0.526	25	31
57^th	Tempe	23	7	20	4	9	0.523	64	7
58^th	Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	84	26
59^th	Nogales	9	2	6	2	2	0.522	67	8
60^th	Glendale	59	2	31	3	10	0.516	60
61^st	Safford	4	1	4	0	0	0.506	55	6
62^nd	Bullhead City	7	2	2	1	0	0.504	65	3
63^rd	Dateland	2	0	0	0	0	0.504	26	37
64^th	Sierra Vista	10	1	5	2	3	0.502	48	16
65^th	Show Low	4	1	4	1	3	0.501	91	26
66^th	Chino Valley	4	1	2	0	0	0.498	59	7
67^th	San Tan Valley	10	2	3	1	0	0.497	70	3
68^th	Patagonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.491		(n/a)
69^th	Pima	2	1	2	1	0	0.486	77	8
70^th	Tonto Basin	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	9	61
71^st	Cottonwood	5	1	7	2	1	0.475	66	5
72^nd	Roll	1	0	0	0	0	0.472	94	22
73^rd	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.468	74	1
74^th	Duncan	1	0	2	0	0	0.458	69	5
75^th	Pearce	2	0	0	0	0	0.457	76	1
76^th	Laveen	9	0	3	1	1	0.457	78	2
77^th	Tucson	152	33	101	34	47	0.457	71	6
78^th	Buckeye	17	0	11	1	1	0.456	79	1
79^th	Lakeside	2	1	1	0	1	0.454	72	7
80^th	Cornville	2	0	0	0	0	0.448	58	22
81^st	Holbrook	2	1	3	1	1	0.447	96	15
82^nd	Elfrida	1	0	2	0	0	0.444	127	45
83^rd	Tsaile	1	0	0	0	0	0.443	46	37
84^th	Apache Junction	5	2	6	0	0	0.441	75	9
85^th	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	0	0.438	95	10
86^th	Seligman	1	0	2	0	0	0.434	88	2
87^th	Yuma	27	7	13	3	4	0.433	73	14
88^th	Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0.427	89	1
89^th	Arlington	1	0	0	0	0	0.424	57	32
90^th	Rio Rico	4	1	2	0	0	0.414	97	7
91^st	Wickenburg	2	0	2	1	1	0.413	101	10
92^nd	Winslow	3	1	4	0	1	0.412	102	10
93^rd	Phoenix	254	40	112	37	55	0.408	86	7
94^th	Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	85	9
95^th	Globe	2	1	4	1	0	0.406	93	2
96^th	Avondale	15	2	9	0	1	0.405	90	6
97^th	Tonopah	1	0	1	0	0	0.405	82	15
98^th	Mayer	1	0	2	0	1	0.398	103	5
99^th	Concho	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	43	56
100^th	Black Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	107	7
101^st	Fredonia	1	0	2	0	0	0.392	87	14
102^nd	Casa Grande	14	3	9	0	2	0.384	83	19
103^rd	Bisbee	1	1	2	0	0	0.375	104	1
104^th	Ajo	1	0	1	0	0	0.371	114	10
105^th	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.35	99	6
106^th	Kearny	1	0	1	0	0	0.348	106
107^th	Tolleson	9	0	6	0	0	0.344	92	15
108^th	Wittmann	1	0	0	0	0	0.34	111	3
109^th	Tombstone	1	0	2	0	0	0.328	81	28
110^th	Camp Verde	3	1	4	1	0	0.32	128	18
111^th	Douglas	9	3	4	1	1	0.314	108	3
112^th	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	0	0.314	109	3
113^th	Guadalupe	1	0	0	0	0	0.307	134	21
114^th	Florence	3	0	4	4	1	0.296	113	1
115^th	Littlefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.286	98	17
116^th	Marana	4	1	2	1	0	0.28	118	2
117^th	Tuba City	3	2	3	0	0	0.275	125	8
118^th	Chinle	3	1	2	0	0	0.274	126	8
119^th	Wellton	1	0	3	0	0	0.27	100	19
120^th	San Manuel	1	1	2	0	0	0.262	124	4
121^st	Miami	3	0	2	0	0	0.243	120	1
122^nd	Winkelman	1	0	2	0	0	0.238	116	6
123^rd	Oracle	2	0	0	0	0	0.235	123
124^th	San Luis	7	2	4	0	0	0.228	112	12
125^th	Window Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.22	139	14
126^th	Parker	3	1	4	0	0	0.206	121	5
127^th	Shonto	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	110	17
128^th	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	1	0.191	144	16
129^th	Page	2	1	7	0	1	0.188	122	7
130^th	Teec Nos Pos	1	1	4	0	1	0.167	150	20
131^st	Eloy	2	1	4	2	0	0.156	132	1
132^nd	Dolan Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.151	117	15
133^rd	Coolidge	6	1	3	2	0	0.141	135	2
134^th	Arizona City	1	0	0	1	0	0.139	141	7
135^th	Huachuca City	1	0	0	0	0	0.133	119	16
136^th	Wenden	1	0	0	0	0	0.126	158	22
137^th	Kayenta	1	1	3	0	0	0.116	138	1
138^th	Paulden	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	131	7
139^th	Ganado	1	1	2	0	0	0.109	148	9
140^th	Fort Defiance	3	1	2	0	0	0.105	143	3
141^st	Fort Thomas	2	0	4	0	0	0.104		(n/a)
142^nd	Indian Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	145	3
143^rd	Amado	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	115	28
144^th	Picacho	1	0	0	0	0	0.094	155	11
145^th	Salome	1	0	1	0	0	0.087	140	5
146^th	Sanders	1	1	2	0	0	0.085	147	1
147^th	Naco	1	0	0	0	0	0.079	156	9
148^th	Quartzsite	1	0	0	0	0	0.064	133	15
149^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.063	157	8
150^th	Pinon	1	1	2	0	0	0.058	152	2
151^st	Gila Bend	2	0	0	1	0	0.056	146	5
152^nd	Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	142	10
153^rd	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.046	149	4
154^th	Many Farms	1	0	0	0	0	0.045	154
155^th	Whiteriver	3	1	1	0	1	0.037	159	4
156^th	Youngtown	1	0	0	0	0	0.036	137	19
157^th	Keams Canyon	1	0	1	0	0	0.021	151	6
158^th	San Carlos	1	0	2	2	1	0.019	160	2
159^th	Sacaton	1	1	1	0	0	0.008	153	6
160^th	McNary	1	0	0	0	0	0.006	161	1

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