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Rank (of 105)	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	0.987		(n/a)
2^nd	Topock	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	38	36
3^rd	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.906	2	1
4^th	Ash Fork	1	1	2	0	0	0.896	16	12
5^th	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.893	3	2
6^th	Cave Creek	2	0	0	0	3	0.886	4	2
7^th	Vail	2	1	3	0	0	0.852	11	4
8^th	Oro Valley	5	0	4	0	3	0.834	1	7
9^th	Anthem	4	0	2	2	0	0.811	5	4
10^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	1	0.792	7	3
11^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.785	9	2
12^th	Scottsdale	35	7	16	3	19	0.784	18	6
13^th	Prescott	11	1	10	1	4	0.763	22	9
14^th	Snowflake	5	2	3	0	0	0.76		(n/a)
15^th	Fort Huachuca	3	0	0	0	0	0.758	10	5
16^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.744	94	78
17^th	Roll	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	72	55
18^th	Queen Creek	15	4	11	3	0	0.719	12	6
19^th	Black Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	100	81
20^th	Gilbert	46	5	21	5	5	0.717	19	1
21^st	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.711	15	6
22^nd	Chandler	44	7	16	4	8	0.708	21	1
23^rd	Heber	0	2	2	0	0	0.698	40	17
24^th	Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	31	7
25^th	Joseph City	1	1	2	0	0	0.675	36	11
26^th	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	24	2
27^th	Thatcher	2	1	3	0	0	0.658		(n/a)
28^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	5	0	1	0.653	25	3
29^th	Peoria	29	0	15	2	8	0.652	30	1
30^th	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.633	33	3
31^st	Goodyear	15	1	9	1	4	0.617	32	1
32^nd	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.616	26	6
33^rd	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.604	28	5
34^th	Saint David	1	0	2	0	0	0.6	27	7
35^th	Litchfield Park	7	3	0	0	2	0.59	17	18
36^th	Surprise	18	1	11	1	1	0.589	34	2
37^th	Flagstaff	17	2	13	3	4	0.579	53	16
38^th	Cornville	2	0	0	0	0	0.574	80	42
39^th	Eagar	1	1	3	0	0	0.562	45	6
40^th	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.556	23	17
41^st	Sahuarita	6	1	4	0	0	0.552	35	6
42^nd	Prescott Valley	8	3	8	1	0	0.551	39	3
43^rd	Nogales	9	2	8	2	1	0.551	59	16
44^th	Mesa	90	16	31	8	13	0.55	50	6
45^th	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	2	0.546	128	83
46^th	Safford	4	1	5	0	0	0.522	61	15
47^th	Tempe	25	6	25	1	12	0.519	57	10
48^th	Maricopa	12	2	2	2	0	0.512	54	6
49^th	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	48	1
50^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	73	23
51^st	Green Valley	2	0	0	0	0	0.494	37	14
52^nd	Tsaile	1	0	0	0	0	0.494	83	31
53^rd	Bagdad	2	0	2	0	0	0.491		(n/a)
54^th	Mayer	1	0	2	0	1	0.49	98	44
55^th	Sierra Vista	10	1	7	1	2	0.484	64	9
56^th	Glendale	58	4	33	2	11	0.482	60	4
57^th	Sedona	2	0	4	0	2	0.473	49	8
58^th	Tucson	149	38	106	28	46	0.466	77	19
59^th	Littlefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	115	56
60^th	Bullhead City	7	2	3	0	0	0.452	62	2
61^st	Duncan	1	0	2	0	0	0.443	74	13
62^nd	Pima	2	1	3	1	0	0.435	69	7
63^rd	Laveen	9	0	3	1	0	0.43	76	13
64^th	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	0	0.417	85	21
65^th	Kingman	8	3	5	1	1	0.412	55	10
66^th	Phoenix	248	52	126	25	58	0.409	93	27
67^th	Kearny	1	0	2	0	0	0.408	106	39
68^th	Buckeye	17	1	12	0	1	0.401	78	10
69^th	Lakeside	1	1	3	0	1	0.399	79	10
70^th	Williams	2	0	3	0	0	0.399	88	18
71^st	Willcox	2	1	2	0	0	0.397	47	24
72^nd	Marana	4	1	2	1	0	0.39	116	44
73^rd	San Tan Valley	12	1	3	1	1	0.389	67	6
74^th	Yuma	27	7	17	2	5	0.383	87	13
75^th	Avondale	13	2	10	0	0	0.381	96	21
76^th	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.36	105	29
77^th	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.36	91	14
78^th	Globe	2	1	4	1	0	0.339	95	17
79^th	Douglas	9	3	4	1	1	0.338	111	32
80^th	Huachuca City	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	135	55
81^st	Wittmann	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	108	27
82^nd	Apache Junction	4	2	5	0	0	0.318	84	2
83^rd	Tonopah	1	0	2	0	0	0.312	97	14
84^th	Winslow	3	1	4	0	2	0.309	92	8
85^th	San Manuel	1	1	2	0	0	0.299	120	35
86^th	Oracle	1	0	0	0	0	0.294	123	37
87^th	Casa Grande	14	3	9	0	3	0.289	102	15
88^th	Rio Rico	4	1	2	0	0	0.284	90	2
89^th	Ajo	1	0	2	0	0	0.264	104	15
90^th	Bisbee	1	1	2	0	0	0.257	103	13
91^st	Many Farms	1	0	0	0	0	0.252	154	63
92^nd	Florence	3	0	4	4	0	0.25	114	22
93^rd	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	0	0.25	112	19
94^th	San Luis	7	2	3	0	0	0.244	124	30
95^th	Chinle	3	1	2	0	0	0.224	118	23
96^th	Tolleson	8	1	5	1	0	0.221	107	11
97^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.158	153	56
98^th	Guadalupe	1	0	0	0	0	0.133	113	15
99^th	Arizona City	1	0	0	0	0	0.128	134	35
100^th	Coolidge	6	1	5	0	0	0.102	133	33
101^st	Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	152	51
102^nd	Indian Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.091	142	40
103^rd	Whiteriver	3	1	2	0	1	0.07	155	52
104^th	Fort Defiance	2	2	2	0	0	0.025	140	36
105^th	Kayenta	1	1	3	0	0	0.016	137	32

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