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Arizona City Rankings

Updated Monday, October 7, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 104)	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	0.988		(n/a)
2^nd	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.906	2
3^rd	Ash Fork	1	1	2	0	0	0.895	16	13
4^th	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.894	3	1
5^th	Cave Creek	2	0	0	0	3	0.887	4	1
6^th	Vail	2	1	3	0	0	0.85	11	5
7^th	Oro Valley	4	0	3	0	3	0.833	1	6
8^th	Anthem	4	0	2	2	0	0.81	5	3
9^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	1	0.791	7	2
10^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.786	9	1
11^th	Scottsdale	34	7	16	3	19	0.78	18	7
12^th	Prescott	9	1	7	1	4	0.762	22	10
13^th	Fort Huachuca	3	0	0	0	0	0.758	10	3
14^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.743	94	80
15^th	Roll	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	72	57
16^th	Gilbert	45	5	21	5	5	0.723	19	3
17^th	Black Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	100	83
18^th	Queen Creek	14	4	11	3	0	0.712	12	6
19^th	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	15	4
20^th	Chandler	43	7	14	4	8	0.708	21	1
21^st	Heber	0	2	1	0	0	0.696	40	19
22^nd	Saint Johns	1	1	3	0	0	0.693	13	9
23^rd	Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	31	8
24^th	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	24
25^th	Joseph City	1	1	1	0	0	0.674	36	11
26^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	4	0	1	0.653	25	1
27^th	Peoria	28	0	14	2	8	0.652	30	3
28^th	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.634	33	5
29^th	Goodyear	15	1	8	1	4	0.617	32	3
30^th	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.615	26	4
31^st	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.602	28	3
32^nd	Saint David	1	0	2	0	0	0.598	27	5
33^rd	Litchfield Park	7	3	0	0	2	0.59	17	16
34^th	Surprise	18	1	9	1	1	0.588	34
35^th	Flagstaff	17	2	12	3	4	0.578	53	18
36^th	Cornville	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	80	44
37^th	Show Low	4	1	5	0	4	0.569	65	28
38^th	Sahuarita	6	1	2	0	0	0.567	35	3
39^th	Eagar	1	1	2	0	0	0.561	45	6
40^th	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.556	23	17
41^st	Nogales	8	2	5	1	1	0.551	59	18
42^nd	Mesa	90	16	27	8	13	0.546	50	8
43^rd	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	2	0.546	128	85
44^th	Prescott Valley	8	3	8	1	0	0.534	39	5
45^th	Tempe	7	2	21	1	12	0.527	57	12
46^th	Safford	4	1	4	0	0	0.522	61	15
47^th	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	48	1
48^th	Maricopa	10	2	2	2	0	0.512	54	6
49^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	73	24
50^th	Green Valley	2	0	0	0	0	0.494	37	13
51^st	Tsaile	1	0	0	0	0	0.494	83	32
52^nd	Bagdad	2	0	2	0	0	0.491		(n/a)
53^rd	Mayer	1	0	2	0	1	0.491	98	45
54^th	Sierra Vista	8	1	5	1	2	0.484	64	10
55^th	Glendale	58	4	30	2	11	0.475	60	5
56^th	Sedona	1	0	1	0	2	0.473	49	7
57^th	Tucson	142	38	98	28	46	0.465	77	20
58^th	Littlefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.464	115	57
59^th	Bullhead City	7	2	3	0	0	0.452	62	3
60^th	Duncan	1	0	2	0	0	0.442	74	14
61^st	Pima	2	1	2	1	0	0.434	69	8
62^nd	Laveen	9	0	3	1	0	0.43	76	14
63^rd	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	0	0.417	85	22
64^th	Kingman	8	3	5	0	1	0.412	55	9
65^th	Phoenix	230	49	121	23	58	0.411	93	28
66^th	Kearny	1	0	1	0	0	0.406	106	40
67^th	Buckeye	16	1	11	0	1	0.401	78	11
68^th	Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0.398	88	20
69^th	Willcox	2	1	2	0	0	0.397	47	22
70^th	Marana	4	1	2	1	0	0.39	116	46
71^st	San Tan Valley	11	1	3	1	1	0.389	67	4
72^nd	Yuma	27	7	14	2	5	0.383	87	15
73^rd	Avondale	13	2	9	0	0	0.38	96	23
74^th	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.36	105	31
75^th	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.359	91	16
76^th	Globe	2	1	3	1	0	0.339	95	19
77^th	Douglas	9	3	4	1	1	0.337	111	34
78^th	Huachuca City	1	0	0	0	0	0.327	135	57
79^th	Wittmann	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	108	29
80^th	Holbrook	2	1	2	1	1	0.318	81	1
81^st	Apache Junction	4	2	5	0	0	0.317	84	3
82^nd	Tonopah	1	0	2	0	0	0.311	97	15
83^rd	Winslow	3	1	2	0	2	0.309	92	9
84^th	San Manuel	1	1	2	0	0	0.3	120	36
85^th	Oracle	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	123	38
86^th	Casa Grande	14	3	8	0	3	0.288	102	16
87^th	Rio Rico	4	1	2	0	0	0.283	90	3
88^th	Ajo	1	0	1	0	0	0.263	104	16
89^th	Bisbee	1	1	2	0	0	0.256	103	14
90^th	Many Farms	1	0	0	0	0	0.252	154	64
91^st	Florence	3	0	2	4	0	0.25	114	23
92^nd	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	0	0.25	112	20
93^rd	San Luis	7	2	3	0	0	0.243	124	31
94^th	Chinle	3	1	2	0	0	0.224	118	24
95^th	Tolleson	8	1	5	0	0	0.221	107	12
96^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.156	153	57
97^th	Arizona City	1	0	0	0	0	0.128	134	37
98^th	Coolidge	6	1	5	0	0	0.101	133	35
99^th	Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	152	53
100^th	Indian Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	142	42
101^st	Whiteriver	3	1	1	0	1	0.069	155	54
102^nd	Ganado	1	1	2	0	0	0.034	139	37
103^rd	Fort Defiance	2	2	2	0	0	0.025	140	37
104^th	Kayenta	1	1	3	0	0	0.015	137	33

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