Arizona City Rankings

JUST IN! Arizona test scores and updated rankings for the 2021-22 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

NOTE: 2022 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on September 13^th after additional school test scores were discovered and posted.

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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

Rank (of 78)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2021)	Rank change from 2021
1^st	Sun Lakes	1	0	0	0	0	0.995	1
2^nd	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.943	2
3^rd	Anthem	4	0	2	2	1	0.875	4	1
4^th	Oro Valley	5	0	4	0	3	0.866	6	2
5^th	Fort Huachuca	2	1	0	0	0	0.864	3	2
6^th	Cave Creek	2	0	1	0	5	0.83	5	1
7^th	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.827	18	11
8^th	Vail	3	1	3	0	0	0.812	9	1
9^th	Scottsdale	35	6	14	3	28	0.81	10	1
10^th	Snowflake	5	2	3	0	0	0.79	8	2
11^th	Gilbert	45	5	20	8	8	0.763	14	3
12^th	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.76	12
13^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	0	0.743	7	6
14^th	Queen Creek	17	4	10	3	0	0.732	13	1
15^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.725	11	4
16^th	Chandler	44	7	16	4	11	0.712	17	1
17^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.709	16	1
18^th	Thatcher	2	1	3	0	0	0.693	20	2
19^th	Goodyear	19	2	9	1	6	0.655	23	4
20^th	Surprise	21	1	12	0	2	0.646	26	6
21^st	Peoria	31	0	16	1	11	0.623	21
22^nd	Marana	5	1	2	1	0	0.613	32	10
23^rd	Sahuarita	6	1	5	0	0	0.609	36	13
24^th	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.604	28	4
25^th	Green Valley	2	0	0	0	0	0.604	27	2
26^th	Benson	1	1	3	1	1	0.596	42	16
27^th	Litchfield Park	9	3	0	0	2	0.592	34	7
28^th	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.589	22	6
29^th	Sierra Vista	10	1	7	1	3	0.584	41	12
30^th	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.563	39	9
31^st	Lake Havasu City	8	1	5	0	1	0.562	25	6
32^nd	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	29	3
33^rd	Flagstaff	17	2	14	3	4	0.541	38	5
34^th	Safford	4	1	4	1	0	0.54	43	9
35^th	Eagar	1	1	3	0	0	0.516	55	20
36^th	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	1	0.516	48	12
37^th	Mesa	90	16	32	10	20	0.514	30	7
38^th	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.512	54	16
39^th	Maricopa	10	2	4	3	0	0.48	53	14
40^th	Prescott Valley	9	3	8	0	1	0.467	44	4
41^st	Tempe	25	6	23	2	12	0.465	37	4
42^nd	Tucson	147	39	107	27	57	0.465	40	2
43^rd	Lakeside	1	1	3	1	1	0.457	65	22
44^th	Glendale	61	5	36	3	14	0.446	47	3
45^th	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.441	33	12
46^th	Laveen	10	0	3	1	0	0.434	64	18
47^th	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.429	73	26
48^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.427	72	24
49^th	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	1	0.419	67	18
50^th	Phoenix	260	52	122	25	62	0.407	49	1
51^st	Bullhead City	7	2	4	0	0	0.405	46	5
52^nd	Buckeye	20	1	13	0	1	0.399	62	10
53^rd	San Tan Valley	14	0	3	2	1	0.395	56	3
54^th	Avondale	16	2	11	1	0	0.379	68	14
55^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	51	4
56^th	Yuma	27	7	19	2	6	0.372	66	10
57^th	Kingman	8	3	6	1	1	0.362	59	2
58^th	Nogales	9	2	7	3	3	0.359	60	2
59^th	Florence	3	0	4	4	1	0.331	75	16
60^th	San Luis	7	2	3	0	0	0.325	77	17
61^st	Douglas	8	3	4	1	1	0.313	63	2
62^nd	Pima	2	1	3	1	0	0.305	31	31
63^rd	Casa Grande	14	3	10	0	3	0.303	58	5
64^th	Winslow	3	1	5	0	3	0.303	71	7
65^th	Tonopah	1	0	2	1	0	0.302	69	4
66^th	Tolleson	8	1	6	0	0	0.272	76	10
67^th	Willcox	2	1	3	0	0	0.254	61	6
68^th	Rio Rico	4	1	2	1	0	0.242	74	6
69^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.224		(n/a)
70^th	Cottonwood	4	0	7	3	2	0.22	52	18
71^st	Apache Junction	5	2	5	0	0	0.205	70	1
72^nd	Chinle	3	1	2	0	0	0.183		(n/a)
73^rd	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.183		(n/a)
74^th	Coolidge	6	1	5	0	0	0.14	78	4
75^th	Fort Defiance	2	2	2	0	0	0.076		(n/a)
76^th	Guadalupe	1	0	0	0	0	0.041		(n/a)
77^th	Miami	3	0	2	1	0	0.021		(n/a)
78^th	Peridot	0	0	2	0	1	0.005		(n/a)

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These rankings were last updated on September 7, 2022, 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.
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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.