Arizona City Rankings

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NOTE: 2021 and 2022 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on January 6^th after additional school test scores were discovered and posted.

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Rank (of 152)	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	0.996	1
2^nd	Oro Valley	5	0	4	0	3	0.91	4	2
3^rd	Fort Huachuca	2	1	0	0	0	0.908	3
4^th	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.885	16	12
5^th	Cave Creek	2	0	1	0	5	0.882	5
6^th	Anthem	4	0	2	2	1	0.873	6
7^th	Vail	3	1	3	0	0	0.87	7
8^th	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.837	10	2
9^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.825	12	3
10^th	Scottsdale	35	6	14	3	28	0.825	11	1
11^th	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.813	9	2
12^th	Queen Creek	18	4	10	4	0	0.776	18	6
13^th	Snowflake	5	2	3	0	0	0.774	15	2
14^th	Gilbert	45	4	19	9	8	0.762	13	1
15^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.754	47	32
16^th	Tonto Basin	1	0	0	0	0	0.744	21	5
17^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	0	0.741	8	9
18^th	Topock	1	0	0	0	0	0.735	40	22
19^th	Pine	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	38	19
20^th	Pomerene	1	0	0	0	0	0.721	23	3
21^st	Dateland	2	0	0	0	0	0.716	48	27
22^nd	Chandler	45	7	16	4	11	0.713	24	2
23^rd	Tsaile	1	0	0	0	0	0.71		(n/a)
24^th	Surprise	18	4	12	0	2	0.71	30	6
25^th	Fountain Hills	1	1	3	1	0	0.706	28	3
26^th	Congress	1	0	0	0	0	0.692	32	6
27^th	Sahuarita	6	1	5	1	0	0.69	33	6
28^th	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.688	25	3
29^th	Goodyear	19	2	9	1	6	0.684	35	6
30^th	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.682	22	8
31^st	Elgin	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	36	5
32^nd	Clarkdale	2	0	0	0	0	0.672	42	10
33^rd	Morristown	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	49	16
34^th	Prescott	10	1	10	1	6	0.664	46	12
35^th	Green Valley	2	0	0	1	0	0.651	44	9
36^th	Peoria	31	0	16	1	11	0.64	34	2
37^th	Pearce	2	0	0	0	0	0.632	92	55
38^th	Heber	0	2	2	0	0	0.631	20	18
39^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	5	0	1	0.629	29	10
40^th	Eagar	1	1	3	0	0	0.621	53	13
41^st	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.614	41
42^nd	Saint David	1	0	2	0	0	0.607	26	16
43^rd	Pima	2	1	3	1	0	0.606	59	16
44^th	Benson	1	1	3	1	1	0.605	71	27
45^th	Ash Fork	1	1	2	0	0	0.594	14	31
46^th	Duncan	1	0	2	0	0	0.594	54	8
47^th	Tombstone	1	0	2	0	0	0.572	81	34
48^th	Cornville	2	0	0	0	0	0.57	51	3
49^th	Roll	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	52	3
50^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	83	33
51^st	Solomon	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	70	19
52^nd	Lakeside	1	1	3	1	1	0.559	76	24
53^rd	Joseph City	1	1	2	0	0	0.557	31	22
54^th	Aguila	2	0	0	0	0	0.553	57	3
55^th	Black Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.546	109	54
56^th	Litchfield Park	9	3	0	0	2	0.544	82	26
57^th	Flagstaff	17	2	14	3	4	0.539	78	21
58^th	Bullhead City	7	2	4	0	0	0.538	56	2
59^th	Parks	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	62	3
60^th	Sierra Vista	10	1	7	2	3	0.536	60
61^st	Tempe	26	6	22	2	12	0.535	84	23
62^nd	Prescott Valley	9	3	8	0	1	0.529	77	15
63^rd	Mesa	92	16	34	10	20	0.526	61	2
64^th	Maricopa	10	2	4	3	0	0.517	58	6
65^th	Safford	4	1	5	0	0	0.503	80	15
66^th	Laveen	11	0	3	1	0	0.496	91	25
67^th	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.493	37	30
68^th	Bagdad	2	0	2	1	0	0.49	87	19
69^th	Oracle	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	113	44
70^th	Glendale	60	4	37	3	14	0.485	95	25
71^st	Sedona	2	0	3	1	2	0.478	69	2
72^nd	Seligman	1	0	2	0	0	0.477	106	34
73^rd	Nogales	9	2	7	3	3	0.476	121	48
74^th	Wellton	1	0	3	0	0	0.474	119	45
75^th	San Tan Valley	15	1	5	2	1	0.472	75
76^th	Kingman	9	4	7	1	1	0.466	98	22
77^th	Marana	5	1	3	1	0	0.466	89	12
78^th	Show Low	5	1	7	1	4	0.463	63	15
79^th	Buckeye	21	2	13	1	1	0.463	100	21
80^th	El Mirage	4	1	2	0	1	0.456	94	14
81^st	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	1	0.455	97	16
82^nd	Chino Valley	4	1	3	0	0	0.449	99	17
83^rd	Mayer	1	0	2	0	1	0.448	108	25
84^th	Tucson	151	39	109	29	57	0.442	103	19
85^th	Yuma	27	7	19	2	6	0.441	110	25
86^th	Wittmann	1	0	1	1	0	0.44	73	13
87^th	Globe	2	1	4	2	0	0.438	117	30
88^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	131	43
89^th	Willcox	2	1	3	0	0	0.433	65	24
90^th	Avondale	17	2	13	0	0	0.424	111	21
91^st	Kirkland	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	68	23
92^nd	Grand Canyon	1	0	2	0	0	0.42	72	20
93^rd	Winslow	3	1	5	0	3	0.412	96	3
94^th	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.408	88	6
95^th	Wenden	1	0	0	0	0	0.405	101	6
96^th	Somerton	5	1	1	0	0	0.4	128	32
97^th	Casa Grande	15	3	11	0	3	0.4	107	10
98^th	Phoenix	273	53	125	27	62	0.398	114	16
99^th	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	3	0.391	86	13
100^th	Fredonia	1	0	3	0	0	0.39	93	7
101^st	Tonopah	1	0	2	2	0	0.385	102	1
102^nd	Huachuca City	1	0	0	0	0	0.385	64	38
103^rd	Arlington	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	127	24
104^th	Williams	2	0	3	0	0	0.367	79	25
105^th	Douglas	8	3	4	1	1	0.348	132	27
106^th	Cottonwood	5	0	7	3	2	0.347	104	2
107^th	San Luis	7	2	3	0	0	0.345	138	31
108^th	Tolleson	9	1	6	0	0	0.343	124	16
109^th	Amado	1	0	0	0	0	0.339	153	44
110^th	Rio Rico	4	1	2	1	0	0.336	130	20
111^th	Bisbee	1	1	3	1	2	0.329	134	23
112^th	Apache Junction	5	2	5	0	0	0.316	116	4
113^th	Red Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.316	112	1
114^th	Youngtown	1	0	0	0	0	0.315	125	11
115^th	Parker	3	1	4	0	0	0.309	142	27
116^th	Florence	3	0	4	4	1	0.3	133	17
117^th	Window Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.282		(n/a)
118^th	Camp Verde	3	1	5	1	1	0.277	126	8
119^th	Salome	1	0	1	0	0	0.277	122	3
120^th	Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	141	21
121^st	Littlefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.256	137	16
122^nd	Chinle	3	1	2	1	0	0.251	123	1
123^rd	Gila Bend	2	0	1	0	0	0.246	140	17
124^th	San Manuel	1	1	2	0	0	0.237	145	21
125^th	Paulden	1	0	0	0	0	0.237	156	31
126^th	Winkelman	1	0	3	0	0	0.224	136	10
127^th	Kearny	1	0	2	0	0	0.223	148	21
128^th	Elfrida	1	0	2	0	0	0.218	85	43
129^th	Concho	1	0	0	0	0	0.207	90	39
130^th	Eloy	2	1	4	2	0	0.201	150	20
131^st	Coolidge	6	1	5	1	0	0.198	147	16
132^nd	Fort Defiance	2	2	2	0	0	0.175		(n/a)
133^rd	Ajo	1	0	2	0	0	0.174	129	4
134^th	Miami	3	0	2	1	0	0.164	139	5
135^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	146	11
136^th	Sanders	1	1	2	1	0	0.148	164	28
137^th	Indian Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.148	163	26
138^th	Peridot	0	0	2	0	1	0.128	155	17
139^th	Fort Thomas	2	0	3	1	1	0.128	158	19
140^th	Superior	1	0	3	0	0	0.125	144	4
141^st	Golden Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.117	154	13
142^nd	Ehrenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	120	22
143^rd	Arizona City	1	0	0	0	0	0.106	160	17
144^th	Peach Springs	2	0	1	0	0	0.102	152	8
145^th	Kayenta	1	1	3	0	0	0.099	151	6
146^th	Picacho	1	0	0	0	0	0.089	168	22
147^th	Guadalupe	1	0	0	0	0	0.076	162	15
148^th	Dolan Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.066	161	13
149^th	Whiteriver	3	1	2	0	1	0.054	167	18
150^th	Naco	1	0	0	0	0	0.047	166	16
151^st	San Carlos	1	2	1	2	1	0.037	165	14
152^nd	McNary	1	0	0	0	0	0.016	169	17

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
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.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.