Arizona City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, August 31, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 77)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Sun Lakes	1	0	0	0	0	0.987	1
2^nd	Paradise Valley	3	0	0	0	4	0.934	5	3
3^rd	Fort Huachuca	2	1	0	0	0	0.837	15	12
4^th	Anthem	4	0	2	2	0	0.832	9	5
5^th	Cave Creek	2	0	1	0	3	0.822	6	1
6^th	Oro Valley	5	0	4	0	3	0.821	8	2
7^th	Colorado City	1	0	1	1	1	0.772	10	3
8^th	Vail	2	1	3	0	0	0.763	7	1
9^th	Scottsdale	33	6	14	3	19	0.755	12	3
10^th	Sun City	2	0	0	0	0	0.728	11	1
11^th	Desert Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	21	10
12^th	Gilbert	44	5	20	7	5	0.717	20	8
13^th	Queen Creek	16	4	10	3	0	0.714	18	5
14^th	Prescott	9	1	10	1	4	0.712	13	1
15^th	Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0.703	16	1
16^th	Chandler	44	7	16	4	8	0.685	22	6
17^th	Corona De Tucson	2	1	0	0	0	0.671	3	14
18^th	Heber	0	2	2	0	0	0.648	23	5
19^th	Thatcher	2	1	3	0	0	0.61	27	8
20^th	Peoria	31	0	16	1	8	0.596	29	9
21^st	Morenci	1	1	2	0	0	0.595	33	12
22^nd	Goodyear	18	2	9	1	4	0.583	31	9
23^rd	Joseph City	1	1	2	0	0	0.573	25	2
24^th	Lake Havasu City	8	1	5	0	1	0.564	28	4
25^th	Waddell	1	0	2	0	0	0.553	32	7
26^th	Green Valley	2	0	0	0	0	0.552	51	25
27^th	Surprise	21	1	12	0	1	0.549	36	9
28^th	Clarkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.546	26	2
29^th	Pima	2	1	3	1	0	0.536	62	33
30^th	Mesa	88	16	31	9	13	0.535	44	14
31^st	Marana	5	1	2	1	0	0.533	72	41
32^nd	Hereford	2	0	0	0	0	0.52	40	8
33^rd	Litchfield Park	7	3	0	0	2	0.515	35	2
34^th	Show Low	4	1	7	1	4	0.515		(n/a)
35^th	Sahuarita	6	1	5	0	0	0.513	41	6
36^th	Flagstaff	17	2	14	3	4	0.507	37	1
37^th	Dewey	1	1	0	0	0	0.504	30	7
38^th	Tempe	25	6	23	2	12	0.501	47	9
39^th	Tucson	141	39	106	27	46	0.499	58	19
40^th	Sierra Vista	9	1	7	1	2	0.498	55	15
41^st	Benson	1	1	3	1	0	0.463		(n/a)
42^nd	Safford	4	1	4	1	0	0.459	46	4
43^rd	Prescott Valley	8	3	8	0	0	0.459	42	1
44^th	Glendale	60	5	36	3	11	0.452	56	12
45^th	Wittmann	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	81	36
46^th	Bullhead City	7	2	4	0	0	0.447	60	14
47^th	Fort Mohave	3	0	2	0	0	0.437	64	17
48^th	Phoenix	248	53	122	25	58	0.425	66	18
49^th	Rimrock	1	0	1	0	2	0.422	45	4
50^th	Palo Verde	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	50
51^st	Cottonwood	4	0	7	3	1	0.405		(n/a)
52^nd	Maricopa	8	2	4	3	0	0.398	48	4
53^rd	Wickenburg	1	1	2	1	2	0.396	77	24
54^th	Eagar	1	1	3	0	0	0.376	39	15
55^th	San Tan Valley	13	0	3	2	1	0.371	73	18
56^th	Globe	2	1	4	1	0	0.361	78	22
57^th	Casa Grande	13	3	9	0	3	0.358	87	30
58^th	Kingman	8	3	6	1	1	0.343	65	7
59^th	Nogales	9	2	7	3	1	0.342	43	16
60^th	Willcox	2	1	3	0	0	0.342	71	11
61^st	Buckeye	20	1	13	0	1	0.33	68	7
62^nd	Douglas	7	3	4	1	1	0.313	79	17
63^rd	Laveen	10	0	3	1	0	0.311	63
64^th	Lakeside	1	1	3	1	1	0.285	69	5
65^th	Yuma	26	7	19	2	5	0.27	74	9
66^th	El Mirage	5	0	2	0	0	0.269	93	27
67^th	Avondale	14	2	11	0	0	0.268	75	8
68^th	Tonopah	1	0	2	1	0	0.233	83	15
69^th	Apache Junction	5	2	5	0	0	0.231	82	13
70^th	Winslow	3	1	5	0	2	0.218	84	14
71^st	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.206	97	26
72^nd	Somerton	4	1	1	0	0	0.205	76	4
73^rd	Rio Rico	4	1	2	1	0	0.204	88	15
74^th	Florence	3	0	4	4	0	0.182	92	18
75^th	Tolleson	8	1	6	0	0	0.18	96	21
76^th	San Luis	6	2	3	0	0	0.133	94	18
77^th	Coolidge	6	1	5	0	0	0.045	100	23

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