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Phoenix Union High School District

At a glance

253^rdof 289 Arizona districts▲ 3

Better than 12% of Arizona districts

High 21Grades 9-12

4502 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85012-1817·(602) 764-0860·All Arizona district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 12.5% of districts

Schools

25,800

Students

5-star school

Top rankedPhoenix Union Bioscience High School15^th of 271 Arizona high schools

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Biggest riser

Metro Technical High School up 19 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Phoenix Coding Academy 13.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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7 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Phoenix Union High School District consists of 19 high schools, including a mix of traditional public high schools and specialized/alternative schools, serving students in grades 9-12. The district faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to all students, as evidenced by the wide performance gaps between the highest-performing and lowest-performing schools.

A few schools stand out in the data: Phoenix Union Bioscience High School and Phoenix Coding Academy consistently rank among the top high schools in Arizona, with exceptional student performance on state assessments. In contrast, the larger, comprehensive high schools in the district, such as Trevor Browne High School, Maryvale High School, and Cesar Chavez High School, struggle to provide a high-quality education, with student proficiency rates well below the state averages.

The data reveals significant disparities in funding and resources within the district, with spending per student ranging from $3,471 at Phoenix Digital Academy to $19,197 at Bostrom Alternative Center. These funding disparities may be a contributing factor to the performance gaps observed across the district. Overall, the data suggests that the Phoenix Union High School District faces significant challenges in providing equitable, high-quality educational opportunities for all students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)	AASA Mathematics (2025)	AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Alhambra High School	Public	9-12	3839 W Camelback Rd	Phoenix	85019	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-6000	2,169	109	19.8		60 (2.8%)	207 (9.5%)	1,752 (80.8%)	88 (4.1%)	30 (1.4%)	5 (0.2%)	27 (1.2%)	8.7	268^th of 271 public high schools	1.1%		8.1	268^th of 270 public high schools	0.7%		10.0	8.0	4.0	$9,155	$911	$272	$2,095	$7,365	$606	$7,971
Metro Technical High School	Public	9-12	1900 W Thomas Rd	Phoenix	85015	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-8000	1,781	95	18.7		24 (1.3%)	31 (1.7%)	1,697 (95.3%)	19 (1.1%)	6 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	31.4	172^nd of 271 public high schools	36.5%		24.4	191^st of 270 public high schools	29.3%	19	33.0	28.0	17.0	$10,631	$925	$233	$2,083	$8,117	$1,355	$9,472
Camelback High School	Public	9-12	4612 N 28th St	Phoenix	85016	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-7000	2,106	118	17.8		110 (5.2%)	230 (10.9%)	1,609 (76.4%)	20 (0.9%)	75 (3.6%)	15 (0.7%)	47 (2.2%)	15	244^th of 271 public high schools	10.0%		12.5	249^th of 270 public high schools	7.8%	5	23.0	14.0	7.0	$9,001	$789	$193	$1,771	$7,344	$675	$8,019
Carl Hayden High School	Public	9-12	3333 W Roosevelt St	Phoenix	85009	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-3000	2,079	100	20.8		33 (1.6%)	78 (3.8%)	1,945 (93.6%)	5 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.5%)	10.1	266^th of 271 public high schools	1.8%		9	267^th of 270 public high schools	1.1%	1	14.0	9.0	5.0	$8,794	$938	$140	$2,016	$6,948	$768	$7,716
Central High School	Public	9-12	4525 N Central Ave	Phoenix	85012	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-7500	1,733	101	17.1		117 (6.8%)	262 (15.1%)	1,167 (67.3%)	40 (2.3%)	96 (5.5%)	4 (0.2%)	47 (2.7%)	13.6	253^rd of 271 public high schools	6.6%		11.7	256^th of 270 public high schools	5.2%	3	17.0	13.0	9.0	$9,506	$972	$176	$2,120	$7,559	$799	$8,358
Maryvale High School	Public	9-12	3415 N 59th Ave	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-2000	2,532	127	19.9		62 (2.4%)	126 (5.0%)	2,301 (90.9%)	10 (0.4%)	25 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.3%)	11.2	263^rd of 271 public high schools	3.0%		10.7	261^st of 270 public high schools	3.3%	2	15.0	11.0	6.0	$8,484	$828	$173	$1,829	$6,912	$571	$7,483
South Mountain High School	Public	9-12	5401 S 7th St	Phoenix	85040	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-5000	2,207	107	20.7		64 (2.9%)	332 (15.0%)	1,737 (78.7%)	10 (0.5%)	28 (1.3%)	5 (0.2%)	31 (1.4%)	10.4	264^th of 271 public high schools	2.6%		9.3	266^th of 270 public high schools	1.5%	2	16.0	7.0	6.0	$9,998	$803	$252	$1,858	$8,107	$836	$8,943
Trevor Browne High School	Public	9-12	7402 W Catalina Dr	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-8500	2,850	135	21.1		63 (2.2%)	141 (4.9%)	2,581 (90.6%)	21 (0.7%)	20 (0.7%)	11 (0.4%)	13 (0.5%)	12	259^th of 271 public high schools	4.4%		11.9	255^th of 270 public high schools	5.6%	4	15.0	12.0	7.0	$8,560	$696	$179	$1,572	$7,076	$608	$7,684
North High School	Public	9-12	1101 E Thomas Rd	Phoenix	85014	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-6500	1,837	98	18.8		82 (4.5%)	160 (8.7%)	1,502 (81.8%)	40 (2.2%)	35 (1.9%)	2 (0.1%)	16 (0.9%)	11.3	262^nd of 271 public high schools	3.3%		13.2	247^th of 270 public high schools	8.5%	15	13.0	10.0	8.0	$9,617	$830	$167	$1,827	$7,923	$696	$8,619
Bostrom Alternative Center	Public	9-12	3535 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-1700	302	17	17.7		3 (1.0%)	45 (14.9%)	241 (79.8%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)				$19,197	$1,865	$725	$4,455	$15,269	$1,338	$16,607
Desiderata Program	Public	9-12	2920 N 34th Dr	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(602) 764-0800	67	9	7.4		15 (22.4%)	17 (25.4%)	33 (49.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Cesar Chavez High School	Public	9-12	3921 W Baseline Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-4000	2,598	129	20.2		92 (3.5%)	425 (16.4%)	1,882 (72.4%)	32 (1.2%)	77 (3.0%)	9 (0.3%)	81 (3.1%)	14.3	249^th of 271 public high schools	8.1%		14	244^th of 270 public high schools	9.6%	5	17.0	17.0	7.0	$8,638	$649	$172	$1,469	$6,886	$931	$7,817
Linda Abril Educational Academy	Public	10-12	3000 N 19th Ave	Phoenix	85015	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-0050	246	14	17.5		6 (2.4%)	24 (9.8%)	204 (82.9%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)								(n/a)				$13,707	$1,410	$547	$3,368	$11,016	$733	$11,750
Phoenix Union Bioscience High School	Public	9-12	512 E Pierce St	Phoenix	85004	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-5600	390	22	17.7		52 (13.3%)	22 (5.6%)	270 (69.2%)	35 (9.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	94.8	15^th of 271 public high schools	94.5%		96.1	13^th of 270 public high schools	95.2%	2	86.0	70.0	55.0	$10,428	$640	$265	$1,545	$8,387	$1,136	$9,523
Betty Fairfax High School	Public	9-12	8225 S 59th Ave	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-9000	2,014	90	22.3		106 (5.3%)	434 (21.5%)	1,206 (59.9%)	52 (2.6%)	138 (6.9%)	9 (0.4%)	69 (3.4%)	18.3	221^st of 271 public high schools	18.5%		21.3	204^th of 270 public high schools	24.4%	17	25.0	16.0	11.0	$9,473	$854	$167	$1,875	$7,551	$901	$8,452
Franklin Police and Fire High School	Public	9-12	1645 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85007	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-0200	313	21	14.9		6 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	300 (95.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	28	181^st of 271 public high schools	33.2%		35.8	160^th of 270 public high schools	40.7%	21	38.0	18.0		$13,219	$757	$344	$1,857	$10,961	$1,157	$12,119
Phoenix Coding Academy	Public	9-12	4445 N Central Ave	Phoenix	85012	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-5700	224	16	13.8		44 (19.6%)	23 (10.3%)	140 (62.5%)	5 (2.2%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.5%)	35.8	159^th of 271 public high schools	41.3%		77.7	50^th of 270 public high schools	81.5%	109	36.0	20.0	28.0	$10,718	$773	$298	$1,845	$8,700	$947	$9,647
Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory	Public	9-12	3005 E Fillmore St	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 764-9600	197	13	14.7		6 (3.0%)	7 (3.6%)	183 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)	20.0			$13,165	$898	$598	$2,395	$10,066	$1,603	$11,669
Phoenix Digital Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	3701 W Thomas Rd	Phoenix	85009	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(602) 764-0860	70	28	2.5		5 (7.1%)	6 (8.6%)	56 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)				$3,471	$256	$03	$516	$3,158	$54	$3,211
PXU City	Public	9-12	4502 N Central Ave	Phoenix	85012	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 764-1100	85	2	42.5		3 (3.5%)	13 (15.3%)	61 (71.8%)	3 (3.5%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.5%)								(n/a)
Phoenix Educator Preparatory	Public	9-12	4525 N Central Ave	Phoenix	85012	Maricopa County	Phoenix Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(602) 764-1051	0	3	1.6		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Alhambra Elementary District	0.41 mi	18	234^th
Maryvale Preparatory Academy	1.25 mi	1
Liberty Traditional Charter School	1.28 mi	4
Isaac Elementary District	1.32 mi	13	274^th
Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High School	1.34 mi	2	170^th

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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.

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