Best High Schools in Arizona

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arizona test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Saturday, October 11, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 271)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
171	Mountainside High School	Public	9-12	32919 N Center St	Wittmann	85361	Maricopa County	Nadaburg Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 388-2915	378	34	11		174 (46.0%)	17 (4.5%)	167 (44.2%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (2.9%)	$8,931	$321	$363	$1,005	$6,044	$2,203	$8,247	32.1	27.9	181	10		040546003690
172	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%)	$10,631	$925	$233	$2,083	$8,117	$1,355	$9,472	31.4	24.4	191	19		040633000539
173	Marcos De Niza High School	Public	9-12	6000 S Lakeshore Dr	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 838-3200	1,408	74	18.9		199 (14.1%)	112 (8.0%)	820 (58.2%)	35 (2.5%)	152 (10.8%)	12 (0.9%)	78 (5.5%)	$9,852	$640	$532	$1,812	$7,992	$688	$8,680	31.1	43.8	132	41		040834000793
174	Lee Williams High School	Public	9-12	400 Grandview Ave	Kingman	86401	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 718-6000	994	39	25.4		640 (64.4%)	9 (0.9%)	245 (24.6%)	18 (1.8%)	21 (2.1%)	5 (0.5%)	56 (5.6%)		$00			$00			30.4	36.9	155	19		040029503325
175	Wickenburg High School	Public	6-12	1090 S Vulture Mine Rd	Wickenburg	85390	Maricopa County	Wickenburg Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 684-6600	384	25	15.6		182 (47.4%)	11 (2.9%)	179 (46.6%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	$6,736	$347	$610	$1,304	$5,277	$502	$5,779	30.2	25.4	187	12		040919000955
176	Poston Butte High School	Public	7-12	32375 N Gantzel Rd	San Tan Valley	85143	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 474-6100	1,310	70	18.8		529 (40.4%)	107 (8.2%)	577 (44.0%)	16 (1.2%)	24 (1.8%)	11 (0.8%)	46 (3.5%)	$6,884	$376	$309	$1,060	$5,283	$915	$6,199	30.1	23.1	199	23		040292002972
177	Tucson Magnet High School	Public	8-12	400 N 2nd Ave	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-5000	2,938	165	17.7		423 (14.4%)	182 (6.2%)	2,075 (70.6%)	40 (1.4%)	110 (3.7%)	5 (0.2%)	103 (3.5%)		$00			$00			29.2	22.3	200	23		040880001268
178	Imagine Prep Surprise	Public, Charter	9-12	14850 N 156th Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Imagine Prep Surprise Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 344-1770	251	15	16.7		107 (42.6%)	21 (8.4%)	94 (37.5%)	9 (3.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.2%)		$00			$00			29.1	34.2	165	13		040077002903
179	Williams High School	Public	9-12	440 S 7th St	Williams	86046	Coconino County	Williams Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 635-4474	231	16	14		98 (42.4%)	1 (0.4%)	116 (50.2%)	5 (2.2%)	6 (2.6%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.3%)		$00			$00			29			(n/a)		040931000960
180	Gateway Early College High School	Public, Charter	9-12	108 N 40th St	Phoenix	85034	Maricopa County	Maricopa County Community College District dba Gat	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 392-5237	350	22	16		4 (1.1%)	50 (14.3%)	284 (81.1%)	5 (1.4%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)		$00			$00			28.3	31.8	172	8		040004100718

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AzSCI Science, AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 11, 2025, 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.