Best High Schools in Arizona

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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
131	Round Valley High School	Public	9-12	550 North Butler St.	Eagar	85925	Apache County	Round Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 333-6800	386	23	16.7		237 (61.4%)	1 (0.3%)	122 (31.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.9%)	$10,318	$568	$417	$1,552	$7,357	$1,977	$9,334	44.2	36.2	159	28		040713001044
132	Mountain Pointe High School	Public	9-12	4201 E Knox Rd	Phoenix	85044	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 759-8449	1,570	78	20.1		246 (15.7%)	474 (30.2%)	614 (39.1%)	25 (1.6%)	88 (5.6%)	7 (0.4%)	116 (7.4%)	$8,024	$264	$374	$902	$6,881	$506	$7,386	43.6	39.7	145	13		040834001567
133	Barry Goldwater High School	Public	7-12	2820 W Rose Garden Ln	Phoenix	85027	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 445-3000	1,602	88	18.1		561 (35.0%)	117 (7.3%)	736 (45.9%)	43 (2.7%)	45 (2.8%)	12 (0.7%)	88 (5.5%)	$6,430	$745	$89	$1,579	$5,076	$520	$5,596	43.4	42	139	6		040775001331
134	Desert Ridge High	Public	8-12	10045 E Madero Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 984-8947	2,103	107	19.7		1,199 (57.0%)	73 (3.5%)	619 (29.4%)	53 (2.5%)	22 (1.0%)	8 (0.4%)	129 (6.1%)	$6,032	$20	$35	$75	$5,607	$370	$5,977	43.1	49.1	121	13		040340002283
135	Tapbi	Public, Virtual	9-12	500 W Guadalupe Rd	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 839-0292	175	10	17.5		49 (28.0%)	28 (16.0%)	71 (40.6%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (9.1%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.6%)	$7,607	$00			$7,591	$16	$7,607	42.9	42.1	137	2		040834002583
136	Independence High School	Public	9-12	6602 N 75th Ave	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 435-6100	1,907	86	22		156 (8.2%)	135 (7.1%)	1,479 (77.6%)	86 (4.5%)	21 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (1.6%)	$9,489	$530	$100	$1,161	$7,583	$1,276	$8,859	42.5	36.3	157	21		040345000284
137	Mission Heights Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1376 E Cottonwood Ln	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Kaizen Education Foundation dba Mission Heights Pr	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-9383	551	40	13.7		213 (38.7%)	23 (4.2%)	260 (47.2%)	11 (2.0%)	8 (1.5%)	7 (1.3%)	29 (5.3%)	$10,251	$889	$782	$2,561	$4,490	$4,091	$8,580	42.4	57.1	98	39		040082303296
138	Mogollon High School	Public	8-12	3450 Mustang Ave.	Heber	85928	Navajo County	Heber-Overgaard Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 535-4622	159	12	13.3		123 (77.4%)	2 (1.3%)	31 (19.5%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			42.3	43.3	133	5		040002601460
139	EDUPRIZE SCHOOL Gilbert	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	580 W Melody Ave	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Eduprize Schools LLC	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 813-9537	1,270	100	12.7		744 (58.6%)	39 (3.1%)	367 (28.9%)	35 (2.8%)	15 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (5.4%)	$9,041	$973	$170	$2,116	$5,286	$2,612	$7,898	42	42	138	1		040074600717
140	A+ Charter Schools	Public, Charter	6-12	41735 W. Alan Stephens Pkwy	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	A+ Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 265-5589	370	22	16.9		137 (37.0%)	44 (11.9%)	154 (41.6%)	4 (1.1%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.2%)	$8,184	$365	$716	$1,446	$5,636	$1,467	$7,103	41.9			(n/a)		040099803681

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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.
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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.