Best High Schools in Arizona for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

Every year, the Arizona Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Arizona Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Arizona Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 380)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040089803393	1	BASIS Mesa	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5010 S Eastmark Pkwy	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 239-4807	808				319 (39.5%)	61 (7.5%)	151 (18.7%)	212 (26.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (7.7%)	$8,723	$203	$99	$505	$6,242	$2,179	$8,420	99.7%	98.4%	1.35%
040340002840	1	Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	Public	7-12	55 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4034	712	35	20.3		333 (46.8%)	10 (1.4%)	110 (15.4%)	202 (28.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.4%)	$7,314	$00			$6,852	$462	$7,314	99.7%	97.8%	1.96%
040085103271	1	Great Hearts Academies - Trivium Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	2001 N Bullard Ave	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Trivium Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 866-4730	904				377 (41.7%)	55 (6.1%)	303 (33.5%)	84 (9.3%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.9%)	74 (8.2%)		$00			$00			99.7%	91.7%	8.02%
040096903543	4	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. - Mesa	Public, Charter	9-12	1440 S Longmore	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center INC.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 222-3999	115				78 (67.8%)	6 (5.2%)	27 (23.5%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)		$00			$00			98.9%	79.6%	19.35%
040005600781	5	Arizona School For The Arts	Public, Charter	5-12	1410 N 3rd St	Phoenix	85004	Maricopa County	Arizona School For The Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 257-1444	842				428 (50.8%)	46 (5.5%)	276 (32.8%)	27 (3.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.1%)	$9,653	$322	$212	$856	$7,261	$1,858	$9,118	98.7%	93.7%	4.95%
040885003214	6	Vail Innovation Center	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	10775 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(520) 879-1300	146	14	10.5		73 (50.0%)	7 (4.8%)	45 (30.8%)	4 (2.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (11.0%)	$7,594	$04	$78	$87	$7,303	$209	$7,512	98.4%	67.5%	30.95%
040269003193	7	Dysart iSchool	Public, Virtual	7-12	15802 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(623) 876-7872	181	16	11		84 (46.4%)	23 (12.7%)	55 (30.4%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (7.7%)	$12,322	$134	$820	$1,088	$8,913	$2,455	$11,368	98.2%	69.3%	28.86%
040008101010	8	Presidio School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1695 E Fort Lowell Rd	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Presidio School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 881-5222	392			28.3%	138 (35.2%)	16 (4.1%)	198 (50.5%)	17 (4.3%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.3%)	14 (3.6%)		$00			$00			97.9%	93.1%	4.76%
040022501887	9	Horizon Honors Secondary School	Public, Charter	7-12	16233 S 48th St	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Horizon Community Learning Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 659-3000	714				447 (62.6%)	31 (4.3%)	146 (20.4%)	41 (5.7%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.6%)		$00			$00			97.6%	95.4%	2.28%
040075702820	10	Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	4525 E. Baseline Road	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Arete Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 222-4233	550				297 (54.0%)	31 (5.6%)	138 (25.1%)	39 (7.1%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	37 (6.7%)	$10,377	$316	$72	$703	$6,258	$3,732	$9,989	97.4%	95.6%	1.81%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, AzSCI Science, AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics 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.