Best High Schools in Arizona for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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.

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 Friday, October 13, 2023.

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NOTE: 2023 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 11^th after the addition of the 2023 AzSCI scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 347)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
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%	98.9%	0.78%
040096903751	2	AAEC Online	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	1440 S Longhorn	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center INC.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 222-3999	42				21 (50.0%)	1 (2.4%)	15 (35.7%)	3 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			99.4%	91.2%	8.18%
040852003206	3	University High School	Public	9-12	9419 W Van Buren St	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	Tolleson Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-4380	405	17	23.8		41 (10.1%)	38 (9.4%)	257 (63.5%)	57 (14.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.5%)	$8,747	$1,175	$688	$3,039	$5,972	$912	$6,884	99.1%	95.3%	3.84%
040633002670	4	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	377	22	17.1	64.7%	47 (12.5%)	15 (4.0%)	268 (71.1%)	31 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$10,428	$640	$265	$1,545	$8,387	$1,136	$9,523	98.8%	94.9%	3.98%
040880001441	5	University High School	Public	8-12	421 N Arcadia Ave	Tucson	85711	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 232-5900	1,129	49	23.2		489 (43.3%)	29 (2.6%)	396 (35.1%)	126 (11.2%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	82 (7.3%)		$00			$00			98.6%	97.2%	1.34%
040187002822	6	Arizona College Prep High School	Public	7-12	4477 S Gilbert Rd	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 424-8700	1,225	55	22.3	2.0%	529 (43.2%)	45 (3.7%)	186 (15.2%)	362 (29.6%)	5 (0.4%)	6 (0.5%)	92 (7.5%)	$8,901	$1,234	$112	$2,581	$6,646	$909	$7,555	98.3%	97.6%	0.62%
040008101010	7	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			98.0%	94.0%	3.97%
040633003509	8	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	268	17	16.2	71.6%	64 (23.9%)	17 (6.3%)	159 (59.3%)	9 (3.4%)	6 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.5%)	$10,718	$773	$298	$1,845	$8,700	$947	$9,647	97.7%	92.5%	5.17%
040083803243	9	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. - Prescott Valley	Public, Charter	9-12	7500 E Civic Cir	Prescott Valley	86314	Yavapai County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 775-3200	333				268 (80.5%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (16.5%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)		$00			$00			97.4%	88.9%	8.52%
040090003404	10	Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	7205 N Pima Rd	Scottsdale	85258	Maricopa County	Cicero Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 424-1790	503				345 (68.6%)	17 (3.4%)	81 (16.1%)	22 (4.4%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.2%)		$00			$00			97.1%	96.4%	0.75%

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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 13, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.