Best High Schools in Arizona for African American 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, African American 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 Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 12)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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	2,024	98	20.5		804 (39.7%)	90 (4.4%)	281 (13.9%)	698 (34.5%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.4%)	138 (6.8%)	$8,901	$1,234	$112	$2,581	$6,646	$909	$7,555	91.7%	95.9%	4.26%			040187002822
2	Perry High School	Public	8-12	1919 E Queen Creek Rd	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2800	2,601	132	19.6		1,687 (64.9%)	107 (4.1%)	456 (17.5%)	216 (8.3%)	18 (0.7%)	5 (0.2%)	112 (4.3%)	$7,167	$473	$126	$1,072	$6,021	$547	$6,568	83.3%	87.8%	4.44%			040187002806
3	Hamilton High School	Public	8-12	3700 S Arizona Ave	Chandler	85248	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-5000	3,675	179	20.4		1,517 (41.3%)	311 (8.5%)	828 (22.5%)	676 (18.4%)	86 (2.3%)	9 (0.2%)	248 (6.7%)	$7,041	$486	$87	$1,059	$5,860	$608	$6,468	75.0%	84.8%	9.81%			040187001677
4	Desert Vista High School	Public	9-12	16440 S 32nd St	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 706-7900	2,802	129	21.6		1,413 (50.4%)	185 (6.6%)	740 (26.4%)	187 (6.7%)	47 (1.7%)	6 (0.2%)	224 (8.0%)	$6,366	$163	$374	$700	$5,423	$406	$5,829	66.7%	85.6%	18.89%			040834000680
5	Canyon View High School	Public	9-12	6024 N Perryville Rd	Waddell	85355	Maricopa County	Agua Fria Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 932-7600	2,004	90	22.1		731 (36.5%)	197 (9.8%)	893 (44.6%)	44 (2.2%)	13 (0.6%)	7 (0.3%)	119 (5.9%)	$5,374	$75	$177	$327	$4,262	$860	$5,122	58.3%	47.4%	10.93%			040045003559
6	Mcclintock High School	Public	9-12	1830 E Del Rio Dr	Tempe	85282	Maricopa County	Tempe Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 839-4222	1,757	90	19.4		420 (23.9%)	214 (12.2%)	893 (50.8%)	35 (2.0%)	75 (4.3%)	30 (1.7%)	90 (5.1%)	$7,890	$378	$418	$1,175	$6,661	$432	$7,093	50.0%	61.5%	11.48%			040834000794
7	Valley Vista High School	Public	7-12	15550 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8800	2,443	103	23.7		796 (32.6%)	228 (9.3%)	1,171 (47.9%)	41 (1.7%)	27 (1.1%)	9 (0.4%)	171 (7.0%)	$8,069	$243	$877	$1,362	$5,849	$1,100	$6,949	41.7%	47.8%	6.11%			040269002684
8	Maricopa High School	Public	6-12	45012 W Honeycutt Ave	Maricopa	85139	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-8100	2,041	89	22.8		564 (27.6%)	283 (13.9%)	924 (45.3%)	43 (2.1%)	104 (5.1%)	10 (0.5%)	113 (5.5%)	$8,773	$233	$1,029	$1,495	$6,330	$1,181	$7,511	33.3%	35.9%	2.59%			040472000372
9	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	1,923	86	22.4		121 (6.3%)	398 (20.7%)	1,142 (59.4%)	49 (2.5%)	140 (7.3%)	12 (0.6%)	61 (3.2%)	$9,473	$854	$167	$1,875	$7,551	$901	$8,452	25.0%	24.4%	0.56%			040633002854
10	West Point High School	Public	9-12	11620 W Encanto Blvd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Tolleson Union High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 474-8700	2,877	124	23.2		217 (7.5%)	370 (12.9%)	2,104 (73.1%)	54 (1.9%)	41 (1.4%)	14 (0.5%)	77 (2.7%)	$8,799	$1,068	$690	$2,825	$6,003	$1,039	$7,041	16.7%	36.7%	20.00%			040852002975

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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 September 25, 2024, 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.