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Florence High School

Public Grades 7-12
203rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 256 Arizona High Schools
Better than 21% of Arizona high schools
Summary

Florence High School serves 857 students in grades 7–12 in Florence, Arizona, with nearby comparison schools including programs of different sizes and types. Its latest results show a contrast: proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and math is below state levels, while graduation is high. The clearest positive counterpoint is that 93% of students graduated in 2024–25, above the state’s 80% and the Florence Unified School District’s 90%.

Science is Florence’s strongest tested subject relative to the state and nearby schools: 18% of 11th-graders were proficient in 2024–25, close to the state’s 19% and above the district’s 17%. That was also well ahead of San Tan Foothills High School at 9% and Coolidge High School at 8%. In 2025–26, Florence’s all-grade ELA proficiency was 22%, 19 points below the state and 4 below the district, though tied for the best result among nearby schools with reported scores. Math proficiency was 17%, 16 points below the state and 1 below the district, but 5 points above the best reported nearby result.

Florence’s science proficiency increased 5 points, from 13% in 2022–23 to 18% in 2024–25, while the state rate fell 3 points; the gap narrowed from 9 points to 1. SchoolDigger placed Florence at the 21st statewide percentile in 2025–26, ahead of nearby San Tan Foothills at 14 and Coolidge High at 16; all three had one star. Florence’s percentile fell from 28 the year before. Its student-teacher ratio is 20.9, and its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 44% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s English-learner percentile was a notable 91 in 2020–21, compared with 39 overall that year; more recently, its low-socioeconomic-status percentile fell from 34 to 13 between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the overall percentile declined from 28 to 21.

857
Students ?
20.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$7,554
Per pupil spending ?
32.4%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
 1001 S Main St
       Florence, AZ  85132-8133

(520) 866-3560

District: Florence Unified School District


Feeder schools for Florence High School:

Elementary:    Florence Elementary School
    Magma Ranch Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
42.7%
White:
41.8%
African American:
6.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026
Strengths
✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the Arizona average (80%)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (19% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 30 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg22%
Arizona avg37%
203rd of 256
Arizona public high schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 31 pts since 2016
From top 49% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 3High Schools in the Florence Unified School District
241st of 267Florence Unified School District among Arizona districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202617.2203 of 25620.7%★☆☆☆☆
202525.4194 of 27128.4%★☆☆☆☆
202417.7224 of 27017.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.3313 of 46933.3%★★☆☆☆
202231.4253 of 46445.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.4308 of 50939.5%★★☆☆☆
201926.4199 of 28530.2%★★☆☆☆
201840.0194 of 42053.8%★★★☆☆
201737.9202 of 41651.4%★★★☆☆
201639.5197 of 40651.5%★★★☆☆
201529.8175 of 26133.0%★★☆☆☆
201475.9102 of 39474.1%★★★★☆
201378.097 of 49180.2%★★★★☆
201276.4107 of 47177.3%★★★★☆
201171.2119 of 39770.0%★★★★☆
201074.2109 of 40373.0%★★★★☆
200973.2112 of 39571.6%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202341.8101 of 20149.8%★★★☆☆
202232.9180 of 30140.2%★★☆☆☆
202124.0202 of 30634.0%★☆☆☆☆
201865.128 of 12277.0%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202223.0191 of 23819.7%★☆☆☆☆
202138.6153 of 23133.8%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202144.629 of 31290.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202614.4153 of 19822.7%★☆☆☆☆
202419.1171 of 20014.5%★☆☆☆☆
202339.7215 of 40647.0%★★☆☆☆
202245.0195 of 45657.2%★★★☆☆
202130.8311 of 49236.8%★★☆☆☆
201925.7176 of 24728.7%★☆☆☆☆
201836.4197 of 35444.4%★★☆☆☆

Foster Care

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202230.548 of 11658.6%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202535.5109 of 17638.1%★★☆☆☆
202321.3316 of 37916.6%★☆☆☆☆
202242.6182 of 44158.7%★★★☆☆
202128.4330 of 47931.1%★★☆☆☆
201938.596 of 18347.5%★★☆☆☆
201829.4197 of 31136.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202618.2153 of 17613.1%★☆☆☆☆
202531.4119 of 18033.9%★★☆☆☆
202425.1123 of 17228.5%★☆☆☆☆
202323.8279 of 34719.6%★☆☆☆☆
201844.6114 of 25354.9%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202614.7166 of 21522.8%★☆☆☆☆
202533.8138 of 22338.1%★★☆☆☆
202414.4194 of 21911.4%★☆☆☆☆
202319.5348 of 42918.9%★☆☆☆☆
202230.5257 of 45543.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.4306 of 49237.8%★★☆☆☆
201929.0159 of 23833.2%★★☆☆☆
201838.8180 of 37051.4%★★★☆☆

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202251.251 of 12559.2%★★★☆☆
202119.864 of 10237.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202334.2135 of 19932.2%★★☆☆☆
202211.2233 of 28217.4%★☆☆☆☆
202121.0266 of 37428.9%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202275.536 of 25585.9%★★★★☆
202148.278 of 25669.5%★★★☆☆

Pacific Islander

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202127.241 of 9456.4%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202332.895 of 17244.8%★★☆☆☆
202245.1130 of 38065.8%★★★☆☆
202131.9212 of 42249.8%★☆☆☆☆
201831.4105 of 15532.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
20266.4151 of 17312.7%★☆☆☆☆
202514.7165 of 1787.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.1175 of 1844.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.1311 of 37116.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.8301 of 40926.4%★☆☆☆☆
202129.7307 of 44831.5%★★☆☆☆
201917.0192 of 21711.5%★☆☆☆☆
201834.4175 of 29139.9%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2021)91st percentile+51 vs school
Native American (2022)86th percentile+40 vs school
Military Connected (2022)59th percentile+14 vs school
Foster Care (2022)59th percentile+13 vs school
Pacific Islander (2021)56th percentile+17 vs school
African American (2023)50th percentile+16 vs school
Special Education (2023)45th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2025)38th percentile+10 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)32nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Asian (2022)20th percentile-26 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile-8 vs school
White (2026)13th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts22%-19 vs state
Mathematics17%-16 vs state

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Students at Florence High School are 43% Hispanic, 42% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 1% Asian.

Florence High School ranks in the bottom 20.7% of Arizona high schools.

Florence High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Florence Elementary School
Elementary : Magma Ranch Elementary School

In the 2024-25 school year, 857 students attended Florence High School.

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Latest Arizona data All new data »
2025–26 AASA test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 2, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 2025
2024–25 AASA & AzSCI test scoresOct 10, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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