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Metro Technical High School

Public Grades 9-12
147th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 256 Arizona High Schools
Better than 43% of Arizona high schools
Summary

Metro Technical High School serves 1,781 students in grades 9–12 in Phoenix, as part of the Phoenix Union High School District. Its most important academic finding is that it exceeds district proficiency in all three reported subjects but remains below state results: ELA is 33% versus 18% in the district and 41% statewide, math is 25% versus 14% and 33%, and 11th-grade science is 17% versus 9% and 19%.

Among nearby schools with reported scores, Metro’s clearest relative strength is ELA. Its 33% is above Franklin Police and Fire High School at 26% and Phoenix College Preparatory Academy at 25%, though below Metropolitan Arts Institute at 60%; the three peers average 37%, 4 points above Metro. Math is a weaker peer comparison: Metro’s 25% ties Phoenix College Preparatory Academy and trails Franklin at 33% and Metropolitan Arts at 27%; those schools average 28%, 3 points higher. In science, Metro is above the district and close to the state, but Metropolitan Arts’ 25% is 8 points higher.

Science proficiency fell from 20% in 2022–23 to 17% in 2023–24 and stayed at 17% in 2024–25; the state gap narrowed from 5 points to 2 in the latest year. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking has recently risen from the 29th percentile in 2023–24 to the 43rd in 2025–26, with 2 stars, though it was at the 54th percentile in 2022–23. SchoolDigger also places Low Socio Economic Status Students at the 60th percentile in 2025–26, compared with Metro’s overall 43rd percentile, indicating stronger relative standing for this group. Its English Language Learner ranking was much higher in older data—91st versus 45th percentile in 2020–21 and 79th versus 34th in 2021–22—but does not show current standing. Metro is much larger than nearby schools (the next-largest has 442 students) and its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 18.7 is the third-highest among nearby schools with reported ratios. Its free/reduced-lunch rate was 90% in 2022–23; nearby schools have no comparable rate reported.

1,781
Students ?
18.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,631
Per pupil spending ?
90%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1900 W Thomas Rd
       Phoenix, AZ  85015-6051

(602) 764-8000

District: Phoenix Union High School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
95.3%
African American:
1.7%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 53rd percentile in 2016 → 43rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (29% vs 37% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school29%
District avg16%
Arizona avg37%
147th of 256
Arizona public high schools ?
Bottom 43%▼ down 10 pts since 2016
From top 47% (2016) to bottom 43% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 14High Schools in the Phoenix Union High School District
229th of 267Phoenix Union High 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
202631.6147 of 25642.6%★★☆☆☆
202531.4172 of 27136.5%★★☆☆☆
202424.4191 of 27029.3%★☆☆☆☆
202345.3217 of 46953.7%★★★☆☆
202224.8306 of 46434.1%★★☆☆☆
202136.2280 of 50945.0%★★☆☆☆
201937.0158 of 28544.6%★★☆☆☆
201838.6199 of 42052.6%★★★☆☆
201746.2160 of 41661.5%★★★☆☆
201640.7191 of 40653.0%★★★☆☆
201526.9190 of 26127.2%★☆☆☆☆
201465.3153 of 39461.2%★★★☆☆
201360.7207 of 49157.8%★★★☆☆
201261.7185 of 47160.7%★★★☆☆
201166.4145 of 39763.5%★★★☆☆
201065.3148 of 40363.3%★★★☆☆
200962.0163 of 39558.7%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202344.798 of 20151.2%★★★☆☆
202235.0167 of 30144.5%★★☆☆☆
202124.0202 of 30634.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202230.5180 of 23824.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202241.753 of 25879.5%★☆☆☆☆
202144.629 of 31290.7%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202622.9137 of 19830.8%★★☆☆☆
202525.3151 of 20727.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.1153 of 20023.5%★☆☆☆☆
202335.9242 of 40640.4%★★☆☆☆
202221.0338 of 45625.9%★☆☆☆☆
202131.1310 of 49237.0%★★☆☆☆
201931.1155 of 24737.2%★★☆☆☆
201836.7193 of 35445.5%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202640.380 of 17052.9%★★★☆☆
202542.290 of 17648.9%★★★☆☆
202434.2109 of 17035.9%★★☆☆☆
202353.1148 of 37960.9%★★★☆☆
202230.4271 of 44138.5%★★☆☆☆
202145.0217 of 47954.7%★★★☆☆
201955.559 of 18367.8%★★★☆☆
201851.8101 of 31167.5%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202654.570 of 17660.2%★★★☆☆
202551.674 of 18058.9%★★★☆☆
202444.691 of 17247.1%★★☆☆☆
202366.485 of 34775.5%★★★★☆
202227.7114 of 16832.1%★★☆☆☆
201857.076 of 25370.0%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202630.2122 of 21543.3%★★☆☆☆
202532.4144 of 22335.4%★★☆☆☆
202419.8170 of 21922.4%★☆☆☆☆
202349.3186 of 42956.6%★★★☆☆
202227.6287 of 45536.9%★★☆☆☆
202141.9243 of 49250.6%★★★☆☆
201941.6122 of 23848.7%★★☆☆☆
201839.8175 of 37052.7%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202116.7271 of 37427.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202367.234 of 12873.4%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202232.4192 of 38049.5%★☆☆☆☆
202131.9212 of 42249.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201860.936 of 15576.8%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202329.0265 of 37128.6%★☆☆☆☆
202228.5277 of 40932.3%★★☆☆☆
202112.4362 of 44819.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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 (2022)79th percentile+45 vs school
Native American (2023)73rd percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)60th percentile+18 vs school
Hispanic (2026)53rd percentile+10 vs school
African American (2023)51st percentile~ school
Special Education (2022)49th percentile+15 vs school
Male (2026)43rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)31st percentile-12 vs school
White (2023)29th percentile-25 vs school
Multi-racial (2021)28th percentile-17 vs school
Asian (2022)24th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts33%-8 vs state
Mathematics25%-8 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,781 students attended Metro Technical High School.

Students at Metro Technical High School are 95% Hispanic, 2% African American, 1% White, 1% Asian.

Metro Technical High School ranks 147th of 256 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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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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