Summary:
Zip code 85007 in Phoenix has two listed high schools: Franklin Police and Fire High School, serving grades 9–12, and Metropolitan Arts Institute, serving grades 7–12. Together, they enroll 562 students. Their 2025–26 results show different strengths by subject, but the clearest difference is in English language arts (ELA), where Metropolitan leads Franklin by 34 percentage points across all grades and 40 points in grade 11.
Metropolitan Arts Institute stands out in ELA, while Franklin Police and Fire High School is stronger in math. Metropolitan had 60% proficiency in all-grades ELA, compared with Franklin’s 26% and the state’s 41%; in grade 11, the schools scored 66% and 26%, respectively, versus 38% statewide. In math, Franklin matched the state’s 33% across all grades and scored 33% in grade 11, 2 points above the state. Metropolitan scored 27% in both math comparisons, 6 points below the state across all grades and 4 points below in grade 11. Metropolitan’s ELA strength also appears in its reported 7th- and 8th-grade results, which were 9 and 16 points above state rates.
SchoolDigger ranks Metropolitan higher overall: 88 of 256 schools, in the 66th percentile with 3 stars, compared with Franklin at 145 of 256, in the 43rd percentile with 2 stars. Both schools’ percentiles rose from 2024–25—Franklin from 33 to 43 and Metropolitan from 41 to 66—but their longer-term paths differ: Franklin is 2 points above its 2023–24 percentile, while Metropolitan is 17 points below. Franklin enrolls 313 students and has a 14.9 student-teacher ratio; Metropolitan enrolls 249 and has a 16.6 ratio. No free/reduced-lunch rates are reported. The supplied test results cover one year, and Metropolitan’s 7th- and 8th-grade math scores are suppressed.
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