Best High Schools in Arizona for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

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 Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 172)	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)	ID
1	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	400	16	25		30 (7.5%)	57 (14.3%)	253 (63.3%)	39 (9.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	$8,747	$1,175	$688	$3,039	$5,972	$912	$6,884	99.4%	96.3%	3.12%			040852003206
2	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	1,001	43	23.2		384 (38.4%)	35 (3.5%)	331 (33.1%)	141 (14.1%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (10.1%)		$00			$00			98.8%	97.4%	1.43%			040880001441
3	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	392	22	17.8		53 (13.5%)	21 (5.4%)	267 (68.1%)	36 (9.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$10,428	$640	$265	$1,545	$8,387	$1,136	$9,523	98.3%	95.2%	3.07%			040633002670
4	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	325				261 (80.3%)	1 (0.3%)	54 (16.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)		$00			$00			97.7%	88.9%	8.79%			040083803243
5	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	97.1%	95.9%	1.17%			040187002822
6	American Leadership Academy West Foothills K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14582 N. Sarival Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 861-1320	1,883				1,300 (69.0%)	27 (1.4%)	363 (19.3%)	19 (1.0%)	6 (0.3%)	19 (1.0%)	149 (7.9%)								96.5%	83.7%	12.81%			040011203702
7	Maricopa Institute of Technology	Public, Charter	9-12	3900 S 55th Ave	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Estrella Educational Foundation	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 477-2780	397				29 (7.3%)	47 (11.8%)	300 (75.6%)	12 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)		$00			$00			95.9%	80.4%	15.56%			040095503519
8	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella	Public, Charter	9-12	3400 Dysart Rd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 535-0754	389				129 (33.2%)	20 (5.1%)	201 (51.7%)	20 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)		$00			$00			95.3%	88.1%	7.20%			040082803199
9	Empire High School	Public	9-12	10701 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3000	888	43	20.4		463 (52.1%)	27 (3.0%)	296 (33.3%)	33 (3.7%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (7.1%)	$6,261	$71	$01	$142	$5,777	$413	$6,190	94.8%	91.9%	2.92%			040885002552
10	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	236	15	15.7		49 (20.8%)	26 (11.0%)	144 (61.0%)	6 (2.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	$10,718	$773	$298	$1,845	$8,700	$947	$9,647	94.2%	81.5%	12.70%			040633003509

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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.