Expect More Arizona realizes that a big part of ensuring that all Arizona students graduate from high school with the opportunity to succeed in a postsecondary program is to celebrate success stories across our state. There are many examples of educational excellence in Arizona. In fact, according to US News & World Report, two of the top 10 High Schools in the nation are here. Tucson’s University High School (#4) and BASIS Tucson (#6) each ranked in the top 10 of the national rankings, and a number of other Arizona schools also made the extended list. The magazine ranks schools “based on the key principles that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college-bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show the school is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators.”
The top 10 high schools in Arizona are:
- University High School, Tucson (Ranked No. 4 nationally)
- Basis Tucson, Tucson (Ranked No. 6 nationally)
- Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff (Ranked No. 70 nationally)
- Sonoran Science Academy Tucson, Tucson (Ranked No. 144 nationally)
- Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, Flagstaff (Ranked No. 190 nationally)
- Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear (Ranked No. 373 nationally)
- Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson (Ranked No. 378 nationally)
- Pinnacle High School, Phoenix (Ranked No. 681 nationally)
- Mountain View High School, Mesa (Ranked No. 978 nationally)
- Chaparral High School, Scottsdale (Ranked No. 1,000 nationally)
See complete Arizona High School Rankings.
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