Schools · Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ schools
Phoenix’s public schools score well above Arizona’s averages: 55% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 18 schools through grade 8, then one of 11 high schools and one of 19 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Phoenix’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Phoenix’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B+Test scoresB-Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 77%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (118)Better than 93%
High confidence. Built on 19,910 tested students and a graduating class of 5,958; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arizona’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arizona only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arizona with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Phoenix kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 12, Phoenix Union High)15%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–12, Deer Valley Unified)55%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades 12, Phoenix Union High)10%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Deer Valley Unified)50%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
81% graduate on time
Graduation rate
81%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
5,958
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Phoenix
Phoenix Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 21 schools · 25,800 students
$14,043 per studentAZ $12,318C+Deer Valley Unified DistrictGrades PK–12 · 41 schools · 32,265 students
$11,444 per studentAZ $12,318A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 608 schools in Phoenix
Showing 1–30 of 608 schools
Academy of Math and Science Desert SkyElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,339 students
B-CharterLegacy Traditional School - PhoenixElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,323 students
B+CharterAcademy of Math and Science AvondaleElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,175 students
BCharterAcademy of Math and Science CamelbackElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,063 students
CCharterDesert Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,020 students
C+PublicRogers Ranch STEM AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 997 students
B-PublicLegacy Traditional School ? Laveen VillageElementary · Grades K–8 · 988 students
BCharterPaseo Pointe Dual Language AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 988 students
B-PublicEstrella Foothills Global AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 984 students
B+PublicLookout Mountain SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 979 students
APublicMadison Richard Simis SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 976 students
APublicAcademy of Math and Science South MountainElementary · Grades K–8 · 960 students
B-CharterFrank Borman SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 960 students
C-PublicWestwind Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 932 students
CPublicSonoran Foothills SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 921 students
A+PublicGranada Elementary School-West CampusElementary · Grades PK–4 · 905 students
DPublicMountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 903 students
C-PublicCountry Place ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 900 students
CPublicArts Academy at Estrella MountainElementary · Grades K–8 · 895 students
CCharterLaveen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 894 students
C+PublicVista del Sur AcceleratedElementary · Grades PK–8 · 893 students
A+PublicStetson Hills SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 887 students
A+PublicCharles W. Harris SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 875 students
C-PublicUnion Park SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 873 students
A+PublicTrailside Point Performing Arts AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 863 students
CPublicCatalina Ventura SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 842 students
C-PublicPeralta SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 817 students
C-PublicFine Arts AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 811 students
CPublicAcacia Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 806 students
B+PublicManuel Pena Jr. SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 806 students
C-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.