Research report | 2026-10-18
This analysis describes 953 public-school records in the published directory, using the FY2023-2025 assessment window. It measures the coverage and distribution of reported results, not the causal effect of attending a school.
By the AZ School Metrics research project. Calculations generated reproducibly from the released snapshot; narrative prepared with AI assistance. Data snapshot generated 2026-10-18. This is not an official ADE or NCES report.
270 of 953 listed schools have an Achievement rank: 28% (270 / 953). The other 683 remain in the directory. They are excluded from statewide rank percentiles, not automatically placed last.
| County | Listed | Ranked | Unranked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache County | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| Cochise County | 35 | 5 | 30 |
| Coconino County | 33 | 6 | 27 |
| Gila County | 20 | 2 | 18 |
| Graham County | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| Greenlee County | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| La Paz County | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Maricopa County | 449 | 168 | 281 |
| Mohave County | 27 | 8 | 19 |
| Navajo County | 41 | 7 | 34 |
| Pima County | 147 | 31 | 116 |
| Pinal County | 65 | 17 | 48 |
| Santa Cruz County | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| Yavapai County | 47 | 8 | 39 |
| Yuma County | 30 | 6 | 24 |
Enrollment is available for 952 of 953 directory records. Their combined NCES 2024-25 enrollment is 437,100, including 357,036 at ranked schools. These totals can include lower grades at combined campuses and do not establish the share of all Arizona high-school students covered.
The median below gives each school with a reportable three-year passing percentage equal weight. It is not the statewide student passing rate. Different subjects can have different reportable-school sets, so comparisons between these medians are descriptive only.
| Subject | Median passing | Reportable schools | Unavailable schools |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACT ELA | 42.5% | 320 / 953 | 633 / 953 |
| ACT mathematics | 31.8% | 289 / 953 | 664 / 953 |
| AzSCI science | 23.5% | 285 / 953 | 668 / 953 |
Method: remove null percentages, sort the remaining school values, and use the middle value (or the average of the two middle values). No suppressed cell is assigned zero.
0 unranked records retain a partial computed score. A partial score does not mean that eligibility requirements were met. These categories describe this export's recorded reason, not every possible underlying cause such as suppression, unmatched records or incomplete reporting.
These separately dated sources add context without changing rankings. Medians give equal weight to schools with exact reported numbers. Protected or bounded cells are excluded, which can materially affect representativeness. For example, excluding protected dropout rates below 2% can raise the median among the remaining exact values; this is not an estimate of Arizona's overall dropout rate. Missing includes protected cells and schools without a matched source row.
| Measure and period | Exact values | Unavailable | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| DropoutFY2025 (grades 9-12) | 240 / 953 | 713 / 953 | 11.93% |
| EnrollmentOctober 1, 2025 (FY2026; all campus grades) | 609 / 953 | 344 / 953 | 366 students |
| Four-year graduationCohort 2025 | 268 / 953 | 685 / 953 | 81.40% |
| Five-year graduationCohort 2024 | 274 / 953 | 679 / 953 | 82.15% |
The four- and five-year rates use different cohorts; they do not show the extra-year improvement for the same students. ADE enrollment includes all campus grades on October 1, 2025 and is not a substitute for the older NCES snapshot or a test-participation denominator.
Verified annual assessment rows are available for 585 profiles. They preserve gaps and are not reconstructed from the three-year summary.
Official A-F grades and open-enrollment participation remain unpublished until their raw files and joins are verified.
Only 7 policies have dated admissions reviews in this edition. Other classifications are not proof of unrestricted admission. 630 profiles have verified context metrics; availability differs by metric. Annual rows are not reconstructed from three-year averages.
This report does not identify the most improved schools, estimate teaching effectiveness, compare incompatible historical rankings, or treat its directory as a complete census of current programs. Family decisions also require information about course access, support, enrollment and daily logistics.
The underlying snapshot combines public ADE assessment results and NCES school context under the published methodology. The CSV contains one row per NCES ID. Empty CSV cells are unavailable, not zero; import NCES IDs as text to preserve leading zeros. Partial scores are included with their eligibility reason.
Rankings snapshot SHA256: 0fe9183f9b74651d67c0bef9e4870defe8e0134bb7826bf83eb3cddafee82172
Reproduction: the repository's research generator derives the report JSON, chart and CSV from the same hash-validated snapshot. Reusable project chart: attribute AZ School Metrics, preserve its date and limitations, and link to this report. Original source data remain subject to their publishers' terms.
Published research edition: 2026-10-18. Derived by AZ School Metrics from public ADE and NCES sources. Each dataset has different periods and coverage. No blanket reuse license for original sources is asserted; consult their terms and the source ledger.
One row per school in the published directory, with eligibility, statewide Achievement rank, three-year passing summaries and NCES enrollment. Assessments cover FY2023–2025; NCES enrollment uses 2024-25. Unavailable CSV cells are empty, never zero.
Fields include statewide achievement rank, ranking eligibility, act ela passing percentage, act math passing percentage, azsci passing percentage, campus enrollment.
Download schools.csvReported school-level annual Grade 11 ACT ELA, ACT math and AzSCI observations for FY2023–2025. Each row identifies the fiscal year, subject and source. Suppressed percentages and unavailable tested counts remain empty, not estimated.
Fields include fiscal year, assessment subject, students tested, passing percentage.
Download annual-assessments.csvSeparately dated school-level graduation, dropout and enrollment context. Each row retains its measure, period, status, source URL and reported bound where applicable. Different graduation cohorts and campus grade spans must not be treated as identical populations. These measures do not affect Achievement rankings.
Fields include graduation rate, dropout rate, campus enrollment, metric period, publication status, reported bound.
Download school-context.csvNeed one school or area? Use the JSON and Markdown catalog. Preserve NCES identifiers as strings, and include the source period and canonical profile or report URL in citations.
