The 50,132 students who took the ACT test were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those achieving proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students reaching the third and fourth proficiency level 41% passed the test.
Of those who failed, most achieved proficiency level one.
In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.
A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.
Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
ACT Performance in Maricopa County by School
| School Name | % Who Failed |
|---|---|
| Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High School | 98% |
| Ombudsman - Charter Valencia | 98% |
| Kaizen Education Foundation dba Maya High School | 97% |
| Cornerstone Charter School | 97% |
| Linda Abril Educational Academy | 96% |
| Gila Bend High School | 96% |
| Premier Charter High School | 96% |
| Peoria Flex Academy | 94% |
| Skyline Prep High School | 93% |
| International Commerce High School - Tempe | 93% |
| Alhambra High School | 93% |
| South Pointe High School | 92% |
| BUHSD Institute of Online Learning | 92% |
| Sun Valley High School | 92% |
| Peoria Accelerated High School | 92% |
| Carl Hayden High School | 92% |
| Ombudsman - Charter East II | 91% |
| Arizona Preparatory Academy | 91% |
| Trevor Browne High School | 91% |
| Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy | 91% |
| Westland School | > 90% |
| E-Institute at Metro | > 90% |
| Ombudsman - Charter Metro | > 90% |
| Wickenburg Virtual Academy | > 90% |
| EdOptions Preparatory Academy | > 90% |
| Integrity Education Centre | > 90% |
| E-Institute at Grovers | > 90% |
| Providence High School | > 90% |
| Southwest Leadership Academy | > 90% |
| Cave Creek Academy of Excellence | > 90% |
| Learning Institute, The | > 90% |
| Arizona Autism Charter School, Upper School Campus | > 90% |
| Freedom Prep Academy | > 90% |
| Intelli-School - Metro Center | > 90% |
| Leading Edge Academy Online | > 90% |
| Pinnacle High School - Tempe | > 90% |
| KELLY | > 90% |
| Roadrunner School | > 90% |
| RCB College Preparatory Academy | > 90% |
| BASIS Oro Valley | > 90% |
| Pinnacle Online - WMCB | > 90% |
| Pinnacle Online High School | > 90% |
| RCB Medical Arts Academy | > 90% |
| Edkey, Inc. - Sequoia Deaf School | > 90% |
| Career Success High School - Main Campus | > 90% |
| Career Success Junior Senior High School - North Phoenix | > 90% |
| Think Through Academy | > 90% |
| Genesis Academy | > 90% |
| Vista Peak | > 90% |
| RSD High School | > 90% |
| Academy with Community Partners | > 90% |
| Kaizen Education Foundation dba Quest High School | > 90% |
| Sequoia Secondary School | 90% |
| Crown Point High School | > 90% |
| International Commerce High School - Phoenix | > 90% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona | 90% |
| Intelli-School Glendale | > 90% |
| Deer Valley Academy | > 90% |
| E-Institute at Avondale | > 90% |
| Ombudsman - Charter West | > 90% |
| BASIS Ahwatukee | > 90% |
| ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix High School | > 90% |
| Sequoia Pathway Academy | > 90% |
| NFL YET College Preparatory Academy | > 90% |
| Arizona Autism Charter - Online High School | > 90% |
| Hope High School | > 90% |
| East Valley Academy | > 90% |
| Ombudsman - Charter East | > 90% |
| Caurus Academy | > 90% |
| Intelli-School | > 90% |
| Bostrom Alternative Center | > 90% |
| BASIS Peoria | > 90% |
| Country Gardens Charter School | > 90% |
| Pathways in Education | > 90% |
| PAS Charter Online | > 90% |
| Pinnacle Charter High School | > 90% |
| AZ Compass Preparatory School | > 90% |
| Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy | > 90% |
| E-Institute at Surprise | > 90% |
| BASIS Scottsdale | > 90% |
| Higley Virtual Academy | > 90% |
| Hope College and Career Readiness Academy | > 90% |
| Westland School Brighton Campus | > 90% |
| City View High School | > 90% |
| Sweetwater Community School | > 90% |
| Ombudsman Online Academy | > 90% |
| Camelback High School | 90% |
| E-Institute at Buckeye | 90% |
| Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix | > 90% |
| Pan-American Charter School | > 90% |
| BASIS Phoenix | > 90% |
| Crestview College Preparatory High School | 89% |
| EdOptions HS Learning Center | 89% |
| Precision Academy | 89% |
| Maryvale High School | 89% |
| Copper Canyon High School | 88% |
| Buckeye Union High School | 88% |
| South Mountain High School | 88% |
| Sierra Linda High School | 88% |
| E-Institute at Union Hills | 87% |
| Cesar Chavez High School | 87% |
| PUHSD Distance-Learning School | 87% |
| Ombudsman - Charter Northeast | 85% |
| Intelli-School - Paradise Valley | 85% |
| Tempe High School | 85% |
| North High School | 84% |
| West Phoenix High School | 84% |
| Tonopah Valley High School | 83% |
| Accelerated Learning Center | 82% |
| La Joya Community High School | 82% |
| Tolleson Union High School | 81% |
| Imagine Preparatory Coolidge | 80% |
| Central High School | 80% |
| Glendale Union Online | 80% |
| Pillar Academy Online | 80% |
| Desert Hills High School | 80% |
| Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory | 79% |
| E-Institute at Taylion | 79% |
| Queen Creek Virtual Academy | 79% |
| Arizona Insight Academy | 78% |
| Metro Tech High School | 78% |
| Peoria High School | 78% |
| Western School of Science and Technology | 77% |
| Youngker High School | 77% |
| Franklin Police and Fire High School | 77% |
| Imagine Preparatory Superstition | 77% |
| Mesa High School | 76% |
| Cortez High School | 75% |
| Coronado High School | 75% |
| Empower Collegiate Academy | 74% |
| Raymond S. Kellis | 74% |
| North Canyon High School | 74% |
| ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School | 74% |
| Learning Foundation and Performing Arts Gilbert | 73% |
| Imagine Preparatory Surprise | 73% |
| Westview High School | 73% |
| Betty Fairfax High School | 73% |
| Cactus High School | 73% |
| AAEC - SMCC Campus | 72% |
| Westwood High School | 72% |
| TAPBI | 72% |
| Glendale High School | 72% |
| Valiant Academy | 72% |
| Washington High School | 71% |
| Dysart High School | 70% |
| Chandler High School | 69% |
| Agua Fria High School | 69% |
| Dobson High School | 69% |
| Marcos De Niza High School | 68% |
| West Point High School | 68% |
| Hope High School Online | 68% |
| Skyline High School | 67% |
| Desert Edge High School | 67% |
| Deer Valley High School | 67% |
| San Tan Charter School | 67% |
| Wickenburg High School | 66% |
| Heritage Academy Laveen | 66% |
| Nadaburg Online Virtual Academy | 66% |
| Fountain.Hills Online | 66% |
| Independence High School | 65% |
| Ironwood High School | 65% |
| Estrella Foothills High School | 65% |
| Phoenix College Preparatory Academy | 64% |
| Barry Goldwater High School | 64% |
| Apollo High School | 63% |
| Verrado High School | 63% |
| Mountain Pointe High School | 63% |
| Primavera - Online | 62% |
| Mesquite High School | 62% |
| Maricopa Institute of Technology (MIT) | 61% |
| Moon Valley High School | 61% |
| North Pointe Preparatory | 60% |
| Valley Vista High School | 60% |
| Mcclintock High School | 59% |
| Greenway High School | 59% |
| Desert Heights Charter School | 58% |
| Gilbert Global Academy 7-12 | 57% |
| Arizona Connections Academy | 57% |
| Shadow Ridge High School | 56% |
| Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College | 56% |
| Deer Valley Online Learning Program | 55% |
| Paradise Valley High School | 54% |
| Thunderbird High School | 54% |
| Canyon View High School | 54% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Preparatory | 53% |
| Centennial High School | 53% |
| Glenview College Preparatory High School | 53% |
| Dysart iSchool | 53% |
| Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center, Inc. - Mesa | 52% |
| Sequoia Choice School Arizona Distance Learning School | 51% |
| American Leadership Academy - Ironwood | 51% |
| Metropolitan Arts Institute | 51% |
| AAEC Online | 50% |
| Pillar Academy of Business & Finance | 50% |
| Desert Ridge High | 50% |
| Liberty High School | 49% |
| Shadow Mountain High School | 49% |
| Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies | 48% |
| Mesa Distance Learning Program | 48% |
| Willow Canyon High School | 48% |
| Red Mountain High School | 48% |
| pvONLINE | 47% |
| Heritage Academy Maricopa | 47% |
| Gilbert High School | 47% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor High School | 47% |
| Highland Preparatory | 47% |
| Peoria eCampus | 46% |
| Sunrise Mountain High School | 46% |
| Madison Highland Preparatory | 46% |
| Mission Heights Preparatory High School | 46% |
| Paragon Science Academy | 45% |
| New School for the Arts | 45% |
| Boulder Creek High School | 45% |
| Sunnyslope High School | 45% |
| Mountain View High School | 45% |
| AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY VIRTUAL | 44% |
| Jefferson Preparatory High School | 44% |
| Eastmark High School | 44% |
| Arcadia High School | 44% |
| Millennium High School | 43% |
| Dr. Camille Casteel High School | 43% |
| American Leadership Academy, Gilbert | 42% |
| Phoenix Coding Academy | 41% |
| Higley High School | 40% |
| Queen Creek High School | 40% |
| Basha High School | 40% |
| Hamilton High School | 40% |
| Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella | 39% |
| Mountain Ridge High School | 39% |
| Highland High School | 39% |
| EDUPRIZE SCHOOL Gilbert | 38% |
| Paradise Honors High School | 38% |
| Williams Field High School | 38% |
| Corona Del Sol High School | 38% |
| Valor Preparatory Academy | 37% |
| Desert Marigold School | 37% |
| Chandler Online Academy | 37% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Trivium Preparatory | 37% |
| Horizon High School | 36% |
| Campo Verde High School | 36% |
| Saguaro High School | 34% |
| Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics | 34% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Anthem Preparatory | 34% |
| Cactus Shadows High School | 34% |
| Perry High School | 34% |
| Desert Vista High School | 33% |
| James Madison Preparatory School | 32% |
| Pinnacle High School | 31% |
| AAEC - Paradise Valley | 31% |
| Scottsdale Online Learning | 30% |
| Chaparral High School | 30% |
| Ridgeline Academy, Inc. | 28% |
| ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School | 25% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Veritas Preparatory | 25% |
| Heritage Academy | 25% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Lincoln Preparatory | 24% |
| ASU Preparatory Academy Digital | 23% |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | 23% |
| Tempe Preparatory Academy | 22% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Preparatory | 21% |
| Phoenix Union Bioscience High School | 21% |
| Desert Mountain High School | 21% |
| Heritage Academy Queen Creek | 18% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Arete Preparatory | 18% |
| Horizon Honors Secondary School | 17% |
| Great Hearts Academies - North Phoenix Preparatory | 17% |
| Arizona School For The Arts | 16% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Preparatory | 15% |
| Arizona College Prep Erie Campus | 14% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Glendale Preparatory | 10% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Scottsdale Preparatory School | 8% |
| BASIS Goodyear | 5% |
| Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 | 4% |
| University High School | 4% |
| BASIS Mesa | 3% |
| BASIS Chandler | 2% |
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