PHX Reporter

Only 42% of 105,088 Maricopa County students passed their ACT English Language Arts test in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The students who took the ACT test were assessed at four proficiency levels in two subjects: ELA and mathematics. Those achieving proficiency levels one and two failed the test, while students reaching the third and fourth proficiency levels passed the test.

Of the 44,137 students who passed the test, most achieved proficiency level three (30,383).

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

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 were associated with a decline in students' academic achievement.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Passed	Total students tested
AAEC - Paradise Valley	74%	80
AAEC - SMCC Campus	42%	103
Agua Fria High School	22%	331
Alhambra High School	9%	430
American Leadership Academy - Ironwood	47%	136
American Leadership Academy - Queen Creek	54%	143
American Leadership Academy Anthem South Campus	38%	89
American Leadership Academy, Gilbert	59%	117
Apollo High School	37%	488
Arcadia High School	62%	369
Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella	75%	98
Arizona College Prep Erie Campus	81%	511
Arizona Connections Academy	34%	98
Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics Middle School	47%	34
Arizona School For The Arts	77%	69
ASU Preparatory Academy Digital	68%	359
ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School	20%	78
ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School	78%	88
Barry Goldwater High School	37%	33
Basha High School	68%	108
BASIS Ahwatukee	98%	47
BASIS Peoria	98%	55
BASIS Phoenix	97%	67
Benjamin Franklin High School	75%	161
Betty Fairfax High School	26%	374
Boulder Creek High School	54%	29
Buckeye Union High School	26%	438
BUHSD Institute of Online Learning	22%	76
Cactus High School	36%	226
Cactus Shadows High School	66%	370
Camelback High School	18%	437
Canyon View High School	40%	477
Carl Hayden High School	12%	433
Centennial High School	48%	17
Central High School	15%	397
Cesar Chavez High School	17%	530
Chandler High School	43%	725
Chandler Online Academy	58%	22
Chaparral High School	70%	447
Copper Canyon High School	22%	514
Corona Del Sol High School	64%	583
Coronado High School	26%	167
Cortez High School	29%	218
Deer Valley High School	33%	382
Deer Valley Online Learning Program	46%	28
Desert Edge High School	29%	444
Desert Heights Charter School	56%	53
Desert Mountain High School	76%	439
Desert Vista High School	66%	676
Dobson High School	26%	478
Dr. Camille Casteel High School	65%	487
Dysart High School	39%	338
E-Institute at Taylion	23%	78
Eastmark High School	63%	233
EdOptions HS Learning Center	11%	124
Estrella Foothills High School	42%	313
Fountain Hills High School	27%	85
Franklin Police and Fire High School	37%	57
Gateway Early College High School	38%	71
Gilbert Global Academy 7-12	53%	19
Gilbert High School	44%	39
Glendale High School	23%	382
Glendale Union Online	17%	98
Glenview College Preparatory High School	56%	111
Great Hearts Academies - Anthem Preparatory	78%	89
Great Hearts Academies - Arete Preparatory	80%	50
Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Preparatory	82%	143
Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Preparatory	56%	97
Great Hearts Academies - Glendale Preparatory	95%	69
Great Hearts Academies - Lincoln Preparatory	75%	44
Great Hearts Academies - North Phoenix Preparatory	67%	125
Great Hearts Academies - Scottsdale Preparatory School	92%	88
Great Hearts Academies - Trivium Preparatory	78%	150
Great Hearts Academies - Veritas Preparatory	71%	73
Greenway High School	48%	278
Hamilton High School	65%	809
Heritage Academy	87%	116
Heritage Academy Laveen	49%	71
Heritage Academy Queen Creek	80%	126
Highland Preparatory	46%	117
Higley High School	61%	498
Hope High School Online	24%	68
Horizon High School	66%	14
Horizon Honors Secondary School	69%	98
Imagine Preparatory Superstition	44%	61
Imagine Preparatory Surprise	31%	63
Independence High School	35%	434
James Madison Preparatory School	76%	17
La Joya Community High School	20%	451
Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College	32%	49
Learning Foundation and Performing Arts Gilbert	30%	47
Madison Highland Preparatory	44%	112
Marcos De Niza High School	38%	284
Maricopa Institute of Technology (MIT)	65%	90
Maryvale High School	15%	545
Mcclintock High School	47%	364
Mesa Distance Learning Program	53%	72
Mesa High School	24%	696
Mesquite High School	43%	300
Metro Tech High School	28%	487
Metropolitan Arts Institute	59%	51
Millennium High School	49%	554
Mission Heights Preparatory High School	54%	108
Moon Valley High School	36%	326
Mountain Pointe High School	37%	347
Mountain Ridge High School	60%	660
Mountain View High School	50%	652
New School for the Arts	45%	44
NFL YET College Preparatory Academy	28%	42
North Canyon High School	26%	33
North High School	18%	369
Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies	58%	184
Pan-American Charter School	23%	82
Paradise Honors High School	56%	245
Paradise Valley High School	53%	488
Paragon Science Academy	44%	47
Peoria Accelerated High School	9%	140
Perry High School	70%	650
Phoenix Coding Academy	58%	50
Phoenix College Preparatory Academy	41%	59
Phoenix Union Bioscience High School	82%	90
Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory	27%	47
Pinnacle High School	66%	576
Primavera - Online	27%	592
PUHSD Distance-Learning School	11%	253
pvONLINE	41%	28
Queen Creek High School	59%	529
Red Mountain High School	50%	708
Ridgeline Academy, Inc.	66%	91
Saguaro High School	52%	327
San Tan Charter School	50%	66
Sandra Day O'Connor High School	68%	616
Sequoia Choice School Arizona Distance Learning School	26%	35
Shadow Ridge High School	60%	502
Sierra Linda High School	17%	411
Skyline High School	24%	394
South Mountain High School	12%	411
South Pointe High School	10%	116
South Ridge High School	34%	111
Sunnyslope High School	55%	520
Sunrise Mountain High School	57%	14
Sweetwater Community School	17%	94
Tempe High School	27%	314
Tempe Preparatory Academy	83%	54
Thunderbird High School	54%	381
Tolleson Union High School	18%	492
Tonopah Valley High School	24%	179
Trevor Browne High School	15%	543
University High School	91%	79
Valiant Academy	15%	58
Valley Vista High School	40%	505
Verrado High School	40%	451
Washington High School	36%	368
West Point High School	33%	704
Western School of Science and Technology	14%	82
Westview High School	25%	308
Westwood High School	26%	606
Wickenburg High School	33%	114
Williams Field High School	60%	458
Willow Canyon High School	47%	414
Youngker High School	36%	444