Best High Schools in Tucson, AZ (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Tucson, AZ, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Tucson, AZ rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Tucson, AZ high schools ranked
How Tucson, AZ's high schools compare
A: 9B: 7C: 5D: 9F: 4
47% of the 34 ranked high schools in Tucson, AZ earn an A or B (9 A grades, 7 B, 5 C, 9 D, 4 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 30 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (88% here, 74% nationally), and 19 exceed it. On average 35% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 27% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Basis Tucson Primary (75% against 28%, A+), Academy Of Math And Science (45% against 19%, B+), Empire High School (61% against 36%, A), Presidio School (42% against 19%, B), City High School (42% against 20%, B+).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Vail Unified District (4413) (5).
The largest ranked high schools: Tucson Magnet High School (3,162 students, C, #21), Marana High School (2,379 students, C+, #18), Sunnyside High School (2,204 students, F, #34).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 8 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Tucson, AZ that are not ranked
46 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (6)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- D Alta Vista High School, Tucson
- F Catalina Online Learning Experience, Tucson
- D+ Compass High School, Tucson
- D Nosotros Academy, Tucson
- F Pima County Schools Superintendents Diploma Program, Tucson
- F Southgate Academy, Tucson
Fully online schools (3)
Statewide virtual schools draw students from everywhere, so a place ranking is not a fair comparison.
- C- Amphi Academy Online, Tucson
- C- Sonoran Virtual Academy, Tucson
- B Vail Innovation Center, Tucson
Not yet graded (37)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Alternative Computerized Education Ace Charter High School, Tucson
- Amerischools Academy Online Instruction, Tucson
- Asdb Tucson Campus, Tucson
- Changemaker High School, Tucson
- Eastpointe High School, Tucson
- Edge High School Himmel Park, Tucson
- Edge High School Northwest, Tucson
- Envision High School, Tucson
- Flowing Wells Digital Campus, Tucson
- Hasan Preparatory And Leadership School, Tucson
- Jted Innovative Learning Center @ The Bridges, Tucson
- Mary Meredith K 12 School, Tucson
- Musd Early Learning And Resource Center, Tucson
- Ombudsman Charter Valencia, Tucson
- Online School Of Arizona, Tucson
- Pima County Jted At Amphi Land Lab, Tucson
- Pima County Jted At Camino Seco, Tucson
- Pima County Jted At Flowing Wells, Tucson
- Pima County Jted At Star, Tucson
- Pima County Jted Nw Campus, Tucson
- Pima Partnership School The, Tucson
- Pima Vocational High School, Tucson
- Ppep Tec Celestino Fernandez Learning Center, Tucson
- Project More High School, Tucson
- Rillito Center, Tucson
- Saca Online, Tucson
- Sentinel Peak High School, Tucson
- Sky Islands, Tucson
- Sonoran Science Academy Davis Monthan, Tucson
- Southern Arizona Community Academy, Tucson
- Star Academic High School, Tucson
- Sunnyside Online Success Academy, Tucson
- Teenage Parent Program Tapp, Tucson
- Tia East, Tucson
- Toltecali High School, Tucson
- Tucson Preparatory School, Tucson
- Youth Works Charter High School, Tucson
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Tucson, AZ, as grouped on its schools page; the Arizona ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Tucson, AZ
What is the best high school in Tucson, AZ?
University High School in Tucson ranks first among the 34 ranked high schools in Tucson, AZ with a SchoolGrade of A+, 84% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 78%.
How are high schools in Tucson, AZ ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Tucson, AZ have?
SchoolGrade grades 80 public high schools in Tucson, AZ; 34 are ranked here and 46 are listed as not ranked.