Best Schools in Maricopa County
These Phoenix Area Schools Excel
The Arizona Department of Education ranks each school's performance based on a system called AZ LEARNS. Here are the schools that were ranked as excelling schools in Greater Phoenix for the 2006-2007 school year. You can also see a list of traditional highly performing schools, and a list of charter schools that are both highly performing and excelling.
The entire list of how every school in Arizona ranked under this system is available online from the Arizona Department of Education.
Greater Phoenix Excelling Schools
2006-2007
| District Name | School Name |
| Agua Fria Union High School District | Millennium High School |
| Alhambra Elementary District | Alhambra Traditional School |
| Alhambra Elementary District | Andalucia Primary School |
| Alhambra Elementary District | Westwood Primary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Black Mountain Elementary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Cactus Shadows High School/PSH |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Desert Arroyo Middle School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Desert Sun Elementary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Desert Willow Elementary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Horseshoe Trails Elementary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Lone Mountain Elementary School |
| Cave Creek Unified District | Sonoran Trails Middle School |
| Chandler Unified District | Anna Marie Jacobson Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | Audrey & Robert Ryan Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Basha Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Basha High School |
| Chandler Unified District | Bogle Junior High School |
| Chandler Unified District | Chandler High School |
| Chandler Unified District | Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence |
| Chandler Unified District | Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus |
| Chandler Unified District | Chandler Traditional Campus-Freedom |
| Chandler Unified District | CTA Goodman Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Dr Howard K Conley Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | Hamilton High School |
| Chandler Unified District | Jane D. Hull Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | John M Andersen Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | Navarrete Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Sanborn Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | Santan Elementary |
| Chandler Unified District | Santan Junior High School |
| Chandler Unified District | Shumway Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | T. Dale Hancock |
| Chandler Unified District | Weinberg Elementary School |
| Chandler Unified District | Willie & Coy Payne Jr. High |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Arrowhead Elementary School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Copper Creek Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Desert Sage Elementary School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Diamond Canyon Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Gavilan Peak Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Greenbrier Elementary School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Hillcrest Middle School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Legend Springs Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Mountain Ridge High School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Sandra Day O'Connor High School |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Sierra Verde Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Stetson Hills Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Sunset Ridge Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | Terramar Elementary |
| Deer Valley Unified District | West Wing Elementary |
| Fountain Hills Unified District | Fountain Hills High School |
| Fountain Hills Unified District | Fountain Hills Middle School |
| Fountain Hills Unified District | Four Peaks Elementary School |
| Fountain Hills Unified District | McDowell Mountain Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Ashland Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Augusta Ranch Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Boulder Creek Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Canyon Rim |
| Gilbert Unified District | Carol Rae Ranch Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Desert Ridge High |
| Gilbert Unified District | Desert Ridge Jr. High |
| Gilbert Unified District | Finley Farms Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Gilbert High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Gilbert Junior High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | GPS Traditional Academy |
| Gilbert Unified District | Greenfield Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Greenfield Junior High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Highland High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Highland Jr High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Highland Park Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Islands Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Mesquite Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Mesquite High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Mesquite Jr High School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Oak Tree Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Patterson Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Pioneer Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Settlers Point Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Sonoma Ranch Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | South Valley Jr. High |
| Gilbert Unified District | Spectrum Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Superstition Springs Elementary |
| Gilbert Unified District | Technology and Leadership Academy |
| Gilbert Unified District | Towne Meadows Elementary School |
| Gilbert Unified District | Val Vista Lakes Elementary School |
| Glendale Elementary District | Bicentennial South School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Cortez High School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Greenway High School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Moon Valley High School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Sunnyslope High School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Thunderbird High School |
| Glendale Union High School District | Washington High School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | C I Waggoner School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene Akimel A-Al Middle School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene Altadena Middle School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene Aprende Middle School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene Centennial Middle School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Colina School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Esperanza School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Estrella Elementary School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Mariposa School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Mirada School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Paloma School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de la Sierra School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de las Brisas School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de las Manitas School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene de los Cerritos School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene De Los Lagos School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene del Cielo School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene del Milenio |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene del Norte School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene del Sureno School |
| Kyrene Elementary District | Kyrene Monte Vista School |
| Liberty Elementary District | Estrella Mountain Elementary School |
| Litchfield Elementary District | Corte Sierra Elementary School |
| Litchfield Elementary District | Litchfield Elementary School |
| Litchfield Elementary District | Palm Valley Elementary |
| Litchfield Elementary District | Verrado Middle School |
| Madison Elementary District | Madison Camelview Elementary |
| Madison Elementary District | Madison Meadows School |
| Madison Elementary District | Madison Richard Simis School |
| Mesa Unified District | Bush Elementary |
| Mesa Unified District | Crismon Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Dobson High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Eagleridge Enrichment Program |
| Mesa Unified District | Entz Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Falcon Hill Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Franklin Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Franklin Northeast School |
| Mesa Unified District | Franklin South |
| Mesa Unified District | Franklin West Elementary |
| Mesa Unified District | Fremont Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Hale Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Hermosa Vista Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Highland Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Ishikawa Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Johnson Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Las Sendas Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | MacArthur Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Mountain View High School |
| Mesa Unified District | O'Connor Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Patterson Elementary |
| Mesa Unified District | Poston Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Red Mountain High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Red Mountain Ranch Elementary |
| Mesa Unified District | Rhodes Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Shepherd Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Sirrine Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Smith Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Sousa Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Stapley Junior High School |
| Mesa Unified District | Sunridge Learning Center |
| Mesa Unified District | Washington Elementary School |
| Mesa Unified District | Wilson Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Boulder Creek Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Copper Canyon Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Desert Shadows Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Desert Shadows Middle School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Desert Springs Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Desert Trails Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Explorer Middle School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Grayhawk Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Horizon High School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Larkspur Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Liberty Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Mercury Mine Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Mountain Trail Middle School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | North Ranch Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Pinnacle High School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Pinnacle Peak Elementary |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Quail Run Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Sandpiper Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Shadow Mountain High School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Sonoran Sky Elementary School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Sunrise Middle School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Whispering Wind School |
| Paradise Valley Unified District | Wildfire Elementary School |
| Pendergast Elementary District | Garden Lakes Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Apache Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Cactus High School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Canyon Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Centennial High School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Copperwood School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Coyote Hills Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Desert Valley Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Frontier Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Ironwood High School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Oakwood Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Parkridge Elementary |
| Peoria Unified School District | Paseo Verde Elementary School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Sunrise Mountain High School |
| Peoria Unified School District | Vistancia Elementary School |
| Queen Creek Unified District | Desert Mountain Elementary |
| Queen Creek Unified District | Frances Brandon-Pickett Elementary |
| Queen Creek Unified District | Jack Barnes Elementary School |
| Queen Creek Unified District | Queen Creek Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Anasazi Elementary |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Arcadia High School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Aztec Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Chaparral High School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Cherokee Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Cheyenne Traditional Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Cochise Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Cocopah Middle School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Copper Ridge Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Copper Ridge Middle School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Desert Canyon Elementary |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Desert Canyon Middle School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Desert Mountain High School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Hopi Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Kiva Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Laguna Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Mohave Middle School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Mountainside Middle School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Pima Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Saguaro High School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Sequoya Elementary School |
| Scottsdale Unified District | Zuni Elementary School |
| Tempe School District | Broadmor Elementary School |
| Tempe School District | Bustoz School |
| Tempe School District | Hudson Elementary School |
| Tempe School District | Rover Elementary School |
| Tempe School District | Ward Traditional Academy |
| Tempe Union High School District | Corona Del Sol High School |
| Tempe Union High School District | Desert Vista High School |
| Tempe Union High School District | McClintock High School |
| Tempe Union High School District | Mountain Pointe High School |
| Washington Elementary School District | Abraham Lincoln Traditional School |
| Washington Elementary School District | Lookout Mountain School |
| Wilson Elementary District | Wilson Primary School |
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