The Nation's Best High Schools

U.S. News & World Report publishes its report of the Best High Schools broken down into three tiers (Gold, Silver, and Bronze). For 2008, in the Gold Tier (top 100), Arizona placed 13th (Basis School in Tucson), 22nd (University High School in Tucson) and 59th (Northland Preparatory Academy). Perhaps surprisingly two of the three gold schools are charter schools (Basis and Northland). Of the 504 high schools in the Silver tier, 5 are in Arizona and from 1,321 Bronze schools, 6 are in Arizona. Put together this equates to 14 Arizona schools from among 1,925 of the best high schools around the nation.

Silver:
Catalina Foothills HS (Tucson)
Desert Vista HS (Phoenix/Tempe)
Mountain View HS (Mesa)
Sunnyslope HS (Phoenix/Glendale)
Thunderbird HS (Phoenix/Glendale)

Bronze:
Colorado City HS (Colorado City)
Mayer HS (Mayer)
Ray HS (Kearny)
Sonoran Science Academy (Tucson)
St Johns HS (St Johns)
Vision Charter School (Tucson)