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The fastest-growing public high schools in Maricopa County, Arizona

68 public high schools in Maricopa County, Arizona appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public high schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Arizona College Prep High School leads the list at 195%, against a median of 14.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Maricopa County, Arizona

Top Enrollment growth

195%

Median Enrollment growth

14.6%

FASTEST GROWING · MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Arizona College Prep High School	CHANDLER, AZ	Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)	769	2,271	195%
2	Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	GILBERT, AZ	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	310	572	84.5%
3	Tonopah Valley High School	TONOPAH, AZ	Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254)	472	869	84.1%
4	ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School	Mesa, AZ	ASU Preparatory Academy (91305)	266	489	83.8%
5	Glenview College Preparatory High School	GLENDALE, AZ	Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High Sch (4342)	315	536	70.2%
6	Great Hearts Academies - Lincoln Prep	CHANDLER, AZ	Lincoln Preparatory Academy (92657)	366	619	69.1%
7	Great Hearts Academies - North Phoenix Prep	PHOENIX, AZ	North Phoenix Preparatory Academy (90879)	395	662	67.6%
8	Paradise Honors High School	SURPRISE, AZ	Paragon Management Inc. (5180)	650	1,028	58.2%
9	Heritage Academy Laveen	LAVEEN, AZ	Heritage Academy Laveen Inc. (92520)	444	685	54.3%
10	Estrella Foothills High School	GOODYEAR, AZ	Buckeye Union High School District (4284)	1,066	1,592	49.3%
11	BASIS Goodyear	GOODYEAR, AZ	BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (92734)	217	318	46.5%
12	Youngker High School	BUCKEYE, AZ	Buckeye Union High School District (4284)	1,461	2,096	43.5%
13	Bostrom Alternative Center	PHOENIX, AZ	Phoenix Union High School District (4286)	213	302	41.8%
14	Gateway Early College High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Maricopa County Community College District dba Gat (4314)	254	350	37.8%
15	Benjamin Franklin High School	Queen Creek, AZ	Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Queen Creek (4355)	995	1,324	33.1%
16	Mountain Ridge High School	GLENDALE, AZ	Deer Valley Unified District (4246)	2,179	2,823	29.6%
17	Empower College Prep High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Empower College Prep (91277)	290	373	28.6%
18	BASIS Chandler	CHANDLER, AZ	BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90842)	951	1,185	24.6%
19	Desert Edge High School	GOODYEAR, AZ	Agua Fria Union High School District (4289)	1,695	2,106	24.2%
20	Buckeye Union High School	BUCKEYE, AZ	Buckeye Union High School District (4284)	1,486	1,841	23.9%
21	Tech Campus	PHOENIX, AZ	Career Success Schools (79047)	357	442	23.8%
22	South Pointe High School	PHOENIX, AZ	South Pointe High School	498	615	23.5%
23	Higley High School	GILBERT, AZ	Higley Unified School District (4248)	1,624	2,005	23.5%
24	BASIS Peoria	PEORIA, AZ	BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90841)	831	1,021	22.9%
25	Dr. Camille Casteel High School	QUEEN CREEK, AZ	Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)	2,294	2,816	22.8%
26	Williams Field High School	Gilbert, AZ	Higley Unified School District (4248)	1,753	2,150	22.6%
27	Great Hearts Academies - Glendale Prep	PEORIA, AZ	Glendale Preparatory Academy (89829)	538	657	22.1%
28	Great Hearts Academies - Trivium Prep	GOODYEAR, AZ	Trivium Preparatory Academy (90859)	736	882	19.8%
29	Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies	BUCKEYE, AZ	The Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc. (90287)	1,297	1,553	19.7%
30	Gilbert High School	GILBERT, AZ	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	2,050	2,418	18.0%
31	International Commerce High School - Tempe	TEMPE, AZ	Humanities and Sciences Academy of the United Stat (4337)	247	290	17.4%
32	Betty Fairfax High School	LAVEEN, AZ	Phoenix Union High School District (4286)	1,717	2,014	17.3%
33	Liberty High School	PEORIA, AZ	Peoria Unified School District (4237)	2,185	2,510	14.9%
34	Heritage Academy	MESA, AZ	Heritage Academy Inc. (4336)	678	778	14.7%
35	Madison Highland Prep	Phoenix, AZ	Madison Highland Prep (91935)	445	510	14.6%
36	Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Cicero Preparatory Academy (92316)	444	507	14.2%
37	Sandra Day O'Connor High School	Glendale, AZ	Deer Valley Unified District (4246)	2,332	2,658	14.0%
38	Phoenix Union Bioscience High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Phoenix Union High School District (4286)	345	390	13.0%
39	Sunnyslope High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Glendale Union High School District (4285)	2,066	2,322	12.4%
40	South Mountain High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Phoenix Union High School District (4286)	1,977	2,207	11.6%
41	Tolleson Union High School	TOLLESON, AZ	Tolleson Union High School District (4288)	2,374	2,648	11.5%
42	Metropolitan Arts Institute	Phoenix, AZ	Metropolitan Arts Institute Inc. (5181)	225	249	10.7%
43	Apollo High School	GLENDALE, AZ	Glendale Union High School District (4285)	1,960	2,152	9.8%
44	Great Hearts Academies - Veritas Prep	PHOENIX, AZ	Veritas Preparatory Academy (80992)	712	781	9.7%
45	Basha High School	CHANDLER, AZ	Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)	2,593	2,826	9.0%
46	Deer Valley High School	GLENDALE, AZ	Deer Valley Unified District (4246)	1,573	1,707	8.5%
47	Great Hearts Academies - Scottsdale Prep	Scottsdale, AZ	Scottsdale Preparatory Academy (89756)	829	898	8.3%
48	Centennial High School	PEORIA, AZ	Peoria Unified School District (4237)	1,879	2,026	7.8%
49	Thunderbird High School	PHOENIX, AZ	Glendale Union High School District (4285)	1,488	1,592	7.0%
50	Willow Canyon High School	SURPRISE, AZ	Dysart Unified District (4243)	1,799	1,901	5.7%

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