Largest Schools in Arizona
Arizona has 2,186 public schools across 652 districts with a total enrollment of 1,131,720 students. The largest school is Primavera - Online in Chandler.
Largest Schools in Arizona
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primavera - Online | Chandler | 6,392 |
| 2 | Arizona Virtual Academy | Phoenix | 5,122 |
| 3 | Hamilton High School | Chandler | 3,850 |
| 4 | Chandler High School | Chandler | 3,597 |
| 5 | Westwood High School | Mesa | 3,570 |
| 6 | Mesa High School | Mesa | 3,475 |
| 7 | ASU Preparatory Academy Digital | Tempe | 3,455 |
| 8 | Red Mountain High School | Mesa | 3,448 |
| 9 | Mountain View High School | Mesa | 3,372 |
| 10 | Highland High School | Gilbert | 3,174 |
Largest Districts in Arizona
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa Unified District (4235) | 58,343 |
| 2 | Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) | 43,716 |
| 3 | Tucson Unified District (4403) | 41,511 |
| 4 | Peoria Unified School District (4237) | 36,527 |
| 5 | Gilbert Unified District (4239) | 33,281 |
| 6 | Deer Valley Unified District (4246) | 33,199 |
| 7 | Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) | 27,919 |
| 8 | Phoenix Union High School District (4286) | 27,900 |
| 9 | Dysart Unified District (4243) | 23,173 |
| 10 | Scottsdale Unified District (4240) | 21,177 |
School data for Arizona is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in Arizona by enrollment is Primavera - Online in Chandler with 6,392 students.
Arizona has 2,186 public schools across 652 school districts, with a total enrollment of 1,131,720 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.