Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 912)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
040340002662	91	Highland Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	230 N Cole Ct	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 832-3034	783	51	15.2		545 (69.6%)	13 (1.7%)	149 (19.0%)	18 (2.3%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (6.6%)	$6,768	$31	$00	$63	$6,579	$157	$6,736	88.3	91.6	88	3
040593001378	92	North Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	16406 N 61st Pl	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6400	479	33	14.4		295 (61.6%)	11 (2.3%)	74 (15.4%)	65 (13.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.8%)	$9,016	$511	$139	$1,162	$7,937	$429	$8,366	88.3	90.5	111	19
040885001956	93	Civano Community K-8 School	Public	K-8	10625 E Drexel Rd	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1700	144	12	12		80 (55.6%)	3 (2.1%)	49 (34.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.9%)	$7,204	$03	$152	$158	$6,554	$495	$7,049	88	79.6	233	140
040593000485	94	Mercury Mine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9640 N 28th St	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-3700	493	32	15.3		369 (74.8%)	2 (0.4%)	94 (19.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	$7,313	$312	$189	$813	$6,336	$476	$6,812	87.9	84.9	182	88
040009601174	95	Mountain School	Public, Charter	K-6	311 W Cattle Drive Trl	Flagstaff	86005	Coconino County	Mountain School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 779-2392	168				131 (78.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.5%)	5 (3.0%)	7 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.4%)		$00			$00			87.9	91.1	100	5
040010001714	96	Hearn Academy The - A Ball Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	17606 N 7th Ave	Phoenix	85023	Maricopa County	Ball Charter Schools (Hearn)	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-9160	689				360 (52.2%)	39 (5.7%)	253 (36.7%)	13 (1.9%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)		$00			$00			87.6	90.2	116	20
040757001671	97	Desert Canyon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10203 E McDowell Mountain Ranc	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-1700	470	38	12.4		346 (73.6%)	8 (1.7%)	55 (11.7%)	25 (5.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.0%)	$7,545	$274	$01	$549	$6,863	$408	$7,271	87.4	94.6	52	45
040885003432	98	Esmond Station School	Public	PK, KG-8	9400 S Atterbury Wash Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3400	739	39	19.1		350 (47.4%)	17 (2.3%)	303 (41.0%)	13 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.4%)	$5,853	$137	$10	$285	$5,551	$154	$5,705	87.2	94.6	54	44
040828000761	99	Tanque Verde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2600 N Fennimore Ave	Tucson	85749	Pima County	Tanque Verde Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 749-4244	625	38	16.5		449 (71.8%)	2 (0.3%)	137 (21.9%)	5 (0.8%)	9 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.4%)	$9,154	$783	$789	$2,356	$6,788	$793	$7,582	87.1	91.5	90	9
040775001250	100	Copper Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7071 W Hillcrest Blvd	Glendale	85310	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-3900	716	38	18.7		505 (70.5%)	15 (2.1%)	127 (17.7%)	28 (3.9%)	10 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.3%)	$6,502	$699	$12	$1,410	$5,541	$250	$5,791	87	94.8	50	50

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics, AzSCI Science test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Arizona Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.