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)
040817001106	811	Esperanza Elementary School	Public	K-6	2353 E Bantam Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-2900	464	28	16.8		20 (4.3%)	4 (0.9%)	420 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	$7,921	$725	$00	$1,451	$6,808	$387	$7,195	13.4	17.5	1061	250
040171001056	812	Cholla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1180 E Kortsen Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-4719	453	23	19.6		81 (17.9%)	28 (6.2%)	304 (67.1%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.6%)	$7,359	$1,225	$186	$2,635	$5,257	$692	$5,949	13.4	17.1	1069	257
040269002402	813	Thompson Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11800 W Thompson Ranch Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 523-8400	726	43	16.8		87 (12.0%)	105 (14.5%)	500 (68.9%)	7 (1.0%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.5%)	$9,364	$741	$983	$2,465	$6,361	$1,278	$7,640	13.4	23.8	928	115
040023902533	814	Arts Academy at Estrella Mountain	Public, Charter	K-8	2504 S 91st Ave	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	P.L.C. Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 474-2120	879				33 (3.8%)	96 (10.9%)	724 (82.4%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.7%)		$00			$00			13.4	26.2	883	69
040432002489	815	Freedom Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	22150 W Sundance Pkwy	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Liberty Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 327-2850	576	36	16.2		80 (13.9%)	56 (9.7%)	400 (69.4%)	6 (1.0%)	6 (1.0%)	6 (1.0%)	22 (3.8%)	$8,828	$441	$345	$1,227	$6,510	$1,532	$8,042	13.2	12.9	1166	351
040880001481	816	Raul Grijalva Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1795 W Drexel Rd	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-3600	476	34	13.9		16 (3.4%)	8 (1.7%)	420 (88.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)		$00			$00			13.2	10.7	1204	388
040621002006	817	Canyon Breeze Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11675 W Encanto Blvd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2610	616	31	19.8		78 (12.7%)	67 (10.9%)	423 (68.7%)	26 (4.2%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.9%)	$5,354	$527	$1,090	$2,144	$4,561		$3,737	13.2	23.8	927	110
040429002398	818	Cheatham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4725 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-7040	721	47	15.1		58 (8.0%)	194 (26.9%)	409 (56.7%)	11 (1.5%)	17 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.2%)	$9,698	$678	$302	$1,659	$7,321	$1,396	$8,717	13.2	21.2	974	156
040021801913	819	Burke Basic School	Public, Charter	K-6	131 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85210	Maricopa County	American Basic Schools LLC	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 964-4602	685				16 (2.3%)	22 (3.2%)	639 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)		$00			$00			13.1	17.8	1052	233
040593003104	820	Palomino Intermediate School	Public	4-6	15815 N 29th St	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 449-2900	389	24	16.4		9 (2.3%)	27 (6.9%)	343 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$8,851	$1,300	$307	$2,908	$6,751	$492	$7,244	13.1	14.1	1139	319

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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.