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)
040553001310	661	Challenger Elementary School	Public	K-5	901 E Calle Mayer	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 377-0544	376	26	14.4		1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	375 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,420	$612	$61	$1,285	$7,252	$495	$7,747	22.3	34.7	750	89
040906000934	662	Orangewood School	Public	PK, KG-8	7337 N 19th Ave	Phoenix	85021	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-2900	772	46	16.7		85 (11.0%)	120 (15.5%)	451 (58.4%)	8 (1.0%)	66 (8.5%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.3%)	$7,032	$681	$141	$1,503	$5,379	$831	$6,210	22.2	32.4	777	115
040324003066	663	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	1130 North 10th Avenue	San Luis	85349	Yuma County	Gadsden Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 627-6958	722	22	32.8		4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	718 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,504	$893	$579	$2,365	$5,353	$680	$6,033	22.1	40.3	670	7
040079000041	664	Four Peaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1755 N Idaho Rd	Apache Junction	85119	Pinal County	Apache Junction Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 982-1110	437	23	18.8		173 (39.6%)	9 (2.1%)	226 (51.7%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	$5,458	$1,033	$11	$2,076	$4,328	$87	$4,414	22.1	24.3	921	257
040497001166	665	Robson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2122 E Pueblo Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-6600	452	30	15		87 (19.2%)	23 (5.1%)	296 (65.5%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)	25 (5.5%)	$9,878	$750	$162	$1,663	$8,771	$194	$8,966	22.1	23.2	939	274
040042703160	666	Arizona Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	335 E Germann Rd Ste 140	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 782-5842	1,987				894 (45.0%)	157 (7.9%)	663 (33.4%)	28 (1.4%)	66 (3.3%)	5 (0.3%)	174 (8.8%)		$00			$00			22.1	33.2	768	102
040690000577	667	Red Rock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	33656 W. Aguirre Lane	Red Rock	85245	Pinal County	Red Rock Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 682-3331	441	24	18.7		217 (49.2%)	24 (5.4%)	164 (37.2%)	9 (2.0%)	4 (0.9%)	8 (1.8%)	15 (3.4%)	$10,500	$987	$1,411	$3,385	$7,310	$792	$8,102	22	32.8	773	106
040150001053	668	Desert Valley School	Public	PK, KG-5	1066 Marina Blvd	Bullhead City	86442	Mohave County	Bullhead City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 758-6606	521	33	15.7		198 (38.0%)	11 (2.1%)	299 (57.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$7,339	$584	$107	$1,275	$6,281	$368	$6,648	22	25	907	239
040096000049	669	Michael Anderson	Public	PK, KG-8	45 S 3rd Ave	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Avondale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-5105	733	37	19.8		25 (3.4%)	37 (5.0%)	656 (89.5%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	$10,298	$859	$441	$2,159	$6,922	$2,077	$8,998	21.9	36.1	729	60
040429000341	670	Laveen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4141 W McNeil St	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-9110	811	59	13.7		66 (8.1%)	132 (16.3%)	529 (65.2%)	20 (2.5%)	29 (3.6%)	5 (0.6%)	30 (3.7%)	$12,661	$1,330	$374	$3,034	$9,443	$1,514	$10,957	21.9	35.6	734	64

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.