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)
040831000776	841	Holdeman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1326 W 18th St	Tempe	85281	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 966-9934	405	32	12.6		31 (7.7%)	103 (25.4%)	190 (46.9%)	5 (1.2%)	23 (5.7%)	34 (8.4%)	19 (4.7%)		$00			$00			12	26	887	46
040060001486	842	Granada Elementary School-West Campus	Public	PK, KG-4	3232 W Campbell Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 841-1403	842	48	17.5		15 (1.8%)	77 (9.1%)	697 (82.8%)	27 (3.2%)	12 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.5%)	$9,334	$2,247	$53	$4,547	$6,195	$840	$7,034	11.8	14.1	1140	298
040752000634	843	Calabasas School	Public	PK, KG-8	1374 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8600	982	50	19.7		2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	975 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$7,405	$644	$199	$1,487	$5,750	$812	$6,562	11.8	22.2	958	115
040060000010	844	Cordova Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5631 N 35th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 841-0704	608	39	15.5		14 (2.3%)	67 (11.0%)	485 (79.8%)	29 (4.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$10,256	$2,090	$49	$4,229	$7,219	$898	$8,117	11.7	14.5	1132	288
040497000378	845	Adams Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	738 S Longmore	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-4300	668	44	15.3		85 (12.7%)	82 (12.3%)	381 (57.0%)	5 (0.7%)	70 (10.5%)	10 (1.5%)	35 (5.2%)	$8,921	$904	$192	$2,000	$7,604	$221	$7,825	11.6	20.4	997	152
040171002574	846	Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2172 N Arizola Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 876-5397	465	21	22.1		130 (28.0%)	25 (5.4%)	275 (59.1%)	3 (0.6%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.9%)	$7,769	$1,200	$266	$2,665	$5,291	$1,012	$6,303	11.5	31.1	802	44
040906000937	847	Roadrunner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7702 N 39th Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-3100	654	34	19.3		86 (13.1%)	41 (6.3%)	445 (68.0%)	56 (8.6%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	$7,058	$804	$177	$1,785	$5,214	$863	$6,077	11.5	30.1	826	21
040342000272	848	William C Jack School	Public	PK, KG-8	6600 W Missouri Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4005	827	37	22.6		45 (5.4%)	81 (9.8%)	667 (80.7%)	9 (1.1%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	14 (1.7%)	$11,477	$1,999	$460	$4,458	$7,123	$1,895	$9,018	11.5	16.8	1073	225
040168001055	849	Tomahawk School	Public	PK, KG-6	7820 W Turney Ave	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-5800	819	38	21.4		19 (2.3%)	36 (4.4%)	736 (89.9%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.0%)	$12,361	$3,430	$388	$7,247	$6,831	$1,712	$8,543	11.4	23.9	924	75
040497000391	850	Holmes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	948 S Horne	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-5556	515	37	13.9		19 (3.7%)	11 (2.1%)	469 (91.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.7%)	$8,402	$561	$157	$1,278	$7,504	$180	$7,684	11.4	13.8	1147	297

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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.