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)
040000100120	151	Black Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	33606 N 60th St	Scottsdale	85266	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 575-2100	495	33	14.8	7.7%	399 (80.6%)	4 (0.8%)	63 (12.7%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.4%)	$2,686	$103	$48	$254	$2,064	$470	$2,535	81.7	89.4	127	24
040340002284	152	Canyon Rim Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3045 S Canyon Rim	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 984-3216	849	54	15.7	27.8%	507 (59.7%)	22 (2.6%)	243 (28.6%)	14 (1.6%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (6.5%)	$8,142	$339	$06	$684	$7,567	$231	$7,797	81.5	88.7	139	13
040423001128	153	Kyrene del Cielo School	Public	PK, KG-5	1350 N Lakeshore Dr	Chandler	85226	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-2400	649	36	18.2	13.9%	335 (51.6%)	38 (5.9%)	150 (23.1%)	60 (9.2%)	12 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	51 (7.9%)	$6,208	$50	$02	$101	$6,031	$126	$6,157	80.9	90.8	107	46
040423001405	154	Kyrene De Los Lagos School	Public	PK, KG-5	17001 S 34th Way	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-3200	499	29	17.2	14.6%	210 (42.1%)	16 (3.2%)	218 (43.7%)	14 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.8%)	$5,950	$00	$00	$00	$5,843	$106	$5,949	80.8	83.6	197	43
040378003007	155	Centennial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3507 S Ranch House Pkwy	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8200	679	43	15.8	16.8%	436 (64.2%)	19 (2.8%)	168 (24.7%)	8 (1.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (6.2%)	$6,866	$257	$109	$623	$6,047	$453	$6,500	80.8	85.4	177	22
040088603407	156	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Cicero	Public, Charter	K-7	3102 N 56th St	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Cicero	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 424-1790	479				312 (65.1%)	6 (1.3%)	85 (17.7%)	26 (5.4%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.8%)		$00			$00			80.8	89.8	122	34
040187003766	157	Robert J.C. Rice Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1290 E Ocotillo Rd	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 424-8500	760	44	17.4	10.9%	500 (65.8%)	12 (1.6%)	144 (18.9%)	48 (6.3%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.1%)	$8,523	$694	$147	$1,536	$7,420	$262	$7,682	80.7	88.2	142	15
040009301086	158	Skyview School	Public, Charter	K-8	125 S Rush St	Prescott	86303	Yavapai County	Skyview School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 776-1730	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()		$00			$00			80.5	61.2	434	276
040269002401	159	Marley Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	15042 W Sweetwater Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8200	1,084	52	21	26.8%	590 (54.4%)	47 (4.3%)	342 (31.5%)	9 (0.8%)	9 (0.8%)	6 (0.6%)	81 (7.5%)	$8,020	$151	$868	$1,170	$6,367	$634	$7,002	80.5	83.9	191	32
040497001375	160	Ishikawa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2635 N 32nd St	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-7688	835	46	18.1	24.9%	523 (62.6%)	9 (1.1%)	190 (22.8%)	6 (0.7%)	59 (7.1%)	2 (0.2%)	46 (5.5%)	$6,706	$30	$03	$63	$6,346	$328	$6,674	80.3	89.8	121	39

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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.