Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 904)	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)
040757000658	131	Pueblo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6320 N 82nd St	Scottsdale	85250	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-3100	425	33	13	14.8%	232 (54.6%)	18 (4.2%)	140 (32.9%)	9 (2.1%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$9,396	$76	$810	$961	$8,297	$214	$8,511	84.1	92.2	83	48
040000101872	132	Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4322 E Desert Willow Parkway	Cave Creek	85331	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 575-2800	456	26	17.6	5.7%	327 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	103 (22.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	$2,222	$129	$50	$308	$1,544	$499	$2,043	84	79.2	237	105
040031702202	133	Khalsa School	Public, Charter	K-8	3701 E River Rd	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Khalsa Family Services	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 529-3611	261				170 (65.1%)	2 (0.8%)	57 (21.8%)	15 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)		$00			$00			83.9	82.9	205	72
040016501755	134	Keystone Montessori Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	1-9	1025 E Liberty Ln	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Keystone Montessori Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 460-7312	179				87 (48.6%)	9 (5.0%)	57 (31.8%)	12 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	13 (7.3%)		$00			$00			83.9	70.9	327	193
040387001057	135	Liberty Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	3300 N Lake Valley Rd	Prescott Valley	86314	Yavapai County	Humboldt Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 759-4500	785	35	22.4	38.9%	441 (56.2%)	0 (0.0%)	315 (40.1%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	$8,134	$895	$189	$1,979	$5,920	$1,131	$7,050	83.9	88.9	134	1
040775002128	136	Stetson Hills School	Public	PK, KG-8	25475 N Stetson Hills Loop	Phoenix	85083	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-5300	912	51	17.8	13.9%	657 (72.0%)	22 (2.4%)	148 (16.2%)	41 (4.5%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.9%)	$5,724	$342	$13	$697	$5,132	$238	$5,369	83.9	91.3	94	42
040000102344	137	Lone Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5250 E. Montgomery Rd.	Cave Creek	85331	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 437-3000	423	23	18.1	7.8%	334 (79.0%)	4 (0.9%)	53 (12.5%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	19 (4.5%)	$2,966	$130	$36	$296	$2,132	$668	$2,801	83.9	86.4	163	26
040089803393	138	BASIS Mesa	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5010 S Eastmark Pkwy	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 239-4807	840				314 (37.4%)	49 (5.8%)	151 (18.0%)	260 (31.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.4%)	$8,723	$203	$99	$505	$6,242	$2,179	$8,420	83.8	90.8	105	33
040176001032	139	Manzanita School	Public	K-5	3000 E Manzanita Ave	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Catalina Foothills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 209-7800	595	41	14.6	7.7%	359 (60.3%)	3 (0.5%)	171 (28.7%)	19 (3.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.7%)	$8,434	$142	$604	$889	$6,173	$1,514	$7,688	83.7	91.5	91	48
040094303498	140	BASIS Goodyear Primary	Public, Charter	K-5	15800 W Sherman St	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 276-8592	690				185 (26.8%)	141 (20.4%)	213 (30.9%)	95 (13.8%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.2%)	$7,553	$191	$04	$385	$4,477	$2,882	$7,359	83.5	85.3	179	39

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics 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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