Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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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)
040593000606	21	Sonoran Sky Elementary School	Public	K-6	12990 N 75th St	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6500	524	37	14.2	6.9%	362 (69.1%)	6 (1.1%)	76 (14.5%)	32 (6.1%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.2%)	$8,366	$269	$127	$665	$7,557	$413	$7,970	96.1	97.2	20	1
040096703560	22	BASIS Phoenix Primary	Public, Charter	K-5	11850 N 32nd St	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 598-0330	770				170 (22.1%)	21 (2.7%)	68 (8.8%)	463 (60.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.8%)	$8,300	$359	$20	$737	$5,564	$2,358	$7,922	95.8	97.7	14	8
040060803115	23	BASIS Scottsdale	Public, Charter, Alternative	4-12	10400 N 128th St	Scottsdale	85259	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 451-7500	994				254 (25.6%)	19 (1.9%)	60 (6.0%)	594 (59.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	63 (6.3%)	$10,234	$173	$40	$385	$5,841	$4,180	$10,021	95.8	97.7	15	8
040378003490	24	Bridges Elementary School	Public	K-6	5205 S Soboba St	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8700	759	41	18.3	6.9%	524 (69.0%)	12 (1.6%)	120 (15.8%)	37 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	60 (7.9%)	$6,267	$132	$156	$420	$5,553	$426	$5,979	95.7	96.9	24
040087903400	25	Scottsdale Country Day School	Public, Charter	K-8	10460 N 56th St	Scottsdale	85253	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Country Day School	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 452-5777	109				84 (77.1%)	3 (2.8%)	16 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	2 (1.8%)		$00			$00			95.7	84.7	184	159
040075802766	26	Candeo Peoria	Public, Charter	K-8	9965 W Calle Lejos	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	Candeo Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 979-6500	594				407 (68.5%)	10 (1.7%)	64 (10.8%)	73 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.6%)		$00			$00			95.7	94.8	48	22
040625003255	27	Peoria Traditional School	Public	K-8	10851 W Williams Rd	Sun City	85373	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5350	337			8.6%	247 (73.3%)	2 (0.6%)	62 (18.4%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.6%)	$7,393	$62	$11	$135	$6,962	$358	$7,320	95.5	95.4	43	16
040593003763	28	Sky Crossing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3300 E. Sky Crossing Way	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-5900	509	36	14	3.9%	367 (72.1%)	6 (1.2%)	49 (9.6%)	59 (11.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.5%)	$9,058	$234	$220	$688	$7,519	$1,085	$8,604	95.5	94.1	61	33
040885002798	29	Senita Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10750 E Bilby Rd	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3100	704	34	20.5	20.9%	337 (47.9%)	20 (2.8%)	238 (33.8%)	17 (2.4%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	83 (11.8%)	$5,830	$26	$53	$104	$5,639	$112	$5,752	95.3	98.3	9	20
040092503464	30	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Lincoln	Public, Charter	K-5	2250 S Gilbert Rd	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Lincoln	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 424-1798	734				311 (42.4%)	42 (5.7%)	125 (17.0%)	181 (24.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (9.9%)		$00			$00			95.2	97.2	21	9

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About our rankings:

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

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