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)
040775000681	341	New River Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	48827 N Black Canyon Hwy	Phoenix	85087	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-3500	201	15	13.3	34.8%	179 (89.1%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$9,679	$641	$11	$1,292	$8,763	$264	$9,028	58.6	61.4	433	92
040625000585	342	Desert Harbor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	15585 N 91st Ave	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 486-6200	803	47	16.9	34.9%	445 (55.4%)	29 (3.6%)	243 (30.3%)	28 (3.5%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (6.2%)	$8,513	$69	$300	$438	$7,212	$931	$8,144	57.8	68.4	354	12
040497001073	343	Highland Arts Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3042 E Adobe St	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-7600	704	42	16.6	39.9%	419 (59.5%)	40 (5.7%)	191 (27.1%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.3%)	$7,200	$563	$62	$1,188	$6,410	$165	$6,575	57.8	66.3	376	33
040775001330	344	Mountain Shadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	19602 N 45th Ave	Glendale	85308	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 445-4300	431	26	16.8	46.9%	244 (56.6%)	30 (7.0%)	108 (25.1%)	17 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	$8,971	$912	$30	$1,855	$7,760	$269	$8,029	57.6	64.2	403	59
040340001985	345	Boulder Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8045 E Portobello Ave	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 507-1404	465	40	11.7	39.8%	253 (54.4%)	25 (5.4%)	149 (32.0%)	5 (1.1%)	7 (1.5%)	6 (1.3%)	20 (4.3%)	$9,569	$470	$681	$1,621	$8,508		$8,418	57.4	58.4	451	106
040428002182	346	Jamaica Elementary School	Public	K-6	3437 Jamaica Blvd S	Lake Havasu City	86406	Mohave County	Lake Havasu Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 854-7280	402	20	20.1	29.9%	301 (74.9%)	2 (0.5%)	84 (20.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.2%)	$6,446	$245	$15	$504	$5,648	$539	$6,187	57.3	71.7	320	26
040068001031	347	Mesa Verde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1661 W Sage St	Tucson	85704	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6090	287	25	11.4	35.5%	165 (57.5%)	3 (1.0%)	109 (38.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)		$00			$00			57.1	67.8	361	14
040099103650	348	Legacy Traditional School - Goodyear	Public, Charter	K-8	16060 W Lower Buckeye Rd	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Goodyear	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 233-1100	586			44.9%	146 (24.9%)	75 (12.8%)	305 (52.0%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	47 (8.0%)		$00			$00			56.8	70.1	337	11
040625001554	349	Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5490 W Paradise Ln	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-5050	294	21	14.2	44.6%	161 (54.8%)	5 (1.7%)	117 (39.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$14,311	$331	$444	$1,107	$11,871	$1,664	$13,535	56.8	64.7	395	46
040340000601	350	Sonoma Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	601 N Key Biscayne Dr	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-9343	483	40	12.2	26.7%	246 (50.9%)	14 (2.9%)	159 (32.9%)	19 (3.9%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.1%)	$9,630	$187	$503	$877	$9,371		$8,939	56.6	72	316	34

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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.
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