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)
040187001206	521	John M Andersen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1350 N Pennington Dr	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 812-6000	450	33	13.6	59.8%	141 (31.3%)	18 (4.0%)	213 (47.3%)	28 (6.2%)	14 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.8%)	$9,978	$698	$273	$1,669	$8,752	$255	$9,007	35.1	38.9	694	173
040630000531	522	Silvestre S Herrera School	Public	PK, KG-8	1350 S 11th St	Phoenix	85034	Maricopa County	Phoenix Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 257-3885	517	33	15.5	80.9%	9 (1.7%)	39 (7.5%)	448 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	$11,867	$1,457	$461	$3,376	$9,329	$619	$9,948	34.9	20.9	983	461
040717002812	523	Tartesso Elementary School	Public	K-8	29677 W Indianola Ave	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Saddle Mountain Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 474-5400	355	22	16.5	42.8%	106 (29.9%)	23 (6.5%)	205 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	$8,544	$364	$91	$819	$6,329	$1,759	$8,089	34.9	55.4	485	38
040497000416	524	Taft Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9800 E Quarterline Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9100	462	37	12.4	68.8%	173 (37.4%)	10 (2.2%)	253 (54.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.3%)	$10,372	$728	$200	$1,657	$9,141	$303	$9,444	34.8	49.5	560	36
040088703415	525	Vista College Preparatory - Hadley	Public, Charter	K-8	812 S 6th Ave	Phoenix	85003	Maricopa County	Vista College Preparatory Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 374-7159	279			74.6%	5 (1.8%)	58 (20.8%)	206 (73.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$9,842	$913	$1,521	$3,347	$5,352	$2,056	$7,408	34.8	20.9	987	462
040100000052	526	Bagdad Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Sultan Way	Bagdad	86321	Yavapai County	Bagdad Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 633-4101	277	17	16.2	37.5%	170 (61.4%)	1 (0.4%)	79 (28.5%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	3 (1.1%)	13 (4.7%)	$11,066	$875	$613	$2,362	$8,861	$718	$9,578	34.6	53.7	504	22
040080003211	527	The Odyssey Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6500 S Apache Rd	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	The Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 327-3111	585				147 (25.1%)	37 (6.3%)	364 (62.2%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.0%)	25 (4.3%)	$7,046	$244	$278	$766	$4,408	$2,116	$6,524	34.6	39.5	683	156
040089203012	528	Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande	Public, Charter	K-8	1274 E. ONeil Dr	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 421-2323	1,543			41.0%	463 (30.0%)	60 (3.9%)	887 (57.5%)	24 (1.6%)	24 (1.6%)	7 (0.5%)	78 (5.1%)		$00			$00			34.6	61.8	429	99
040086403315	529	Happy Valley School East Campus	Public, Charter	K-6	266 E Westbrooke Rd	San Tan Valley	85140	Pinal County	Happy Valley East	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 888-1342	447			49.7%	227 (50.8%)	59 (13.2%)	144 (32.2%)	11 (2.5%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)		$00			$00			34.6	51.8	524	5
040423000297	530	Kyrene de la Esperanza School	Public	PK, KG-5	14841 S 41st Pl	Phoenix	85044	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-2800	467	35	13.4	39.8%	132 (28.3%)	75 (16.1%)	133 (28.5%)	23 (4.9%)	45 (9.6%)	7 (1.5%)	52 (11.1%)	$7,967	$343	$01	$687	$7,487	$136	$7,623	34.5	47.4	580	50

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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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