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)
040068000031	211	Winifred Harelson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	826 W Chapala Dr	Tucson	85704	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 696-6020	434	30	14.4	23.7%	265 (61.1%)	6 (1.4%)	130 (30.0%)	16 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)		$00			$00			74.2	81.4	222	11
040625003145	212	Parkridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	9970 W Beardsley Rd	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5400	886	47	18.8	29.9%	554 (62.5%)	37 (4.2%)	218 (24.6%)	21 (2.4%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	44 (5.0%)	$6,861	$63	$204	$330	$5,766	$827	$6,594	74.1	82.8	208	4
040681002485	213	Frances Brandon-Pickett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	22706 East Village Loop Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 987-7420	624	35	18	23.9%	394 (63.1%)	12 (1.9%)	177 (28.4%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.1%)	$7,003	$355	$10	$720	$5,782	$855	$6,638	74.1	85	181	32
040085503275	214	Legacy Traditional School - Chandler	Public, Charter	K-8	3201 S Gilbert Rd Bldg B	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Chandler	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 270-5422	1,102			14.0%	432 (39.2%)	75 (6.8%)	240 (21.8%)	250 (22.7%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (8.8%)		$00			$00			73.9	86.9	157	57
040831000783	215	Rover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1300 E Watson Dr	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 897-7122	338	26	13.1	43.8%	123 (36.4%)	24 (7.1%)	136 (40.2%)	10 (3.0%)	14 (4.1%)	4 (1.2%)	27 (8.0%)		$00			$00			73.8	82.9	206	9
040041302986	216	Mohave Accelerated Elementary School East	Public, Charter	K-5	945 Thumb Butte	Bullhead City	86429	Mohave County	Mohave Accelerated Elementary School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 704-9345	130			71.5%	61 (46.9%)	1 (0.8%)	60 (46.2%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)		$00			$00			73.8	88.8	136	80
040497002280	217	Zaharis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9410 E McKellips Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 308-7200	769	46	16.8	16.9%	631 (82.1%)	7 (0.9%)	98 (12.7%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.0%)	$7,143	$148	$04	$301	$6,763	$227	$6,990	73.6	82.6	211	6
040782000331	218	Taylor Intermediate School	Public	4-6	207 North 500 West	Taylor	85939	Navajo County	Snowflake Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 536-4156	235	13	18.6	50.6%	188 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$7,574	$745	$943	$2,434	$5,065	$821	$5,886	73.4	73.4	307	89
040093303496	219	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise	Public, Charter	K-8	14506 W Sweetwater Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 299-9820	1,895			25.0%	964 (50.9%)	112 (5.9%)	602 (31.8%)	55 (2.9%)	10 (0.5%)	5 (0.3%)	147 (7.8%)		$00			$00			73.2	84.3	189	30
040340002833	220	Quartz Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3680 S Quartz St	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 855-5732	549	33	16.4	18.8%	354 (64.5%)	24 (4.4%)	108 (19.7%)	14 (2.6%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.7%)	$8,006	$00	$22	$22	$7,692	$292	$7,984	73.1	73.7	304	84

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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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education