Best Schools in Arizona

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)
040079000041	661	Four Peaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1755 N Idaho Rd	Apache Junction	85119	Pinal County	Apache Junction Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 982-1110	498	25	19.9	72.7%	213 (42.8%)	3 (0.6%)	243 (48.8%)	5 (1.0%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	$5,458	$1,033	$11	$2,076	$4,328	$87	$4,414	22.8	24.3	921	260
040286002097	662	Weitzel's Puente de Hozho Bilingual Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-5	3401 N 4th St	Flagstaff	86004	Coconino County	Flagstaff Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 773-4090	438	26	16.8	41.8%	126 (28.8%)	2 (0.5%)	206 (47.0%)	2 (0.5%)	89 (20.3%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.3%)	$8,688	$386	$76	$847	$7,255	$971	$8,227	22.7	27	871	209
040553000453	663	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	652 N Tyler Ave	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0870	438	22	19.9	93.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	437 (99.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,577	$432	$146	$1,010	$6,403	$596	$6,999	22.4	24.8	913	250
040060002002	664	Sevilla Elementary School-West Campus	Public	4-8	3851 W Missouri Ave	Phoenix	85019	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-0232	667	32	20.8	76.8%	13 (1.9%)	61 (9.1%)	532 (79.8%)	29 (4.3%)	14 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.4%)	$7,894	$1,382	$45	$2,808	$5,717	$750	$6,467	22.3			(n/a)
040752000635	665	Mountain View School	Public	K-5	1374 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8401	387	19	20.3	82.7%	10 (2.6%)	3 (0.8%)	374 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,991	$796	$291	$1,883	$5,985	$919	$6,904	22.1	25.9	889	224
040342001402	666	Challenger Middle School	Public	K-8	6905 W Maryland Ave	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4011	978	53	18.4	93.9%	81 (8.3%)	180 (18.4%)	640 (65.4%)	46 (4.7%)	12 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)	15 (1.5%)	$9,687	$1,832	$492	$4,157	$5,832	$1,530	$7,362	22	23.5	933	267
040690000577	667	Red Rock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	33656 W. Aguirre Lane	Red Rock	85245	Pinal County	Red Rock Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 682-3331	445	26	17	33.7%	231 (51.9%)	23 (5.2%)	158 (35.5%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$10,500	$987	$1,411	$3,385	$7,310	$792	$8,102	22	32.8	773	106
040150001053	668	Desert Valley School	Public	PK, KG-5	1066 Marina Blvd	Bullhead City	86442	Mohave County	Bullhead City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 758-6606	510	30	17	90.0%	202 (39.6%)	10 (2.0%)	289 (56.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$7,339	$584	$107	$1,275	$6,281	$368	$6,648	22	25	907	239
040042703160	669	Arizona Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	335 E Germann Rd Ste 140	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 782-5842	2,576				1,186 (46.0%)	198 (7.7%)	834 (32.4%)	29 (1.1%)	87 (3.4%)	14 (0.5%)	228 (8.9%)		$00			$00			21.9	33.2	768	99
040171002865	670	McCartney Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2631 N Brown Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 876-4235	660	27	24.4	62.0%	135 (20.5%)	28 (4.2%)	452 (68.5%)	5 (0.8%)	11 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.2%)	$7,712	$1,148	$170	$2,467	$5,449	$945	$6,394	21.7	42	637	33

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