Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 912)	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)
040146000080	331	Village Meadows Elementary School	Public	K-6	905 El Camino Real	Sierra Vista	85635	Cochise County	Sierra Vista Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 515-2990	359	19	19.4		141 (39.3%)	19 (5.3%)	148 (41.2%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	41 (11.4%)		$00			$00			59.9	59.2	444	113
040919002827	332	Festival Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	26252 W. Desert Vista Blvd.	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Wickenburg Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 501-6000	314	18	17.1		165 (52.5%)	20 (6.4%)	109 (34.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.5%)	$5,487	$296	$590	$1,182	$4,443	$158	$4,601	59.8	54.8	491	159
040463003516	333	Gladden Farms Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	11745 W Gladden Farms Dr	Marana	85653	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 682-1180	747	46	16.2		406 (54.4%)	10 (1.3%)	295 (39.5%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	25 (3.3%)	$9,702	$683	$167	$1,532	$7,571	$1,281	$8,852	59.7	77.6	262	71
040553001470	334	Francisco Vasquez De Coronado Elementary School	Public	K-5	2301 N Al Harrison Rd	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 377-2885	497	27	18.4		4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	489 (98.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,391	$505	$39	$1,049	$5,367	$480	$5,847	59.7	62	423	89
040497001073	335	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	711	42	16.8		410 (57.7%)	46 (6.5%)	195 (27.4%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (6.0%)	$7,200	$563	$62	$1,188	$6,410	$165	$6,575	59.7	66.3	376	41
040340000595	336	Playa del Rey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	550 N Horne St	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 892-7810	465	38	12.1		191 (41.1%)	20 (4.3%)	158 (34.0%)	31 (6.7%)	13 (2.8%)	8 (1.7%)	44 (9.5%)	$10,679	$1,257	$616	$3,130	$9,204		$8,806	59.5	54.5	495	159
040775000681	337	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	172	16	10.6		140 (81.4%)	1 (0.6%)	25 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$9,679	$641	$11	$1,292	$8,763	$264	$9,028	59.5	61.4	433	96
040099203644	338	Kaleidoscope School	Public, Charter	K-8	16850 N 16th St	Phoenix	85022	Maricopa County	Kaleidoscope School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 845-5983	281				154 (54.8%)	20 (7.1%)	76 (27.0%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.9%)		$00			$00			59.4	45.7	595	257
040187002379	339	T. Dale Hancock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2425 S Pleasant Dr	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-5900	695	42	16.6		253 (36.4%)	58 (8.3%)	286 (41.2%)	37 (5.3%)	27 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.7%)	$8,273	$652	$91	$1,395	$7,333	$198	$7,531	59.4	78.1	250	89
040593001239	340	Desert Springs Preparatory Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6010 E Acoma Dr	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-7100	354	34	10.3		234 (66.1%)	6 (1.7%)	75 (21.2%)	18 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	$11,908	$412	$311	$1,135	$10,710	$474	$11,185	58.9	78.5	245	95

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics, AzSCI Science 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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Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.