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)
040423000677	511	Kyrene de las Manitas School	Public	PK, KG-8	1201 W Courtney Ln	Tempe	85284	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-3600	433	24	18	27.7%	143 (33.0%)	59 (13.6%)	130 (30.0%)	31 (7.2%)	13 (3.0%)	3 (0.7%)	54 (12.5%)	$9,065	$00	$04	$04	$8,907	$154	$9,062	36.2	57.3	463	48
040621001499	512	Garden Lakes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10825 W Garden Lakes Pkwy	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2520	885	42	21	56.9%	166 (18.8%)	76 (8.6%)	546 (61.7%)	35 (4.0%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.3%)	$5,360	$507	$1,198	$2,211	$4,387		$3,655	36.1	46.7	586	74
040253000193	513	Stevenson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2200 E 11th St	Douglas	85607	Cochise County	Douglas Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 364-2442	390	15	26	74.6%	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	378 (96.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$6,323	$465	$162	$1,091	$5,575	$122	$5,697	36	38.3	701	188
040463001163	514	Degrazia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5051 W Overton Rd	Tucson	85742	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 579-4800	360	30	12	49.7%	150 (41.7%)	17 (4.7%)	162 (45.0%)	6 (1.7%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	$12,608	$850	$202	$1,901	$10,290	$1,266	$11,556	35.8	48.2	574	60
040089203012	515	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			35.8	61.8	429	86
040240000017	516	H L Suverkrup Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1590 S Avenue C	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-3500	559	27	21	68.9%	63 (11.3%)	3 (0.5%)	474 (84.8%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	$9,582	$1,320	$321	$2,961	$6,401	$1,540	$7,941	35.5	41.2	649	133
040497001550	517	Porter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1350 S Lindsay Rd	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-6700	472	33	14.3	57.8%	164 (34.7%)	40 (8.5%)	209 (44.3%)	9 (1.9%)	17 (3.6%)	6 (1.3%)	27 (5.7%)	$9,898	$574	$40	$1,187	$8,924	$361	$9,285	35.2	39	691	174
040625001380	518	Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10401 N 63rd Ave	Glendale	85302	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4775	618	36	17	63.8%	198 (32.0%)	42 (6.8%)	314 (50.8%)	18 (2.9%)	13 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (4.9%)	$8,490	$403	$496	$1,302	$7,185	$406	$7,590	35.1	45.6	597	79
040438001881	519	Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2150 N Rancho Santa Fe Blvd	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 535-6500	564	30	19.1	52.8%	122 (21.6%)	53 (9.4%)	342 (60.6%)	10 (1.8%)	9 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (4.6%)	$7,680	$639	$03	$1,281	$6,163	$875	$7,038	35.1	57.4	461	58
040880002336	520	Henry Hank Oyama	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 S La Cholla Blvd	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-5700	321	18	17.9	73.8%	19 (5.9%)	8 (2.5%)	275 (85.7%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)		$00			$00			35.1	28.6	847	327

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.