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)
040463001163	511	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	36.1	48.2	574	63
040064903114	512	Heritage Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	6805 N 125th Ave	Glendale	85307	Maricopa County	Heritage Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 742-3956	823			56.9%	151 (18.3%)	162 (19.7%)	422 (51.3%)	8 (1.0%)	10 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (8.3%)		$00			$00			35.9	30.1	825	313
040497001074	513	Crismon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	825 W Medina Ave	Mesa	85210	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-4000	416	30	13.7	55.8%	124 (29.8%)	46 (11.1%)	177 (42.5%)	4 (1.0%)	32 (7.7%)	9 (2.2%)	24 (5.8%)	$9,778	$823	$111	$1,757	$8,284	$560	$8,844	35.8	56.6	468	45
040463000369	514	Butterfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3400 W Massingale Rd	Tucson	85741	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 579-5000	480	36	13.3	55.8%	237 (49.4%)	9 (1.9%)	196 (40.8%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.3%)	$12,685	$1,527	$366	$3,421	$9,477	$1,314	$10,791	35.8	49.6	558	44
040497001550	515	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	35.5	39	691	176
040342000058	516	Discovery School	Public	K-8	7910 W Maryland Ave	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4013	629	30	21.3	68.8%	64 (10.2%)	34 (5.4%)	484 (76.9%)	25 (4.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.4%)	$9,660	$1,714	$453	$3,880	$5,883	$1,610	$7,493	35.4	40.1	675	159
040423000677	517	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	35.2	57.3	463	54
040243000180	518	Biltmore Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	4601 N 34th St	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Creighton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 381-6160	544	34	16.1	48.9%	111 (20.4%)	21 (3.9%)	369 (67.8%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.3%)	$11,826	$1,764	$424	$3,951	$7,435	$2,204	$9,639	35.2	40.7	662	144
040240002424	519	Gary A. Knox Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2926 S 21st Dr	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-5500	582	26	22.8	75.9%	32 (5.5%)	7 (1.2%)	533 (91.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	$9,039	$1,059	$300	$2,417	$6,102	$1,579	$7,681	35.1	29.3	834	315
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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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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