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)
040243000178	781	Monte Vista Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3501 E Osborn Rd	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Creighton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 381-6140	795	49	16.3	89.8%	26 (3.3%)	38 (4.8%)	696 (87.5%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	$12,086	$1,810	$421	$4,041	$7,667	$2,188	$9,855	15.2	13.2	1158	377
040089103677	782	Academy of Math and Science South Mountain	Public, Charter	K-8	1445 W Baseline Rd	Phoenix	85041	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 675-9696	923			29.8%	40 (4.3%)	166 (18.0%)	693 (75.1%)	13 (1.4%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,963	$1,609	$1,471	$4,690	$3,513	$2,369	$5,882	15.1	25.9	890	108
040301000237	783	Douglas Elementary School	Public	K-6	3302 N Flowing Wells Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Flowing Wells Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-8300	554	37	15	89.7%	58 (10.5%)	14 (2.5%)	459 (82.9%)	8 (1.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	$6,641	$730	$870	$2,330	$5,391		$5,042	15	17.7	1055	272
040342000266	784	Harold W Smith School	Public	K-8	6534 N 63rd Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4003	772	27	29.1	97.9%	35 (4.5%)	69 (8.9%)	622 (80.6%)	18 (2.3%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	$9,442	$1,587	$521	$3,695	$5,714	$1,620	$7,334	14.9	12.7	1171	387
040396000316	785	Mitchell Elementary School	Public	K-5	1700 N 41st Ave	Phoenix	85009	Maricopa County	Isaac Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 442-2600	384	25	15.3	80.7%	13 (3.4%)	12 (3.1%)	353 (91.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)		$00			$00			14.9	24.4	918	133
040817001386	786	Los Amigos Elementary School	Public	K-6	2200 E Drexel Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-3200	621	35	17.7	85.8%	21 (3.4%)	10 (1.6%)	583 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$7,607	$769	$04	$1,543	$6,481	$352	$6,833	14.7	22.4	955	169
040757000666	787	Yavapai Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	701 N Miller Rd	Scottsdale	85257	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 484-3800	387	26	15.1	76.7%	65 (16.8%)	24 (6.2%)	253 (65.4%)	8 (2.1%)	20 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.1%)	$12,407	$1,532	$245	$3,309	$8,852	$1,778	$10,630	14.7	30.1	827	40
040253000190	788	Joe Carlson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1700 N Louis Ave	Douglas	85607	Cochise County	Douglas Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 805-4400	419	20	20.9	86.9%	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.4%)	407 (97.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,076	$549	$73	$1,172	$6,267	$186	$6,453	14.6	24.7	915	127
040708002498	789	Bernard Black Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6550 S 27th Ave	Phoenix	85041	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 304-3180	617	29	21.2	79.7%	26 (4.2%)	143 (23.2%)	396 (64.2%)	25 (4.1%)	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.6%)	$12,296	$1,206	$1,382	$3,794	$8,464	$1,244	$9,708	14.6	21.7	968	179
040105000056	790	Griffith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4505 E Palm Ln	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Balsz Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 629-6700	489	32	15.2	84.9%	30 (6.1%)	53 (10.8%)	331 (67.7%)	5 (1.0%)	39 (8.0%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.7%)		$00			$00			14.5	14.6	1128	338

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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.