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)
040243001704	891	Gateway School	Public	PK, KG-8	1100 N 35th St	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Creighton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 381-4665	543	34	15.9	91.9%	16 (2.9%)	40 (7.4%)	458 (84.3%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	8 (1.5%)	10 (1.8%)	$12,761	$2,203	$671	$5,077	$7,644	$2,243	$9,887	6.9	14.7	1122	231
040243000179	892	Papago School	Public	PK, KG-8	2013 N 36th St	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Creighton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 381-6100	822	45	18.4	85.9%	36 (4.4%)	37 (4.5%)	705 (85.8%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	$11,287	$1,761	$375	$3,896	$6,961	$2,190	$9,151	6.7	15.7	1097	205
040023002171	893	Imagine Cortez Park Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	3535 W Dunlap Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Pathfinder Charter School Foundation	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 589-9840	472			93.6%	25 (5.3%)	56 (11.9%)	241 (51.1%)	129 (27.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)		$00			$00			6.5	18.6	1030	137
040171000111	894	Palo Verde School	Public	PK, KG-8	40 N Roosevelt Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 421-1650	501	21	23.8	90.8%	87 (17.4%)	41 (8.2%)	326 (65.1%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.4%)	$8,290	$1,269	$167	$2,704	$5,458	$1,397	$6,855	6.5	13.1	1160	266
040043802653	895	Imagine Desert West Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	6738 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Imagine Charter Elementary at Desert West Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 344-7150	694			91.8%	10 (1.4%)	60 (8.6%)	617 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)		$00			$00			6.5	15.5	1101	206
040171001357	896	Ironwood School	Public	PK, KG-8	1500 N Colorado St	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-5086	478	24	20.3	64.9%	84 (17.6%)	21 (4.4%)	346 (72.4%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.6%)	$8,103	$1,392	$274	$3,059	$5,719	$717	$6,436	6.4	16.7	1077	181
040708000587	897	C O Greenfield School	Public	K-8	7009 S 10th St	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 232-4240	481	26	18.5	96.7%	6 (1.2%)	42 (8.7%)	421 (87.5%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$12,184	$825	$1,316	$2,966	$8,821	$1,222	$10,043	6.3	14.8	1117	220
040880003282	898	McCorkle Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	4455 S Mission Rd	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 877-2000	1,084	56	19.4	71.9%	42 (3.9%)	7 (0.6%)	990 (91.3%)	2 (0.2%)	31 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.1%)		$00			$00			6.2	14.9	1116	218
040906000947	899	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	8033 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-3400	722	44	16.3	90.9%	110 (15.2%)	114 (15.8%)	428 (59.3%)	20 (2.8%)	32 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	$9,468	$1,019	$197	$2,235	$7,115	$1,138	$8,252	6	14.4	1137	238
040906000932	900	Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	801 W Peoria Ave	Phoenix	85029	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-4100	1,031	61	16.9	102.8%	78 (7.6%)	88 (8.5%)	818 (79.3%)	7 (0.7%)	24 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.6%)	$8,758	$1,002	$117	$2,121	$6,484	$1,155	$7,639	5.8	8.1	1237	337

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About our rankings:

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

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