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)
040553000454	801	Mary L Welty Elementary School	Public	K-5	1050 W Cimarron St	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0880	364	19	19.1	93.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	363 (99.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,707	$383	$71	$838	$5,772	$481	$6,253	13.9	25.3	903	102
040168000097	802	Holiday Park School	Public	PK, KG-6	4417 N 66th Ave	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-4500	619	30	20.9	73.8%	21 (3.4%)	27 (4.4%)	552 (89.2%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	$11,911	$3,716	$514	$7,947	$6,180	$1,500	$7,680	13.8	16.6	1078	276
040160000086	803	Camp Verde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Camp Lincoln Rd	Camp Verde	86322	Yavapai County	Camp Verde Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 567-8060	679	40	16.9	60.8%	354 (52.1%)	3 (0.4%)	224 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (9.4%)	6 (0.9%)	28 (4.1%)	$6,506	$498	$61	$1,057	$5,537	$409	$5,947	13.8	28.2	857	54
040091503422	804	CASA Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	1500 W Maryland Ave	Phoenix	85015	Maricopa County	CASA Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 892-5022	281			98.9%	23 (8.2%)	67 (23.8%)	162 (57.7%)	23 (8.2%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)		$00			$00			13.6	19.6	1012	208
040593002343	805	Echo Mountain Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1811 E Michigan Ave # 3	Phoenix	85022	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 449-5600	361	24	15.3	75.6%	60 (16.6%)	61 (16.9%)	213 (59.0%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	$8,414	$1,152	$301	$2,605	$6,219	$742	$6,961	13.6	27.2	867	62
040906000941	806	Shaw Butte School	Public	PK, KG-6	12202 N 21st Ave	Phoenix	85029	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-4200	682	39	17.3	83.9%	89 (13.0%)	38 (5.6%)	486 (71.3%)	5 (0.7%)	31 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.5%)	$8,633	$1,259	$187	$2,704	$6,161	$1,027	$7,188	13.5	22.6	951	145
040029002177	807	Pan-American Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3001 W. Indian School	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Pan-American Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 266-3989	1,123			96.9%	15 (1.3%)	23 (2.0%)	1,064 (94.7%)	10 (0.9%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)		$00			$00			13.4	20.7	991	184
040831000782	808	Nevitt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4525 E Saint Anne Ave	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 431-6640	702	48	14.7	71.9%	29 (4.1%)	82 (11.7%)	559 (79.6%)	6 (0.9%)	10 (1.4%)	5 (0.7%)	11 (1.6%)		$00			$00			13.4	25.8	891	83
040497000415	809	Stevenson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	638 S 96th St	Mesa	85208	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9000	668	40	16.7	80.8%	188 (28.1%)	34 (5.1%)	403 (60.3%)	4 (0.6%)	12 (1.8%)	4 (0.6%)	23 (3.4%)	$7,722	$715	$387	$1,817	$6,440	$179	$6,620	13.3	16.2	1083	274
040269002402	810	Thompson Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11800 W Thompson Ranch Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 523-8400	716	43	16.8	73.9%	122 (17.0%)	83 (11.6%)	479 (66.9%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	$9,364	$741	$983	$2,465	$6,361	$1,278	$7,640	13.3	23.8	928	118

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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.
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