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)
040598000495	771	Wallace Elementary School	Public	3-5	1201 W 16th St	Parker	85344	La Paz County	Parker Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 669-2141	313	20	15.6	76.7%	45 (14.4%)	2 (0.6%)	160 (51.1%)	3 (1.0%)	84 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.1%)	$11,523	$3,113	$464	$6,689	$6,329	$1,617	$7,946	15.6	29.2	837	66
040849002132	772	Sheely Farms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9450 W Encanto Blvd	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Tolleson Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 907-5270	679	33	20.5	81.7%	38 (5.6%)	135 (19.9%)	469 (69.1%)	16 (2.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)	$11,786	$1,240	$918	$3,397	$7,536	$2,093	$9,628	15.5	22.1	960	188
040039002289	773	Camelback Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	7634 W Camelback Rd	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Camelback Education Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 247-2204	617			67.9%	22 (3.6%)	44 (7.1%)	517 (83.8%)	9 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.8%)		$00			$00			15.4	17.3	1063	290
040831000777	774	Joseph P. Spracale Elementary School	Public	K-5	1325 E Malibu Dr	Tempe	85282	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 897-6608	364	29	12.4	59.6%	98 (26.9%)	52 (14.3%)	166 (45.6%)	7 (1.9%)	11 (3.0%)	7 (1.9%)	23 (6.3%)		$00			$00			15.4	38.3	700	74
040396001542	775	Esperanza Elementary School	Public	K-5	3025 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85009	Maricopa County	Isaac Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 442-2800	368	23	16.2	87.8%	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	357 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)		$00			$00			15.4	21	981	206
040292002210	776	Walker Butte K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	29697 N Desert Willow Blvd	San Tan Valley	85143	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 987-5360	813	46	17.5	57.8%	358 (44.0%)	77 (9.5%)	303 (37.3%)	6 (0.7%)	17 (2.1%)	12 (1.5%)	40 (4.9%)	$8,080	$785	$353	$1,922	$6,547	$395	$6,942	15.3	31.5	794	18
040831000789	777	Wood School	Public	PK, KG-5	727 W Cornell Dr	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 838-0711	516	37	14	50.8%	56 (10.9%)	97 (18.8%)	291 (56.4%)	14 (2.7%)	30 (5.8%)	5 (1.0%)	23 (4.5%)		$00			$00			15.3	34.9	745	32
040621000506	778	Pendergast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3802 N 91st Ave	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2400	658	33	19.9	76.7%	33 (5.0%)	34 (5.2%)	567 (86.2%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	$6,122	$587	$1,131	$2,304	$5,267		$4,405	15.3	20	1004	226
040880001112	779	Miller Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6951 S Camino De La Tierra	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-4200	480	30	16.2	76.9%	20 (4.2%)	7 (1.5%)	390 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)		$00			$00			15.2	15.1	1108	329
040187000128	780	Galveston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	661 E Galveston St	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 812-6500	461	35	13.1	86.8%	16 (3.5%)	18 (3.9%)	417 (90.5%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,590	$1,423	$242	$3,088	$8,659	$266	$8,925	15.2	26.6	874	94

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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.