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)
040438003185	281	Mabel Padgett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	15430 W. Turney	Litchfield Park	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-3200	605	31	19.5	22.8%	236 (39.0%)	27 (4.5%)	274 (45.3%)	21 (3.5%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	40 (6.6%)	$8,505	$211	$28	$449	$7,424	$843	$8,267	64.9	76.1	281
040187001676	282	Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2300 S Gardner Dr	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-4300	787	43	18.1	16.9%	373 (47.4%)	37 (4.7%)	174 (22.1%)	90 (11.4%)	10 (1.3%)	6 (0.8%)	97 (12.3%)	$7,718	$743	$72	$1,557	$6,720	$184	$6,904	64.7	85.3	178	104
040171000109	283	Center for Online and Innovative Learning	Public	PK, KG-8	1000 N Amarillo St	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-6694	51	1	51	82.4%	13 (25.5%)	2 (3.9%)	34 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.9%)	$170,822	$13,732	$3,374	$30,839	$126,725	$26,991	$153,715	64.7			(n/a)
040340000596	284	Towne Meadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1101 N Recker Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 854-1545	663	44	15.1	26.8%	423 (63.8%)	13 (2.0%)	152 (22.9%)	17 (2.6%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	48 (7.2%)	$7,205	$168	$515	$852	$6,775		$6,522	64.6	77.7	261	23
040340001984	285	Carol Rae Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3777 E Houston Ave	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 507-1359	586	42	13.8	22.9%	369 (63.0%)	19 (3.2%)	126 (21.5%)	27 (4.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	$10,735	$230	$602	$1,062	$9,785	$118	$9,903	64.5	76.7	277	8
040340002114	286	Augusta Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9430 E Neville Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 635-2011	953	56	17	29.0%	636 (66.7%)	32 (3.4%)	211 (22.1%)	19 (2.0%)	8 (0.8%)	7 (0.7%)	40 (4.2%)	$6,555	$232	$00	$465	$6,198	$124	$6,322	64.4	75.7	285	1
040187002125	287	Jane D. Hull Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2424 E Maren Dr	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-4500	529	31	17.2	20.8%	288 (54.4%)	22 (4.2%)	123 (23.3%)	33 (6.2%)	22 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.6%)	$9,821	$1,010	$163	$2,184	$8,334	$313	$8,647	64.3	74.5	295	8
040033901939	288	Destiny School	Public, Charter	K-8	798 E Prickly Pear Dr	Globe	85501	Gila County	Destiny School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 425-0925	340			54.7%	109 (32.1%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (24.1%)	7 (2.1%)	134 (39.4%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)		$00			$00			64.3	77.7	258	30
040625002111	289	Zuni Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10851 W Williams Rd	Sun City	85373	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5275	880	47	18.8	18.9%	623 (70.8%)	22 (2.5%)	176 (20.0%)	9 (1.0%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.4%)	$6,994	$54	$169	$276	$5,896	$875	$6,771	64.2	77	274	15
040099603653	290	Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise	Public, Charter	K-8	17300 W Cactus Road	Surprise	85388	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 299-1800	1,165			22.9%	580 (49.8%)	67 (5.8%)	390 (33.5%)	29 (2.5%)	7 (0.6%)	5 (0.4%)	87 (7.5%)		$00			$00			64.2	78.7	244	46

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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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