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)
040880000906	681	John B Wright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4311 E Linden St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-8100	458	34	13.3	79.7%	78 (17.0%)	119 (26.0%)	199 (43.4%)	10 (2.2%)	18 (3.9%)	20 (4.4%)	14 (3.1%)		$00			$00			21	31.1	801	120
040029501544	682	Black Mountain Elementary School	Public	K-8	3404 N Santa Maria Rd	Golden Valley	86413	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 565-9111	470	27	17.4	76.8%	270 (57.4%)	10 (2.1%)	147 (31.3%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.0%)		$00			$00			21	19	1019	337
040306000240	683	Fowler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6707 W Van Buren St	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Fowler Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 707-2500	407	21	19.3	84.8%	13 (3.2%)	24 (5.9%)	356 (87.5%)	7 (1.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)		$00			$00			20.9	17.3	1064	381
040090403048	684	Sequoia Pathway Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	19265 N Porter Rd	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Pathway Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-2112	843			44.8%	338 (40.1%)	136 (16.1%)	249 (29.5%)	9 (1.1%)	39 (4.6%)	7 (0.8%)	65 (7.7%)	$3,087	$269	$46	$583	$1,983	$789	$2,772	20.8	41.4	644	40
040567000459	685	Clarendon School	Public	PK, KG-8	1225 W Clarendon Ave	Phoenix	85013	Maricopa County	Osborn Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 707-2200	420	27	15.4	73.8%	59 (14.0%)	43 (10.2%)	266 (63.3%)	13 (3.1%)	21 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$7,967	$1,746	$60	$3,552	$5,685	$476	$6,161	20.6	31.9	787	102
040497001410	686	Sousa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	616 N Mountain Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8900	384	34	11.4	55.7%	198 (51.6%)	13 (3.4%)	147 (38.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.9%)	$9,966	$957	$126	$2,040	$8,696	$188	$8,883	20.5	25.8	892	206
040028202232	687	Harvest Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	350 E 18th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Harvest Power Community Development Group Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 782-2052	1,039			80.9%	36 (3.5%)	8 (0.8%)	979 (94.2%)	10 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)		$00			$00			20.5	18.5	1033	346
040946000971	688	Bonnie Brennan School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Cochise Dr	Winslow	86047	Navajo County	Winslow Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 288-8400	248	19	13	37.1%	37 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.7%)	$12,505	$3,550	$432	$7,532	$6,668	$1,855	$8,523	20.5	30	828	140
040444000347	689	Littleton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1252 S Avondale Blvd	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-5700	802	39	20.4	66.0%	42 (5.2%)	73 (9.1%)	648 (80.8%)	14 (1.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	$11,672	$1,050	$465	$2,566	$8,146	$2,011	$10,156	20.3	32.2	779	90
040029503234	690	Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	K-5	3700 Prospector St	Kingman	86401	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 753-2472	467	24	19.4	74.7%	292 (62.5%)	4 (0.9%)	130 (27.8%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.1%)		$00			$00			20.3	29.4	833	143

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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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