Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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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)
040593000485	101	Mercury Mine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9640 N 28th St	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-3700	506	33	15.1	12.8%	380 (75.1%)	6 (1.2%)	92 (18.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.7%)	$7,313	$312	$189	$813	$6,336	$476	$6,812	86.8	84.9	182	81
040625003441	102	Sunset Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9687 W Adam Ave	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 486-6000	1,064	50	21.2	10.9%	741 (69.6%)	19 (1.8%)	190 (17.9%)	54 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (5.5%)	$5,943	$47	$138	$233	$5,245	$513	$5,758	86.7	91.2	97	5
040040602036	103	Happy Valley School	Public, Charter	K-8	7140 W Happy Valley Rd	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	Happy Valley School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-2900	546			10.8%	390 (71.4%)	12 (2.2%)	58 (10.6%)	59 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (4.4%)		$00			$00			86.6	88	144	41
040497000388	104	Hale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1425 N 23rd St	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-7400	515	34	15.2	23.9%	363 (70.5%)	5 (1.0%)	82 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	9 (1.7%)	37 (7.2%)	$8,208	$97	$05	$200	$7,720	$386	$8,106	86.6	87.3	152	48
040450000353	105	Madison Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	7150 N 22nd St	Phoenix	85020	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 664-7800	687	34	20	15.9%	285 (41.5%)	24 (3.5%)	306 (44.5%)	12 (1.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.2%)	$11,439	$1,097	$106	$2,299	$8,054	$2,183	$10,237	86.6	88.6	140	35
040000102484	106	Horseshoe Trails Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5405 E. Pinnacle Vista Drive	Phoenix	85085	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 272-8500	433	26	16.7	3.9%	348 (80.4%)	4 (0.9%)	44 (10.2%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	$2,778	$105	$60	$271	$1,959	$653	$2,612	86.3	90.8	106
040009601174	107	Mountain School	Public, Charter	K-6	311 W Cattle Drive Trl	Flagstaff	86005	Coconino County	Mountain School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 779-2392	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()		$00			$00			86.3	91.1	100	7
040006801745	108	Montessori Day Public Schools Chartered - Mountainside	Public, Charter	K-8	9215 N 14th St	Phoenix	85020	Maricopa County	Montessori Day Public Schools Chartered Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 943-7672	182				114 (62.6%)	3 (1.6%)	56 (30.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	$7,304	$00	$660	$660	$00	$6,644	$6,644	86.2	86.1	167	59
040880001266	109	Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-5	440 S Main Ave	Tucson	85701	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-1200	283	21	13.4	65.4%	45 (15.9%)	13 (4.6%)	209 (73.9%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)		$00			$00			86.1	89.4	128	19
040423001466	110	Kyrene Monte Vista School	Public	PK, KG-5	15221 S Ray Rd	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-4400	507	32	16	9.9%	329 (64.9%)	18 (3.6%)	81 (16.0%)	27 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (9.7%)	$6,104	$333		$666	$5,606	$164	$5,770	85.9	95	45	65

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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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