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)
040340002662	91	Highland Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	230 N Cole Ct	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 832-3034	819	51	16	14.9%	570 (69.6%)	12 (1.5%)	168 (20.5%)	17 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (6.1%)	$6,768	$31	$00	$63	$6,579	$157	$6,736	87.8	91.6	88	3
040593001378	92	North Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	16406 N 61st Pl	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6400	459	34	13.5	10.7%	297 (64.7%)	12 (2.6%)	69 (15.0%)	50 (10.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	$9,016	$511	$139	$1,162	$7,937	$429	$8,366	87.8	90.5	111	19
040340001986	93	Ashland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1945 S Ashland Ranch Rd	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 917-9900	817	50	16.4	17.9%	487 (59.6%)	22 (2.7%)	202 (24.7%)	23 (2.8%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	71 (8.7%)	$7,396	$194	$387	$775	$7,010		$6,815	87.6	93.1	68	25
040011203573	94	American Leadership Academy Gilbert North K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1070 S Higley Rd	Gilbert	85296	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 344-9892	2,486				1,722 (69.3%)	45 (1.8%)	527 (21.2%)	61 (2.5%)	11 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	116 (4.7%)	$5,729	$61	$172	$294	$4,023	$1,472	$5,495	87.5	90.6	109	15
040885003432	95	Esmond Station School	Public	PK, KG-8	9400 S Atterbury Wash Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3400	740	36	20.7	12.8%	376 (50.8%)	18 (2.4%)	287 (38.8%)	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.4%)	$5,853	$137	$10	$285	$5,551	$154	$5,705	87.3	94.6	54	41
040176001358	96	Canyon View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5725 N Sabino Canyon Rd	Tucson	85750	Pima County	Catalina Foothills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 209-7700	394	29	13.5	16.8%	234 (59.4%)	15 (3.8%)	97 (24.6%)	17 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.4%)	$9,521	$292	$571	$1,155	$6,936	$1,721	$8,657	87.1	91.3	95	1
040088803412	97	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Arete	Public, Charter	K-5	4525 E. Baseline Road	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Arete	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 222-4233	538				308 (57.2%)	10 (1.9%)	133 (24.7%)	44 (8.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	39 (7.2%)	$10,207	$413	$96	$922	$6,021	$3,677	$9,699	87	94.2	59	38
040775001250	98	Copper Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7071 W Hillcrest Blvd	Glendale	85310	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-3900	738	39	18.8	14.0%	570 (77.2%)	8 (1.1%)	109 (14.8%)	15 (2.0%)	12 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.3%)	$6,502	$699	$12	$1,410	$5,541	$250	$5,791	87	94.8	50	48
040014101657	99	Discovery Plus Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	852 W 250 N	Pima	85543	Graham County	Discovery Plus Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 485-2498	106			21.7%	88 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)		$00			$00			86.9	90.5	112	13
040187002948	100	Charlotte Patterson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7520 S Adora Blvd	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-3600	851	48	17.7	8.0%	557 (65.5%)	22 (2.6%)	174 (20.4%)	29 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	63 (7.4%)	$7,317	$631	$73	$1,336	$6,350	$262	$6,612	86.9	92.3	81	19

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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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