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)
040306003084	761	Western Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6250 W Durango St	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Fowler Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 707-2100	548	25	21.9	66.8%	21 (3.8%)	34 (6.2%)	466 (85.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)		$00			$00			16	14.8	1119	358
040831000789	762	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			16	34.9	745	17
040497000382	763	Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	545 N Horne	Mesa	85203	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-5300	567	35	16.3	72.0%	134 (23.6%)	18 (3.2%)	359 (63.3%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.7%)	$8,813	$855	$152	$1,863	$7,438	$367	$7,805	15.9	21.5	972	209
040342001538	764	Bicentennial South School	Public	PK, KG-8	7240 W Colter St	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4012	896	35	25.6	73.9%	34 (3.8%)	54 (6.0%)	788 (87.9%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$12,022	$2,112	$447	$4,671	$7,595	$1,868	$9,463	15.9	24.9	910	146
040187000128	765	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	15.9	26.6	874	109
040702000581	766	Riverside Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-4	1414 S 51st Ave	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Riverside Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 272-1339	400	22	18.1	83.0%	30 (7.5%)	72 (18.0%)	277 (69.3%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$8,105	$687	$167	$1,541	$5,564	$1,688	$7,251	15.8	34.4	755	11
040105000055	767	David Crockett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	501 N 36th St	Phoenix	85008	Maricopa County	Balsz Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 629-6600	516	31	16.6	92.8%	25 (4.8%)	200 (38.8%)	251 (48.6%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.3%)		$00			$00			15.8	19.6	1010	243
040301000237	768	Douglas Elementary School	Public	K-6	3302 N Flowing Wells Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Flowing Wells Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-8300	554	37	15	89.7%	58 (10.5%)	14 (2.5%)	459 (82.9%)	8 (1.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	$6,641	$730	$870	$2,330	$5,391		$5,042	15.8	17.7	1055	287
040039002289	769	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			15.8	17.3	1063	294
040598000495	770	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	67

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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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