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)
040098103605	251	Da Vinci Tree Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8055 E 22nd St	Tucson	85710	Pima County	Science Technology Engineering and Math Arizona	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 441-0137	238			35.7%	73 (30.7%)	15 (6.3%)	126 (52.9%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.4%)		$00			$00			69.6	39.6	681	430
040681003477	252	Gateway Polytechnic Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	5149 S Signal Butte Rd	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 987-7440	1,034	54	19	9.9%	712 (68.9%)	22 (2.1%)	221 (21.4%)	15 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (5.7%)	$5,828	$229		$458	$5,008	$591	$5,599	69.5	69.8	338	86
040024803089	253	Telesis Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	2598 Starlite Ln	Lake Havasu City	86403	Mohave County	Telesis Center for Learning Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 855-8661	284			55.6%	191 (67.3%)	2 (0.7%)	66 (23.2%)	6 (2.1%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.2%)		$00			$00			69.4	57.5	459	206
040340000265	254	Mesquite Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1000 E Mesquite St	Gilbert	85296	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 813-1240	599	35	17.1	25.7%	379 (63.3%)	13 (2.2%)	154 (25.7%)	9 (1.5%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	37 (6.2%)	$7,558	$82	$371	$535	$7,227		$7,105	69.4	77.6	263	9
040423000656	255	Kyrene de las Brisas School	Public	PK, KG-5	777 N Desert Breeze Blvd E Bld	Chandler	85226	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-2000	600	35	17	29.0%	230 (38.3%)	49 (8.2%)	187 (31.2%)	32 (5.3%)	18 (3.0%)	6 (1.0%)	78 (13.0%)	$6,653	$54	$02	$110	$6,498	$98	$6,597	69.4	83.8	194	61
040497000551	256	Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6650 E Raftriver St	Mesa	85215	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-7900	434	34	12.7	24.9%	301 (69.4%)	9 (2.1%)	84 (19.4%)	5 (1.2%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (5.8%)	$8,641	$360	$05	$725	$8,008	$268	$8,276	69.4	77.3	266	10
040340002476	257	Meridian	Public	PK, KG-6	3900 S Mountain Rd	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4032	791	48	16.6	22.9%	509 (64.3%)	20 (2.5%)	217 (27.4%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (4.0%)	$7,565	$17	$10	$44	$7,374	$164	$7,537	69.2	83.7	196	61
040497000230	258	Entz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4132 E Adobe St	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-7200	507	34	15	35.9%	328 (64.7%)	14 (2.8%)	124 (24.5%)	7 (1.4%)	10 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.5%)	$8,131	$933	$12	$1,877	$6,836	$351	$7,187	68.9	73.3	308	50
040463002784	259	Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8500 N Continental Links Dr	Tucson	85743	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 352-7000	445	29	15.3	27.9%	218 (49.0%)	10 (2.2%)	180 (40.4%)	5 (1.1%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.1%)	$10,764	$740	$180	$1,659	$8,467	$1,377	$9,844	68.5	66.6	371	112
040187002878	260	Ira A. Fulton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4750 S Sunland Dr	Chandler	85248	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-3300	590	34	17.6	9.8%	369 (62.5%)	22 (3.7%)	101 (17.1%)	50 (8.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.1%)	$7,748	$556	$94	$1,207	$6,852	$246	$7,097	68.5	79.1	239	21

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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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