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)
040240002425	841	Salida Del Sol Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	910 S Avenue C	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-5600	696	34	20.4	80.9%	24 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	659 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$10,264	$1,107	$346	$2,560	$6,999	$1,811	$8,811	11.5	23.9	926	85
040497000384	842	Emerson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	415 N Westwood	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-4700	735	44	16.8	69.9%	203 (27.6%)	58 (7.9%)	402 (54.7%)	4 (0.5%)	24 (3.3%)	13 (1.8%)	31 (4.2%)	$7,225	$625	$52	$1,302	$6,147	$402	$6,548	11.5	20.8	990	148
040497000391	843	Holmes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	948 S Horne	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-5556	564	38	14.6	77.0%	45 (8.0%)	12 (2.1%)	485 (86.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.3%)	$8,402	$561	$157	$1,278	$7,504	$180	$7,684	11.4	13.8	1147	304
040306002495	844	Tuscano Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3850 S 79th Ave	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Fowler Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 707-2300	720	29	24.8	54.9%	36 (5.0%)	95 (13.2%)	556 (77.2%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	8 (1.1%)	14 (1.9%)		$00			$00			11.3	17.5	1059	215
040406001160	845	Debbie Braff Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	North US Hwy 163 Mustang Blvd	Kayenta	86033	Navajo County	Kayenta Unified School District #27	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 697-2301	408	38	10.7	90.7%	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	396 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$11,697	$5,688	$784	$12,161	$5,125	$99	$5,225	11.2	7.5	1239	394
040168001055	846	Tomahawk School	Public	PK, KG-6	7820 W Turney Ave	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-5800	868	38	23.1	72.9%	24 (2.8%)	38 (4.4%)	788 (90.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)	$12,361	$3,430	$388	$7,247	$6,831	$1,712	$8,543	11.1	23.9	924	78
040168000091	847	Charles W. Harris School	Public	PK, KG-8	2252 N 55th Ave	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-4800	931	40	23.5	83.9%	20 (2.1%)	21 (2.3%)	879 (94.4%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,630	$3,159	$378	$6,695	$6,653	$1,440	$8,093	11.1	17.9	1051	204
040752000634	848	Calabasas School	Public	PK, KG-8	1374 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8600	1,006	55	18.2	80.9%	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	997 (99.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,405	$644	$199	$1,487	$5,750	$812	$6,562	11	22.2	958	110
040906000933	849	Ocotillo School	Public	K-6	3225 W Ocotillo Rd	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-2400	650	37	17.8	78.9%	49 (7.5%)	66 (10.2%)	428 (65.8%)	71 (10.9%)	18 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.5%)	$7,993	$1,148	$204	$2,499	$5,547	$1,094	$6,641	11	30.1	823	26
040168000101	850	Palm Lane	Public	PK, KG-8	2043 N 64th Dr	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-5500	638	29	22	77.9%	19 (3.0%)	33 (5.2%)	575 (90.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	$13,895	$4,401	$578	$9,380	$7,377	$1,539	$8,916	11	20.9	984	134

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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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