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)
040018701906	11	Stepping Stones Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	35812 N 7th St	Phoenix	85086	Maricopa County	Stepping Stones Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 465-4910	217				177 (81.6%)	1 (0.5%)	34 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)		$00			$00			97.4	82	216	205
040593001195	12	Desert Trails Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	4315 E Cashman Dr	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4100	613	41	14.9	10.0%	463 (75.5%)	8 (1.3%)	58 (9.5%)	44 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.4%)	$8,573	$387	$135	$908	$7,715	$337	$8,052	97.4	97.6	16	4
040340001064	13	Neely Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	500 E Houston Ave	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 892-2805	805	44	18.5	16.9%	440 (54.7%)	18 (2.2%)	177 (22.0%)	99 (12.3%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	64 (8.0%)	$5,888	$06	$578	$591	$5,545		$5,303	97.4	98.2	12	1
040274000203	14	Mary C O'Brien Elementary School	Public	K-6	1400 N Eleven Mile Corner Rd	Casa Grande	85194	Pinal County	Mary C O'Brien Accommodation District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 450-4400	120	12	10.4	61.7%	41 (34.2%)	2 (1.7%)	62 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	11 (9.2%)	$22,613	$03	$913	$920	$19,132	$2,565	$21,696	97.4	95.6	41	27
040098003607	15	BASIS Scottsdale Primary - West Campus	Public, Charter	K-4	7496 E Tierra Buena Ln	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 900-1858	439				104 (23.7%)	14 (3.2%)	43 (9.8%)	251 (57.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.9%)	$10,691	$382	$45	$808	$6,686	$3,578	$10,264	97.3	96.6	27	12
040593003313	16	Fireside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3725 E. Love Cactus Drive	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4700	730	47	15.6	4.9%	489 (67.0%)	5 (0.7%)	63 (8.6%)	130 (17.8%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.2%)	$6,885	$297	$137	$732	$6,106	$344	$6,451	97	98.3	10	6
040090503419	17	BASIS Oro Valley Primary	Public, Charter	K-6	11155 N Oracle Rd	Oro Valley	85737	Pima County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 812-5900	666				209 (31.4%)	24 (3.6%)	180 (27.0%)	197 (29.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (7.8%)	$10,026	$347	$52	$746	$6,311	$3,316	$9,627	96.5	98.6	4	13
040757001194	18	Cheyenne Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	13636 N 100th St	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5600	880	47	18.7	3.9%	675 (76.7%)	4 (0.5%)	91 (10.3%)	75 (8.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	$5,968	$80	$482	$642	$5,322	$85	$5,406	96.5	97.5	17	1
040187002646	19	Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence	Public	PK, KG-6	1405 W Lake Dr	Sun Lakes	85248	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2700	820	40	20.7	2.9%	204 (24.9%)	24 (2.9%)	87 (10.6%)	455 (55.5%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.2%)	$6,127	$483	$62	$1,028	$5,345	$237	$5,582	96.4	98.3	8	11
040003400707	20	Reid Traditional Schools' Valley Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1520 W Rose Garden Ln	Phoenix	85027	Maricopa County	Reid Traditional Schools' Valley Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 516-7747	685				188 (27.4%)	9 (1.3%)	55 (8.0%)	416 (60.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)		$00			$00			96.4	96.5	28	8

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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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