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)
040775000296	111	Las Brisas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5805 W Alameda Rd	Glendale	85310	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-5500	476	31	15.6	17.9%	341 (71.6%)	7 (1.5%)	84 (17.6%)	16 (3.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.0%)	$6,350	$392	$14	$798	$5,727	$217	$5,944	85.8	87.8	147	36
040775001873	112	Highland Lakes School	Public	PK, KG-8	19000 N 63rd Ave	Glendale	85308	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-4300	1,069	65	16.5	23.9%	725 (67.8%)	33 (3.1%)	181 (16.9%)	43 (4.0%)	11 (1.0%)	6 (0.6%)	70 (6.5%)	$7,294	$615	$11	$1,240	$6,431	$238	$6,669	85.8	93.7	64	48
040090303418	113	BASIS Prescott	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1901 Prescott Lakes Pkwy	Prescott	86301	Yavapai County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 277-0334	611				436 (71.4%)	3 (0.5%)	106 (17.3%)	32 (5.2%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$11,345	$112	$16	$240	$7,662	$3,554	$11,217	85.8	96.7	25	88
040497000118	114	Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus	Public	PK, KG-6	236 S Sirrine	Mesa	85210	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-5400	430	26	16.8	54.9%	175 (40.7%)	16 (3.7%)	198 (46.0%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.1%)	6 (1.4%)	23 (5.3%)	$7,582	$29	$19	$76	$7,360	$174	$7,534	85.7	89.6	123	9
040497003205	115	Franklin Accelerated Academy - Jordan Campus	Public	PK, KG-8	1313 W. Medina Ave	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-3900	341	21	15.9	38.7%	132 (38.7%)	20 (5.9%)	130 (38.1%)	10 (2.9%)	9 (2.6%)	6 (1.8%)	34 (10.0%)	$8,043	$46	$01	$92	$7,779	$217	$7,996	85.7	88.1	143	28
040018101889	116	Benchmark School	Public, Charter	K-6	4120 E Acoma Dr	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	Benchmark School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 765-3582	410				326 (79.5%)	6 (1.5%)	38 (9.3%)	23 (5.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)		$00			$00			85.5	91.1	99	17
040775002959	117	Norterra Canyon School	Public	PK, KG-8	2200 W Maya Way	Phoenix	85085	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-8200	584	39	15.1	22.8%	400 (68.5%)	19 (3.3%)	101 (17.3%)	27 (4.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.0%)	$7,996	$484	$16	$985	$7,218	$277	$7,495	85.3	72.7	311	194
040593000478	118	Desert Shadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5902 E Sweetwater Ave	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6900	464	35	13.3	14.9%	319 (68.8%)	10 (2.2%)	74 (15.9%)	17 (3.7%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.2%)	$9,356	$609	$144	$1,363	$7,882	$721	$8,602	84.9	90.7	108	10
040757002115	119	Copper Ridge School	Public	PK, KG-8	10101 E Thompson Peak Pkwy	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-1400	600	39	15.3	5.0%	488 (81.3%)	15 (2.5%)	54 (9.0%)	21 (3.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	$7,613	$185	$499	$870	$6,365	$563	$6,928	84.8	85.4	176	57
040775003688	120	Union Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	25700 N 21st Ave	Phoenix	85027	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-5800	753	47	16.1	13.8%	524 (69.6%)	17 (2.3%)	137 (18.2%)	33 (4.4%)	7 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	32 (4.2%)	$6,582	$309	$36	$654	$6,087	$150	$6,237	84.8	92.8	73	47

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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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