Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 912)	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)
040024102029	161	Paradise Honors Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	15533 W Paradise Ln	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Paragon Management Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 975-2646	1,919				1,117 (58.2%)	77 (4.0%)	524 (27.3%)	30 (1.6%)	7 (0.4%)	7 (0.4%)	157 (8.2%)	$8,082	$162	$502	$825	$6,065	$1,354	$7,419	80.1	86.7	160	1
040625002990	162	Lake Pleasant Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	31501 N Westland Rd	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 773-6575	1,276	57	22.3		842 (66.0%)	29 (2.3%)	295 (23.1%)	26 (2.0%)	6 (0.5%)	5 (0.4%)	73 (5.7%)	$6,310	$70	$116	$255	$5,322	$802	$6,124	80.1	78.1	251	89
040378001392	163	Higley Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	3391 E Vest Ave	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-6800	793	39	20.4		426 (53.7%)	55 (6.9%)	192 (24.2%)	60 (7.6%)	7 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	50 (6.3%)	$6,505	$130	$100	$360	$5,683	$592	$6,275	80	89.2	131	32
040378002118	164	San Tan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3443 E Calistoga Dr	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-7200	896	47	18.9		556 (62.1%)	23 (2.6%)	262 (29.2%)	23 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.2%)	$6,576	$205	$133	$543	$5,822	$416	$6,238	79.9	89.3	129	35
040020203141	165	Academy of Tucson Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	9209 E Wrightstown Rd	Tucson	85715	Pima County	Academy of Tucson Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 886-6076	147				71 (48.3%)	5 (3.4%)	53 (36.1%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	13 (8.8%)		$00			$00			79.8	62	425	260
040906000928	166	Lookout Mountain School	Public	PK, KG-6	15 W Coral Gables Dr	Phoenix	85023	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 896-5800	949	47	20.1		588 (62.0%)	53 (5.6%)	208 (21.9%)	17 (1.8%)	11 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	70 (7.4%)	$6,769	$358	$80	$795	$5,603	$728	$6,331	79.7	79.3	236	70
040092103428	167	Horizon Honors Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-6	16233 S 48th St	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Horizon Community Learning Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 659-3100	823				437 (53.1%)	34 (4.1%)	187 (22.7%)	79 (9.6%)	10 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (9.1%)		$00			$00			79.6	86.5	162	5
040880000824	168	Borman K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	6630 E Lightning Dr	Tucson	85708	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 584-4600	457	30	15		196 (42.9%)	54 (11.8%)	124 (27.1%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	64 (14.0%)		$00			$00			79.6	68.7	350	182
040775003099	169	Sunset Ridge School	Public	PK, KG-8	35707 N 33rd Ln	Phoenix	85086	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-7800	590	35	17.1		413 (70.0%)	27 (4.6%)	96 (16.3%)	5 (0.8%)	7 (1.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38 (6.4%)	$7,762	$616	$20	$1,252	$6,855	$271	$7,126	79.5	86.5	161	8
040011203702	170	American Leadership Academy West Foothills K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14582 N. Sarival Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 861-1320	1,883				1,300 (69.0%)	27 (1.4%)	363 (19.3%)	19 (1.0%)	6 (0.3%)	19 (1.0%)	149 (7.9%)								79.2	88.5	141	29

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics, AzSCI Science 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.