Best Schools in Arizona

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)
040906000931	651	Moon Mountain School	Public	PK, KG-6	13425 N 19th Ave	Phoenix	85029	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-6000	508	35	14.6	82.7%	126 (24.8%)	62 (12.2%)	261 (51.4%)	4 (0.8%)	23 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.1%)	$11,309	$1,311	$248	$2,870	$8,369	$1,382	$9,750	23.3	41.2	651
040187001359	652	Shumway Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	1325 N Shumway Ave	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 812-7400	476	41	11.5	62.0%	130 (27.3%)	36 (7.6%)	237 (49.8%)	27 (5.7%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.8%)	$10,611	$1,306	$183	$2,796	$8,928	$193	$9,122	23.2	37.2	719	67
040432003733	653	Blue Horizons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20070 W. Blue Horizons Pkwy. N	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Liberty Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 474-6600	867	37	23.4	55.8%	203 (23.4%)	63 (7.3%)	559 (64.5%)	6 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	27 (3.1%)	$8,971	$569	$351	$1,490	$6,520	$1,531	$8,051	23.1	29.7	832	179
040444002908	654	Tres Rios Elementary School	Public	K-8	5025 S 103rd Ave	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-6300	689	35	19.6	71.8%	29 (4.2%)	61 (8.9%)	576 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.5%)	$10,605	$780	$344	$1,905	$7,438	$2,043	$9,481	23.1	23.1	941	287
040023503157	655	Avalon Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	1045 S San Marcos Dr	Apache Junction	85120	Pinal County	Excalibur Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 671-4585	296			70.6%	148 (50.0%)	8 (2.7%)	124 (41.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.7%)		$00			$00			23	24.4	919	264
040960001572	656	Mary A Otondo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2251 S Otondo Dr	Yuma	85365	Yuma County	Yuma Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-8500	814	34	23.9	65.8%	204 (25.1%)	6 (0.7%)	585 (71.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.8%)	$7,098	$1,167	$1,188	$3,523	$4,786		$4,742	23	42.6	629	27
040789002568	657	Encanto Learning Center	Public	PK, KG-6	400 N. Cesar Chavez Ave.	Somerton	85350	Yuma County	Somerton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 341-6700	453	23	19.6	89.6%	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	402 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$8,132	$421	$75	$917	$6,504	$1,132	$7,636	22.9	28	860	203
040087503345	658	Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Prep	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4825 W Camelback Rd	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Maryvale Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 324-7609	1,043			65.9%	47 (4.5%)	64 (6.1%)	883 (84.7%)	24 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (2.2%)		$00			$00			22.9	31.1	804	146
040621002136	659	Sonoran Sky Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10150 W Missouri Ave	Glendale	85307	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2640	555	28	19.8	62.9%	75 (13.5%)	89 (16.0%)	330 (59.5%)	7 (1.3%)	24 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.4%)	$7,263	$550	$1,077	$2,178	$6,422		$5,635	22.9	17.2	1066	407
040906000942	660	Sunburst School	Public	PK, KG-6	14218 N 47th Ave	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-6400	559	32	17.6	65.8%	253 (45.3%)	56 (10.0%)	207 (37.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.4%)	$8,197	$867	$166	$1,900	$6,100	$1,064	$7,164	22.8	42.8	625	35

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