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)
040625000238	571	Santa Fe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9880 N 77th Ave	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 486-6475	735	44	16.8	64.8%	137 (18.6%)	29 (3.9%)	519 (70.6%)	10 (1.4%)	13 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.4%)	$7,588	$301	$369	$971	$6,342	$576	$6,918	30.5	43	621	50
040625001091	572	Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	15808 N 63rd Ave	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4626	604	34	17.8	57.8%	285 (47.2%)	43 (7.1%)	206 (34.1%)	10 (1.7%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.1%)	$8,264	$262	$533	$1,058	$6,856	$612	$7,468	30.2	38.7	696	124
040387001228	573	Humboldt Elementary School	Public	K-6	2750 S Corral St	Dewey	86327	Yavapai County	Humboldt Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 759-4400	378	20	18.6	45.8%	272 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (24.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	$9,940	$921	$183	$2,025	$7,392	$1,444	$8,836	30	52.5	516	57
040880000903	574	Wheeler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1818 S Avenida Del Sol	Tucson	85710	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 584-5500	416	29	14.3	72.8%	119 (28.6%)	41 (9.9%)	210 (50.5%)	13 (3.1%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.0%)		$00			$00			30	38	708	134
040015703046	575	Sequoia Pathfinder Academy at Verrado Way and I-10	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	20370 W. Roosevelt St	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Choice Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 712-0500	540			48.0%	239 (44.3%)	21 (3.9%)	247 (45.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.4%)	$10,269	$421	$195	$1,038	$6,111	$3,542	$9,653	29.9	27.8	862	287
040096503556	576	ASU Preparatory Academy Digital	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1130 E University Dr STE 230	Tempe	85281	Maricopa County	ASU Preparatory Academy Digital	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(844) 692-3372	3,455				1,612 (46.7%)	210 (6.1%)	1,081 (31.3%)	141 (4.1%)	177 (5.1%)	14 (0.4%)	220 (6.4%)		$00			$00			29.9	46.2	590	14
040880002335	577	Laura N. Banks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 S Lead Flower Ave	Tucson	85735	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-5700	308	60	5.1	69.8%	51 (16.6%)	2 (0.6%)	238 (77.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)		$00			$00			29.8	26.1	885	308
040138003123	578	Bales Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	25400 W Maricopa Rd	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 847-8503	659	32	20.5	70.0%	108 (16.4%)	59 (9.0%)	464 (70.4%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (2.9%)	$9,848	$606	$92	$1,303	$7,002	$2,148	$9,151	29.5	27.1	868	290
040068000022	579	Marion Donaldson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2040 W Omar Dr	Tucson	85704	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6160	224	27	8.3	44.6%	79 (35.3%)	12 (5.4%)	115 (51.3%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.9%)		$00			$00			29	52.3	520	59
040168000098	580	John F. Long	Public	PK, KG-6	4407 N 55th Ave	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-4300	657	29	22.6	76.9%	15 (2.3%)	50 (7.6%)	556 (84.6%)	8 (1.2%)	16 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.7%)	$12,408	$2,026	$515	$4,568	$8,452	$1,414	$9,866	28.9	31.1	803	223

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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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