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)
040906000939	441	Sahuaro School	Public	PK, KG-6	12835 N 33rd Ave	Phoenix	85029	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-6200	591	36	16.6	76.8%	156 (26.4%)	52 (8.8%)	323 (54.7%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.1%)	$8,218	$1,080	$184	$2,345	$5,983	$971	$6,953	44.4	50	553	112
040438000345	442	Scott L Libby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18701 W Thomas Rd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6200	518	27	19.1	31.9%	207 (40.0%)	11 (2.1%)	248 (47.9%)	20 (3.9%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (5.0%)	$8,539	$251	$27	$530	$6,530	$1,730	$8,260	44.2	62.7	416	26
040880001452	443	Davis Bilingual Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 W Saint Marys Rd	Tucson	85701	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-1400	289	20	14.5	38.8%	83 (28.7%)	17 (5.9%)	170 (58.8%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)		$00			$00			44.2	52.3	519	76
040438002499	444	Barbara B. Robey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5340 N. Wigwam Creek Blvd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1400	560	31	18	54.8%	124 (22.1%)	67 (12.0%)	309 (55.2%)	14 (2.5%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	37 (6.6%)	$8,267	$622	$06	$1,251	$6,704	$934	$7,638	44	60	441	3
040096203551	445	Legacy Traditional School - East Mesa	Public, Charter	K-8	10707 E. Guadalupe Rd.	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - East Mesa	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 935-5320	1,049			30.9%	551 (52.5%)	44 (4.2%)	317 (30.2%)	37 (3.5%)	10 (1.0%)	6 (0.6%)	84 (8.0%)		$00			$00			43.8	57.8	454	9
040269000200	446	Luke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7300 N Dysart Rd	Glendale	85307	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 876-7300	623	33	19.1	54.9%	174 (27.9%)	48 (7.7%)	306 (49.1%)	42 (6.7%)	17 (2.7%)	4 (0.6%)	32 (5.1%)	$10,893	$632	$914	$2,178	$7,846	$1,501	$9,347	43.7	54.3	498	52
040472003113	447	Santa Rosa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	21400 N Santa Rosa Dr	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-6150	486	30	16.4	49.8%	143 (29.4%)	70 (14.4%)	219 (45.1%)	7 (1.4%)	9 (1.9%)	6 (1.2%)	32 (6.6%)	$12,064	$598	$1,011	$2,207	$9,365	$1,090	$10,455	43.4	54.9	490	43
040093303798	448	Legacy Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	3125 S Gilbert Rd	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(480) 270-5438	368				100 (27.2%)	47 (12.8%)	156 (42.4%)	29 (7.9%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.4%)		$00			$00			43.4	35.2	740	292
040713001484	449	Round Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	165 S. Brown St.	Eagar	85925	Apache County	Round Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 333-6600	494	30	16.4	56.9%	339 (68.6%)	1 (0.2%)	125 (25.3%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$8,046	$862	$349	$2,072	$6,002	$833	$6,836	43.3	68.3	357	92
040880001264	450	Borton Primary Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-5	700 E 22nd St	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-1000	276	30	9.2	58.7%	73 (26.4%)	14 (5.1%)	174 (63.0%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)		$00			$00			43.2	43.6	616	166

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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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