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)
040885003083	331	Sycamore Elementary School	Public	K-5	16701 S Houghton Rd	Corona de Tucson	85641	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-2500	702	36	19.6	23.9%	357 (50.9%)	27 (3.8%)	259 (36.9%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.3%)	$6,787	$675	$212	$1,561	$5,690	$210	$5,901	60.3	82.3	214	117
040625001668	332	Frontier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	21258 N 81st Ave	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-4900	970	49	19.7	14.9%	639 (65.9%)	10 (1.0%)	217 (22.4%)	41 (4.2%)	8 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (5.5%)	$8,786	$71	$622	$763	$6,757	$1,337	$8,094	59.9	77.1	270	62
040919002827	333	Festival Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	26252 W. Desert Vista Blvd.	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Wickenburg Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 501-6000	314	16	19.2	30.6%	171 (54.5%)	25 (8.0%)	95 (30.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	16 (5.1%)	$5,487	$296	$590	$1,182	$4,443	$158	$4,601	59.8	54.8	491	158
040340000595	334	Playa del Rey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	550 N Horne St	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 892-7810	461	36	12.7	38.8%	192 (41.6%)	26 (5.6%)	144 (31.2%)	35 (7.6%)	10 (2.2%)	12 (2.6%)	42 (9.1%)	$10,679	$1,257	$616	$3,130	$9,204		$8,806	59.8	54.5	495	161
040096001878	335	Wildflower Accelerated Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	325 S Wildflower Dr	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	Avondale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-5205	683	27	25.2	57.8%	141 (20.6%)	78 (11.4%)	421 (61.6%)	13 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.6%)	17 (2.5%)	$10,590	$889	$541	$2,319	$7,159	$2,001	$9,160	59.8	69.7	341	6
040519001758	336	Camp Mohave Elementary School	Public	K-8	1797 E La Entrada Dr	Fort Mohave	86426	Mohave County	Mohave Valley Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 704-3600	375	16	23.4	65.9%	196 (52.3%)	8 (2.1%)	147 (39.2%)	4 (1.1%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.7%)	$9,725	$790	$1,283	$2,862	$7,006	$646	$7,653	59.5	54.5	496	160
040428000340	337	Starline Elementary School	Public	K-6	3150 Starline Dr	Lake Havasu City	86406	Mohave County	Lake Havasu Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 505-1490	636	30	21.2	34.0%	472 (74.2%)	2 (0.3%)	118 (18.6%)	18 (2.8%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.8%)	$6,479	$206	$14	$427	$5,328	$932	$6,259	59.2	64.2	400	63
040011203779	338	American Leadership Academy Virtual	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6913 E Rembrandt Ave	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 420-2101	509				362 (71.1%)	11 (2.2%)	100 (19.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	26 (5.1%)	$7,197	$3,023	$199	$6,245	$2,155	$1,819	$3,974	58.8	67.6	366	28
040625001092	339	Copperwood School	Public	PK, KG-8	11232 N 65th Ave	Glendale	85304	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4650	672	39	17.2	45.8%	329 (49.0%)	37 (5.5%)	237 (35.3%)	18 (2.7%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.0%)	$6,984	$77	$321	$475	$5,973	$613	$6,586	58.7	73.4	306	33
040041302411	340	Mohave Accelerated Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	625 Marina Blvd	Bullhead City	86442	Mohave County	Mohave Accelerated Elementary School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 704-9345	411			81.8%	231 (56.2%)	7 (1.7%)	155 (37.7%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	7 (1.7%)		$00			$00			58.6	68.6	351	11

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