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)
040399002561	801	Jack Harmon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	39315 N Cortona Dr	San Tan Valley	85140	Pinal County	J O Combs Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 882-3500	385	21	18.7		173 (44.9%)	19 (4.9%)	167 (43.4%)	5 (1.3%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.1%)	$7,267	$1,024	$71	$2,118	$5,880	$293	$6,173	14	34.5	753	48
040160000086	802	Camp Verde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Camp Lincoln Rd	Camp Verde	86322	Yavapai County	Camp Verde Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 567-8060	698	35	19.9		360 (51.6%)	2 (0.3%)	238 (34.1%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (10.0%)	4 (0.6%)	22 (3.2%)	$6,506	$498	$61	$1,057	$5,537	$409	$5,947	14	28.2	857	55
040472000371	803	Maricopa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18150 N Alterra Pkwy	Maricopa	85139	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-5160	851	53	16		183 (21.5%)	114 (13.4%)	415 (48.8%)	23 (2.7%)	41 (4.8%)	6 (0.7%)	69 (8.1%)	$11,519	$820	$1,013	$2,652	$8,697	$989	$9,686	14	50	554	249
040831000785	804	Scales Technology Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1115 W 5th St	Tempe	85281	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 929-9909	371	29	12.7		40 (10.8%)	75 (20.2%)	206 (55.5%)	8 (2.2%)	22 (5.9%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.9%)		$00			$00			13.9	22.6	948	144
040553000454	805	Mary L Welty Elementary School	Public	K-5	1050 W Cimarron St	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0880	379	20	18.9		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	379 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,707	$383	$71	$838	$5,772	$481	$6,253	13.9	25.3	903	98
040946000974	806	Washington School	Public	PK, KG-6	300 W. Oak St.	Winslow	86047	Navajo County	Winslow Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 288-8600	250	14	17.8		33 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (36.0%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (39.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.6%)	$10,389	$1,921	$393	$4,234	$5,936	$2,139	$8,075	13.8	22.7	947	141
040906000930	807	Maryland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6503 N 21st Ave	Phoenix	85015	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-2300	583	32	18.3		54 (9.3%)	129 (22.1%)	303 (52.0%)	23 (3.9%)	37 (6.3%)	4 (0.7%)	33 (5.7%)	$9,651	$1,229	$220	$2,679	$7,091	$1,110	$8,201	13.8	21.1	979	172
040168000095	808	Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	3611 N 47th Ave	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-4200	675	33	20.7		10 (1.5%)	32 (4.7%)	622 (92.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	$12,990	$2,202	$478	$4,882	$8,735	$1,575	$10,310	13.7	18.4	1036	228
040091503422	809	CASA Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	1500 W Maryland Ave	Phoenix	85015	Maricopa County	CASA Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 892-5022	354				17 (4.8%)	93 (26.3%)	195 (55.1%)	39 (11.0%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)		$00			$00			13.6	19.6	1012	203
040444002247	810	Collier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	350 S 118th Ave	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-5900	814	39	20.8		47 (5.8%)	123 (15.1%)	569 (69.9%)	19 (2.3%)	10 (1.2%)	7 (0.9%)	39 (4.8%)	$9,758	$834	$303	$1,970	$6,685	$1,937	$8,621	13.5	20.1	1003	193

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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.
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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.