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)
040171002865	691	McCartney Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2631 N Brown Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 876-4235	679	25	27.1		125 (18.4%)	29 (4.3%)	489 (72.0%)	6 (0.9%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.8%)	$7,712	$1,148	$170	$2,467	$5,449	$945	$6,394	20.8	42	637	54
040625000510	692	Desert Palms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	11441 N 55th Ave	Glendale	85304	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4600	415	29	14.4		132 (31.8%)	28 (6.7%)	200 (48.2%)	18 (4.3%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.7%)	$9,393	$408	$747	$1,563	$7,351	$887	$8,238	20.6	25.3	902	210
040946000971	693	Bonnie Brennan School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Cochise Dr	Winslow	86047	Navajo County	Winslow Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 288-8400	254	18	14.1		28 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (39.4%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (39.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.2%)	$12,505	$3,550	$432	$7,532	$6,668	$1,855	$8,523	20.5	30	828	135
040463000367	694	Marjorie W Estes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	11279 W Grier Rd Ste 100	Marana	85653	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 682-4738	578	51	11.3		230 (39.8%)	13 (2.2%)	289 (50.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	33 (5.7%)	$12,445	$1,627	$351	$3,605	$9,053	$1,413	$10,467	20.4	33.1	769	75
040444000347	695	Littleton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1252 S Avondale Blvd	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-5700	798	44	18.2		43 (5.4%)	82 (10.3%)	633 (79.3%)	13 (1.6%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.1%)	$11,672	$1,050	$465	$2,566	$8,146	$2,011	$10,156	20.3	32.2	779	84
040444002497	696	Country Place Elementary	Public	K-8	10207 W Country Place Blvd	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-6100	896	48	18.6		36 (4.0%)	107 (11.9%)	711 (79.4%)	3 (0.3%)	13 (1.5%)	7 (0.8%)	19 (2.1%)	$9,848	$761	$311	$1,833	$6,899	$1,877	$8,776	20.2	30.3	818	122
040497000389	697	Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	630 N Hunt Dr	Mesa	85203	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-7500	484	34	14.2		89 (18.4%)	21 (4.3%)	332 (68.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.5%)	$9,847	$894	$152	$1,941	$8,089	$711	$8,800	20.1	20.5	995	298
040292002436	698	Copper Basin	Public	PK, KG-8	28682 N Main St	San Tan Valley	85143	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 888-7500	558	38	14.8		210 (37.6%)	34 (6.1%)	263 (47.1%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	5 (0.9%)	31 (5.6%)	$7,584	$459	$392	$1,311	$5,900	$832	$6,732	19.9	17.9	1048	350
040880001506	699	Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	501 E 6th St	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-2900	576	47	12.3		47 (8.2%)	10 (1.7%)	486 (84.4%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)		$00			$00			19.9	29	839	140
040342001402	700	Challenger Middle School	Public	K-8	6905 W Maryland Ave	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4011	880	44	20		77 (8.8%)	150 (17.0%)	583 (66.3%)	40 (4.5%)	15 (1.7%)	5 (0.6%)	10 (1.1%)	$9,687	$1,832	$492	$4,157	$5,832	$1,530	$7,362	19.8	23.5	933	233

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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.