Best Elementary Schools in Arizona for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

Every year, the Arizona Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arizona test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 820)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040090503419	1	BASIS Oro Valley Primary	Public, Charter	K-6	11155 N Oracle Rd	Oro Valley	85737	Pima County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 812-5900	666				209 (31.4%)	24 (3.6%)	180 (27.0%)	197 (29.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (7.8%)	$10,026	$347	$52	$746	$6,311	$3,316	$9,627	99.9%	99.7%	0.20%
040757001194	2	Cheyenne Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	13636 N 100th St	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5600	880	47	18.7	3.9%	675 (76.7%)	4 (0.5%)	91 (10.3%)	75 (8.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	$5,968	$80	$482	$642	$5,322	$85	$5,406	99.8%	98.6%	1.12%
040095803534	3	BASIS Chandler Primary - North Campus	Public, Charter	K-4	1800 E Chandler Blvd	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 798-6447	643				119 (18.5%)	39 (6.1%)	65 (10.1%)	370 (57.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.2%)	$9,993	$264	$16	$544	$6,291	$3,422	$9,713	99.6%	99.5%	0.12%
040187001155	4	Weinberg Gifted Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	5245 S Val Vista Dr	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 812-6600	608	32	18.7	3.0%	364 (59.9%)	5 (0.8%)	50 (8.2%)	139 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (8.1%)	$6,816	$588	$95	$1,271	$5,818	$314	$6,133	99.5%	99.8%	0.33%
040757000658	5	Pueblo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6320 N 82nd St	Scottsdale	85250	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-3100	425	33	13	14.8%	232 (54.6%)	18 (4.2%)	140 (32.9%)	9 (2.1%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$9,396	$76	$810	$961	$8,297	$214	$8,511	99.4%	93.3%	6.06%
040187000131	6	Knox Gifted Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	700 W Orchid Ln	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 812-6100	672	37	18.4	5.8%	204 (30.4%)	9 (1.3%)	71 (10.6%)	339 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.3%)	$6,979	$600	$86	$1,286	$5,910	$383	$6,293	99.3%	99.9%	0.65%
040497003348	7	Franklin Accelerated Academy - Brimhall Campus	Public	PK, KG-6	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-2600	768	41	18.5	18.9%	534 (69.5%)	15 (2.0%)	163 (21.2%)	16 (2.1%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.0%)	$6,933	$51	$02	$104	$6,697	$183	$6,880	99.1%	99.4%	0.29%
040880000887	8	Sam Hughes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 N Wilson Ave	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 232-7400	325	22	14.6	36.0%	123 (37.8%)	15 (4.6%)	161 (49.5%)	5 (1.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)		$00			$00			99.0%	90.8%	8.18%
040973703762	9	Great Hearts Online - Arizona	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4801 E Washington St Ste 250	Phoenix	85034	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Trivium West	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(602) 438-7045	259				96 (37.1%)	18 (6.9%)	76 (29.3%)	40 (15.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.4%)								98.9%	69.3%	29.59%
040036602302	10	Desert Marigold School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6210 S 28th St	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Valley of the Sun Waldorf Education Association d	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 243-6909	303				184 (60.7%)	12 (4.0%)	70 (23.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.2%)		$00			$00			98.8%	46.3%	52.44%

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.