Best Public Schools in Chandler, AZ

Chandler’s 65 schools include 40 elementary, 7 middle, 14 high and 4 alternative schools, serving students from elementary through high school. Results vary sharply: across schools, all-grades English language arts (ELA) proficiency ranges from 14% to 92%, and mathematics ranges from 14% to 94%. The most important takeaway for families is that results differ substantially from one Chandler school to another.

Several schools stand well above the state benchmarks: Knox Gifted Academy leads ELA at 92%, 51 percentage points above the state’s 41%; BASIS Chandler Primary - North Campus leads math at 94%, 61 points above the state’s 33%. Arizona College Prep Middle School is also among the top reported performers, with 89% ELA proficiency, while BASIS Chandler stands out in science, scoring 98% in grade 11. At the low end of reported all-grades results, Arizona College Prep High School has 14% ELA proficiency, 27 points below the state, and Vector Prep and Arts Academy has 14% in math, 19 points below the state. Some school results are suppressed, so the lowest reported scores may not be the lowest actual scores.

SchoolDigger’s rankings show both improvement and decline over time, rather than one direction across the area: Dobson Academy The - A Ball Charter School rose 15 percentile points, from 54 to 69, while Kyrene de las Brisas School fell 21 points, from 74 to 53. SchoolDigger ranks Knox Gifted Academy #2 of 900 elementary schools and Arizona College Prep Middle School #2 of 536 middle schools. Ratios alone do not predict results in these examples: Legacy Traditional School - Chandler reports 67% ELA and 53% math with a 43.6 student-teacher ratio, compared with 47% and 38% at Legacy Traditional School – North Chandler, whose ratio is lower at 36.6. Families comparing schools can use these results and rankings as a starting point, while considering each school’s specific programs and fit.