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Litchfield Elementary District

At a glance

115^thof 289 Arizona districts▲ 4

Better than 60% of Arizona districts

Elementary 13 Middle 3Grades PK, KG-8

272 E Sagebrush St
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340-4934·(623) 535-6000·All Arizona district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 60.2% of districts

Schools

10,755

Students

Top rankedLitchfield Elementary School149^th of 909 Arizona elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Litchfield Elementary School up 108 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

L. Thomas Heck Middle School 12.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

2★

6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Litchfield Elementary District in Arizona consists of 16 schools, including 12 elementary schools and 4 middle schools, serving students from kindergarten through 8th grade. The district as a whole is ranked 115 out of 289 in Arizona and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Within the district, a few schools stand out. Belen Soto Elementary School and Verrado Heritage Elementary School are the top-performing elementary schools, ranking 256th and 271st out of 909 Arizona elementary schools respectively. Both schools have a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and strong performance, particularly in English Language Arts. Litchfield Elementary School also stands out as the highest-ranked elementary school in the district, ranking 149th out of 909 statewide.

However, the data also reveals significant variation in school performance within the district. While some schools excel, others struggle to meet state averages, particularly in subjects like 8th grade math. The smallest school in the district, White Tanks Learning Center, has the lowest statewide ranking and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, despite its low student-teacher ratio. This suggests that factors beyond just funding and size, such as teaching quality, curriculum, and school leadership, play a crucial role in driving student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)						AASA Mathematics (2025)						AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Litchfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	255 E. Wigwam Blvd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6100	653	33	19.7		275 (42.1%)	28 (4.3%)	303 (46.4%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.1%)	80.9	149^th of 909 public elementary schools	83.6%		69.1	257^th of 912 public elementary schools	71.8%	108	45.0	63.0	71.0				52.0	72.0	66.0				61.0		$7,624	$243	$201	$688	$6,335	$844	$7,179
Scott L Libby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18701 W Thomas Rd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6200	560	29	19.3		196 (35.0%)	23 (4.1%)	297 (53.0%)	14 (2.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.6%)	52.8	365^th of 909 public elementary schools	59.8%		42.4	462^nd of 912 public elementary schools	49.3%	97	39.0	47.0	38.0				60.0	48.0	51.0				33.0		$8,539	$251	$27	$530	$6,530	$1,730	$8,260
Palm Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2801 N 135th Ave	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6400	643	31	20.7		212 (33.0%)	63 (9.8%)	293 (45.6%)	24 (3.7%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	44 (6.8%)	56.2	344^th of 909 public elementary schools	62.2%		58.5	343^rd of 912 public elementary schools	62.4%	1	41.0	48.0	40.0	47.0			61.0	57.0	54.0	34.0			35.0		$8,143	$258	$02	$517	$6,707	$1,176	$7,883
Western Sky Middle School	Public	5-8	4095 N. 144th Ave.	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6300	952	37	26.0		369 (38.8%)	61 (6.4%)	423 (44.4%)	25 (2.6%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (7.1%)	54.3	210^th of 552 public middle schools	62.0%		58.6	195^th of 550 public middle schools	64.5%	15				45.0	51.0	55.0				33.0	34.0	30.0		43.0	$5,674	$240		$479	$4,868	$566	$5,434
Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2150 N Rancho Santa Fe Blvd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 535-6500	482	27	17.8		100 (20.7%)	34 (7.1%)	311 (64.5%)	9 (1.9%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	20 (4.1%)	39.4	473^rd of 909 public elementary schools	48.0%		35.1	519^th of 912 public elementary schools	43.1%	46	25.0	44.0	38.0				42.0	39.0	50.0				31.0		$7,680	$639	$03	$1,281	$6,163	$875	$7,038
White Tanks Learning Center	Public	K-8	18825 W. Thomas Rd.	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-1585	19	3	6.3		11 (57.9%)	2 (10.5%)	6 (31.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															$27,597	$09	$52	$70	$16,212	$11,324	$27,536
Wigwam Creek Middle School	Public	5-8	4510 N 127th Ave	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1100	782	37	21.1		170 (21.7%)	89 (11.4%)	448 (57.3%)	16 (2.0%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	49 (6.3%)	41.1	266^th of 552 public middle schools	51.8%		38.2	290^th of 550 public middle schools	47.3%	24				35.0	49.0	48.0				19.0	32.0	24.0		35.0	$6,767	$369	$01	$739	$5,342	$1,054	$6,396
Corte Sierra Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3300 N Santa Fe Trl	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1000	564	29	19.7		120 (21.3%)	70 (12.4%)	312 (55.3%)	23 (4.1%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	29 (5.1%)	36.5	497^th of 909 public elementary schools	45.3%		61.9	313^th of 912 public elementary schools	65.7%	184	31.0	47.0	37.0				33.0	39.0	39.0				33.0		$7,545	$343	$09	$696	$5,977	$1,216	$7,193
Dreaming Summit Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13335 W Missouri Ave	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1200	655	36	18.1		178 (27.2%)	60 (9.2%)	331 (50.5%)	21 (3.2%)	8 (1.2%)	7 (1.1%)	50 (7.6%)	46	419^th of 909 public elementary schools	53.9%		40.1	474^th of 912 public elementary schools	48.0%	55	32.0	52.0	39.0				45.0	44.0	47.0				33.0		$7,165	$326	$10	$662	$5,917	$912	$6,828
Verrado Middle School	Public	5-8	20880 W Main St	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-1300	731	35	21.1		295 (40.4%)	36 (4.9%)	330 (45.1%)	19 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.4%)	60.7	176^th of 552 public middle schools	68.1%		62.1	171^st of 550 public middle schools	68.9%	5				56.0	53.0	52.0				30.0	40.0	39.0		44.0	$6,394	$159	$07	$325	$5,202	$1,026	$6,228
Barbara B. Robey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5340 N. Wigwam Creek Blvd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1400	595	33	18.3		140 (23.5%)	97 (16.3%)	283 (47.6%)	18 (3.0%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	49 (8.2%)	41.2	460^th of 909 public elementary schools	49.4%		46.9	427^th of 912 public elementary schools	53.2%	33	26.0	44.0	43.0				40.0	29.0	43.0				46.0		$8,267	$622	$06	$1,251	$6,704	$934	$7,638
Verrado Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	20873 W Sunrise Ln	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-1600	847	40	21.1		419 (49.5%)	46 (5.4%)	304 (35.9%)	11 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	61 (7.2%)	71.4	241^st of 909 public elementary schools	73.5%		71.2	237^th of 912 public elementary schools	74.0%	4	47.0	53.0	62.0				43.0	57.0	74.0				52.0		$6,841	$04	$05	$13	$6,195	$637	$6,832
L. Thomas Heck Middle School	Public	K-8	12448 West Bethany Home Road	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1700	471	37	12.7		127 (27.0%)	53 (11.3%)	230 (48.8%)	24 (5.1%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (6.2%)								(n/a)	50.0		64.0		45.0	33.0	56.0		61.0		34.0	21.0	38.0	31.0	$6,717	$393		$785	$5,422	$903	$6,325
Mabel Padgett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	15430 W. Turney	Litchfield Park	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-3200	664	35	18.9		216 (32.5%)	57 (8.6%)	302 (45.5%)	23 (3.5%)	7 (1.1%)	4 (0.6%)	55 (8.3%)	48.6	397^th of 909 public elementary schools	56.3%		61.5	315^th of 912 public elementary schools	65.5%	82	45.0	44.0	47.0				50.0	35.0	43.0				35.0		$8,505	$211	$28	$449	$7,424	$843	$8,267
Rancho Santa Fe Preschool	Public	PK	2150 N. Rancho Santa Fe Blvd.	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6042	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Palm Valley Preschool	Public	PK	2801 N 135th Ave	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6042	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Litchfield Preschool	Public	PK	255 E. Wigwam Blvd	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6042	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Verrado Heritage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20895 W Hamilton St	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-3300	1,014	46	22.0		435 (42.9%)	54 (5.3%)	427 (42.1%)	16 (1.6%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	73 (7.2%)	67.6	271^st of 909 public elementary schools	70.2%		75.5	202^nd of 912 public elementary schools	77.9%	69	52.0	61.0	54.0	59.0	65.0	82.0	55.0	58.0	46.0	47.0	34.0	45.0	35.0	43.0	$5,735	$01	$01	$03	$5,129	$604	$5,733
Belen Soto Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	18601 W Campbell Ave	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-3400	1,123	47	23.8		477 (42.5%)	54 (4.8%)	504 (44.9%)	26 (2.3%)	9 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (4.5%)	69.6	256^th of 909 public elementary schools	71.8%		70.1	248^th of 912 public elementary schools	72.8%	8	42.0	69.0	52.0	68.0	59.0	69.0	51.0	71.0	61.0	48.0	55.0	58.0	27.0	43.0	$5,386	$00			$4,856	$529	$5,386
Digital Learning Academy	Public, Virtual		272 E Sagebrush St	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(623) 535-6000																			(n/a)															$5,534	$03		$05	$4,998	$533	$5,531

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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.

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