Elementary Schools in Palo Verde Elementary District

Summary:

The Palo Verde Elementary District in Arizona contains a single elementary school, Palo Verde Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 481 students.

Palo Verde Elementary School has a mixed academic performance, with some grade levels exceeding the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics, while others fall below. For instance, in the 2024-2025 school year, 3rd grade ELA proficiency was 46%, compared to the state average of 36%, but 6th grade ELA proficiency was only 24%, well below the state's 41%. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated between 503 and 611 out of over 1,200 Arizona elementary schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Palo Verde Elementary School faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a 5.2% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 19.4, slightly higher than the state average. The school's spending per student for the 2021-2022 school year was $13,346. While the school outperforms the Palo Verde Elementary District in some areas, it often lags behind the state average, indicating room for improvement in providing a consistently high-quality education to its students.

District Detail

10700 S Palo Verde Rd
Palo Verde, AZ 85343

(623) 327-3690

SchoolDigger Rank:
206^th of 289 Arizona districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 482

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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	AzSCI Science 5th 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
Palo Verde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10700 S. Palo Verde Road	Palo Verde	85343	Maricopa County	Palo Verde Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 327-3680	482	23	20.9		106 (22.0%)	10 (2.1%)	355 (73.7%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	32.3	543^rd of 909 public elementary schools	40.3%		26.9	611^th of 912 public elementary schools	33.0%	68	46.0	35.0	40.0	24.0	39.0	31.0	39.0	25.0	34.0	30.0	$13,346	$1,964	$1,954	$5,883	$7,679	$1,749	$9,428

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Buckeye Elementary District	5.36 mi	9	227^th
Buckeye Union High School District	5.59 mi	5	205^th
ThrivePoint High School Inc.	5.81 mi	7
West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center	6.21 mi	63
Kaizen Education Foundation dba Skyview High School	6.38 mi	1

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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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