Elementary Schools in Tempe School District

The 18 elementary schools in Tempe School District serve Tempe; most go through grade 5, while some extend through grades 6 or 8. Sixteen schools reported 2025–26 all-grades results in both English language arts (ELA) and math, and those results vary widely. The most important finding is that Arredondo Elementary School led in both subjects, with 89% proficient in ELA and 81% in math—48 percentage points above Arizona in each.

Ward Traditional Academy was the next strongest overall, at 77% in ELA and 60% in math; it also led fifth-grade science at 92%. Broadmor, Rover and Meyer Montessori also exceeded the state in both all-grades subjects. At the lower end, Flora Thew had the lowest math result, 11%; Nevitt, Frank and Cecil Shamley tied for the lowest ELA result, at 24%. Across the 16 schools, average proficiency was 42% in ELA and 33% in math, close to Arizona’s 41% and 33%, respectively—but only six schools exceeded the state in each subject.

SchoolDigger’s rankings show improvement on average among 14 schools with comparable recent rankings: they gained 8 percentile points, though some fell. Arredondo rose from the 43rd statewide percentile in 2023–24 to the 99th in 2025–26, while Ward stayed near the top, moving from the 95th to the 93rd percentile. Results can differ by grade and subject: Ward scored 93% in both fifth-grade ELA and math and 92% in science, while Fuller reached 54% in fifth-grade science despite all-grades results of 42% in ELA and 35% in math. Staffing ratios alone do not track results consistently: Cecil Shamley had a ratio of 11.4 and scored 24% in ELA and 13% in math, while Arredondo had a ratio of 16.1 and led in both. Grade spans vary, some results are unavailable or suppressed, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank.