Best Elementary Schools in Arizona

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 909)	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	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
171	Desert Mountain School	Public	PK, KG-8	35959 N 7th Ave	Desert Hills	85086	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-3500	438	28	15.9		334 (76.3%)	3 (0.7%)	74 (16.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.5%)	$7,482	$263	$20	$546	$7,019	$179	$7,198	78.6	78.4	180	9		040775000622
172	Desert Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	22301 S Hawes Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 987-5912	682	40	17.2		434 (63.6%)	12 (1.8%)	161 (23.6%)	20 (2.9%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.9%)	$5,912	$338		$675	$4,906	$669	$5,574	78.6	78.8	175	3		040681001232
173	American Leadership Academy Mesa K-6	Public, Charter	K-6	4507 S Mountain Rd	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 420-2110	403	32	12.7		247 (61.3%)	13 (3.2%)	98 (24.3%)	7 (1.7%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.9%)	$7,594	$68	$353	$489	$4,986	$2,187	$7,173	78.4	76	194	21		040011203340
174	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Cicero	Public, Charter	K-7	3102 N 56th St	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Cicero	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 424-1790	451	28	16.1		284 (63.0%)	10 (2.2%)	101 (22.4%)	14 (3.1%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)		$00			$00			78.3	80.8	156	18		040088603407
175	Reid Traditional Schools' Painted Rock Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	14841 N Black Canyon Hwy	Phoenix	85023	Maricopa County	Reid Traditional Schools' Painted Rock Academy Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 466-8855	416	31	13.4		147 (35.3%)	33 (7.9%)	120 (28.8%)	93 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.5%)		$00			$00			78.3	79.1	171	4		040085003341
176	Canyon Rim Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3045 S Canyon Rim	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 984-3216	905	54	16.6		526 (58.1%)	34 (3.8%)	257 (28.4%)	13 (1.4%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	64 (7.1%)	$8,142	$339	$06	$684	$7,567	$231	$7,797	78.2	81.5	152	24		040340002284
177	Vistancia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	30009 N Sunrise Pt	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 773-6500	1,089	54	20.3		720 (66.1%)	27 (2.5%)	228 (20.9%)	21 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	88 (8.1%)	$6,515	$50	$65	$165	$5,648	$752	$6,400	78.2	76.6	190	13		040625002657
178	Kyrene de la Mirada School	Public	PK, KG-5	5500 W Galveston St	Chandler	85226	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-4200	583	37	15.8		242 (41.5%)	36 (6.2%)	158 (27.1%)	52 (8.9%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	79 (13.6%)	$7,681	$94	$03	$191	$7,485	$99	$7,584	78.1	69.9	251	73		040423000099
179	Cottonwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	185 E. University Ave.	Colorado City	86021	Mohave County	Colorado City Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 875-9050	338	18	18.7		326 (96.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,677	$2,045	$613	$4,704	$5,174	$1,844	$7,018	78.1	66.3	273	94		040002103446
180	Spectrum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2846 S Spectrum Way	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 917-0117	578	44	13		225 (38.9%)	47 (8.1%)	199 (34.4%)	40 (6.9%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (8.8%)	$9,287	$145	$14	$304	$8,841	$287	$9,128	78.1	67.3	268	88		040340003146

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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 October 11, 2025, 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.
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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.