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
661	Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	501 E 6th St	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-2900	563	40	13.9		49 (8.7%)	6 (1.1%)	491 (87.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)		$00			$00			22.8	19.9	699	38		040880001506
662	Maricopa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18150 N Alterra Pkwy	Maricopa	85139	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-5160	883	56	15.7		184 (20.8%)	115 (13.0%)	428 (48.5%)	27 (3.1%)	47 (5.3%)	4 (0.5%)	78 (8.8%)	$11,519	$820	$1,013	$2,652	$8,697	$989	$9,686	22.8	14	803	141		040472000371
663	Rio Vista Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	10237 W Encanto Blvd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2670	662	39	16.9		43 (6.5%)	85 (12.8%)	483 (73.0%)	9 (1.4%)	14 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (3.9%)	$6,722	$666	$1,066	$2,398	$5,712		$4,990	22.6	17.9	740	77		040621002274
664	Whitman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1829 N Grand	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-5000	569	29	19.6		56 (9.8%)	36 (6.3%)	368 (64.7%)	2 (0.4%)	85 (14.9%)	5 (0.9%)	17 (3.0%)	$8,674	$954	$71	$1,978	$7,513	$136	$7,650	22.6	15.6	770	106		040497000420
665	Ashton Ranch Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	14898 W Acoma Dr	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 523-8300	480	29	16.5		184 (38.3%)	48 (10.0%)	187 (39.0%)	8 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	44 (9.2%)	$10,889	$457	$982	$1,897	$8,204	$1,245	$9,449	22.5	32.4	554	111		040269003124
666	Alta Loma School	Public	PK, KG-8	9750 N 87th Ave	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4575	641	36	17.9		117 (18.3%)	62 (9.7%)	408 (63.7%)	11 (1.7%)	9 (1.4%)	5 (0.8%)	29 (4.5%)	$8,397	$232	$854	$1,317	$6,555	$757	$7,312	22.5	15.9	764	98		040625000507
667	Mary A Otondo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2251 S Otondo Dr	Yuma	85365	Yuma County	Yuma Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-8500	893	38	23.8		205 (23.0%)	12 (1.3%)	652 (73.0%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.9%)	$7,098	$1,167	$1,188	$3,523	$4,786		$4,742	22.5	22.8	654	13		040960001572
668	Harvest Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	350 E 18th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Harvest Power Community Development Group Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 782-2052	1,068	58	18.4		46 (4.3%)	4 (0.4%)	989 (92.6%)	17 (1.6%)	6 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)		$00			$00			22.5	22.7	655	13		040028202232
669	Sequoia Pathway Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	19265 N Porter Rd	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Pathway Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-2112	674	18	37.4		172 (25.5%)	135 (20.0%)	274 (40.7%)	9 (1.3%)	23 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	58 (8.6%)	$3,087	$269	$46	$583	$1,983	$789	$2,772	22.3	20.9	688	19		040090403048
670	Sturgeon Cromer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7150 Silver Saddle Rd	Flagstaff	86004	Coconino County	Flagstaff Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 773-4150	350	27	12.9		156 (44.6%)	1 (0.3%)	82 (23.4%)	2 (0.6%)	90 (25.7%)	5 (1.4%)	14 (4.0%)	$7,797	$509	$134	$1,152	$6,504	$650	$7,154	22.2	40.9	472	198		040286001364

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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.