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
361	St David Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	70 W Patton St	Saint David	85630	Cochise County	St David Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 720-4781	296	20	14.4		245 (82.8%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (12.2%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$2,796	$630	$07	$1,268	$2,057	$101	$2,158	53.1	42.6	458	97		040802000700
362	J Robert Hendricks Elementary School	Public	K-6	3400 W Orange Grove Rd	Tucson	85741	Pima County	Flowing Wells Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-8400	457	34	13.5		142 (31.1%)	3 (0.7%)	278 (60.8%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	20 (4.4%)	$7,415	$910	$817	$2,636	$5,986		$5,689	53	51.7	395	33		040301001000
363	T. Dale Hancock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2425 S Pleasant Dr	Chandler	85286	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-5900	667	44	15.1		241 (36.1%)	53 (7.9%)	272 (40.8%)	32 (4.8%)	29 (4.3%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (5.7%)	$8,273	$652	$91	$1,395	$7,333	$198	$7,531	52.8	59.4	339	24		040187002379
364	Wrightson Ridge K-8 School	Public	K-8	16325 S Rancho Sahuarita Blvd	Sahuarita	85629	Pima County	Sahuarita Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 625-3502	864	52	16.5		198 (22.9%)	23 (2.7%)	599 (69.3%)	11 (1.3%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.2%)	$6,582	$269	$13	$552	$5,891	$409	$6,300	52.8	52.2	391	27		040730003582
365	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%)	$8,539	$251	$27	$530	$6,530	$1,730	$8,260	52.8	42.4	462	97		040438000345
366	Academy of Math and Science Peoria Advanced	Public, Charter	K-8	7785 W Peoria Ave	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 887-5392	1,030	45	22.8		174 (16.9%)	186 (18.1%)	620 (60.2%)	33 (3.2%)	12 (1.2%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,168	$1,395	$1,759	$4,548	$4,403	$2,612	$7,015	52.7	52.9	383	17		040089103604
367	Capps Elementary School	Public	4-6	3375 Buckskin Canyon Rd	Heber	85928	Navajo County	Heber-Overgaard Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 535-4622	107	8	13.5		77 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (22.4%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)		$00			$00			52.6	70.8	241	126		040002601389
368	Pima Butte Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	42202 W Rancho El Dorado Pkwy	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-7150	407	26	15.9		146 (35.9%)	43 (10.6%)	156 (38.3%)	12 (2.9%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.6%)	$10,102	$238	$964	$1,439	$7,768	$1,133	$8,901	52.6	42.5	459	91		040472002560
369	El Mirage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	13500 N El Mirage Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 876-7200	722	43	16.9		114 (15.8%)	65 (9.0%)	495 (68.6%)	6 (0.8%)	11 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	28 (3.9%)	$11,196	$855	$947	$2,657	$8,198	$1,196	$9,394	52.6	42.4	461	92		040269000199
370	Kingman Academy of Learning - Intermediate School	Public, Charter	K-8	3419 Harrison St	Kingman	86409	Mohave County	Kingman Academy Of Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 681-3200	346	18	19.7		243 (70.2%)	2 (0.6%)	63 (18.2%)	8 (2.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.8%)	$6,207	$517	$537	$1,570	$4,166	$988	$5,154	52.6	49.2	414	44		040007401605

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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.