Best Elementary Schools in Arizona for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

Every year, the Arizona Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arizona test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Arizona Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Arizona Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 766)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040340001064	1	Neely Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	500 E Houston Ave	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 892-2805	764	40	19.2	5.8%	429 (56.2%)	18 (2.4%)	161 (21.1%)	87 (11.4%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	62 (8.1%)	$5,888	$06	$578	$591	$5,545		$5,303	99.9%	99.6%	0.27%
040187001155	2	Weinberg Gifted Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	5245 S Val Vista Dr	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 812-6600	485	26	18.4	1.0%	315 (64.9%)	5 (1.0%)	35 (7.2%)	92 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.6%)	$6,816	$588	$95	$1,271	$5,818	$314	$6,133	99.7%	99.8%	0.10%
040757001194	3	Cheyenne Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	13636 N 100th St	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5600	913	47	19.2	2.1%	717 (78.5%)	5 (0.5%)	85 (9.3%)	81 (8.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.3%)	$5,968	$80	$482	$642	$5,322	$85	$5,406	99.6%	97.3%	2.32%
040187002646	4	Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence	Public	PK, KG-6	1405 W Lake Dr	Sun Lakes	85248	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2700	838	41	20.5	0.8%	240 (28.6%)	25 (3.0%)	84 (10.0%)	437 (52.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.6%)	$6,127	$483	$62	$1,028	$5,345	$237	$5,582	99.5%	99.7%	0.20%
040757001434	5	Sequoya Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11808 N 64th St	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-3200	577	31	18.4	5.7%	429 (74.4%)	22 (3.8%)	75 (13.0%)	24 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	$7,313	$196	$600	$991	$6,341	$176	$6,518	99.3%	97.9%	1.42%
040651000559	6	Pine Strawberry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3868 N Pine Creek Dr	Pine	85544	Gila County	Pine Strawberry Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 476-3283	98	15	6.7	20.4%	82 (83.7%)	1 (1.0%)	11 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)		$00			$00			99.2%	81.0%	18.21%
040843000799	7	Kiser Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	38739 W I 8	Gila Bend	85337	Maricopa County	Paloma School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 683-2588	115	9	12.5	82.6%	7 (6.1%)	3 (2.6%)	97 (84.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,811	$3,103	$2,268	$8,474	$13,211	$4,229	$17,440	99.1%	42.5%	56.55%
040077802902	7	Paragon Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2975 W Linda Ln	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Daisy Education Corporation dba Paragon Science Ac	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 814-1600	524			29.0%	184 (35.1%)	167 (31.9%)	44 (8.4%)	107 (20.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)		$00			$00			99.1%	89.3%	9.78%
040831003775	7	Tempe Elementary Online Community	Public, Virtual	K-8	1600 E Watson Dr	Tempe	85283	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(480) 897-6063	213				30 (14.1%)	52 (24.4%)	87 (40.8%)	6 (2.8%)	20 (9.4%)	2 (0.9%)	16 (7.5%)		$00			$00			99.1%	37.2%	61.90%
040497000386	10	Franklin East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1753 E 8th Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-6500	607	36	16.9	16.0%	276 (45.5%)	13 (2.1%)	286 (47.1%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.5%)	$7,997	$115	$18	$248	$7,752	$111	$7,864	98.7%	96.4%	2.29%

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About our rankings:

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 September 7, 2022, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.