Best Elementary Schools in Arizona for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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.

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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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1106)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040028102187	1	Masada Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	365 West Cannon Avenue	Colorado City	86021	Mohave County	Masada Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 875-2525	500				500 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			99.9%	99.0%	0.95%
040497003348	2	Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-2600	759	40	18.8	7.1%	530 (69.8%)	10 (1.3%)	164 (21.6%)	16 (2.1%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	30 (4.0%)	$6,933	$51	$02	$104	$6,697	$183	$6,880	99.8%	99.4%	0.46%
040340001064	3	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	99.7%	99.6%	0.13%
040885003432	4	Esmond Station School	Public	PK, KG-8	9400 S Atterbury Wash Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3400	730	34	21.4	6.0%	384 (52.6%)	20 (2.7%)	264 (36.2%)	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.6%)	$5,853	$137	$10	$285	$5,551	$154	$5,705	99.6%	97.8%	1.87%
040497002770	5	Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	Public, Alternative	4-9	6919 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 308-7400	367	21	17.5	5.4%	254 (69.2%)	4 (1.1%)	71 (19.3%)	14 (3.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	$8,064	$09	$02	$20	$7,571	$481	$8,053	99.5%	99.8%	0.21%
040084103259	6	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Scottsdale	Public, Charter	K-5	16648 N 94th St	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Scottsdale	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 776-0413	1,076				742 (69.0%)	8 (0.7%)	121 (11.2%)	113 (10.5%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.8%)	81 (7.5%)		$00			$00			99.5%	96.3%	3.13%
040885001955	7	Vail Academy & High School	Public, Alternative	K-12	7762 E Science Park Dr	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1900	474	71	6.6	9.9%	191 (40.3%)	31 (6.5%)	186 (39.2%)	17 (3.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.3%)	$6,172	$21	$01	$44	$5,894	$256	$6,150	99.4%	98.2%	1.20%
040593003313	8	Fireside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3725 E. Love Cactus Drive	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4700	712	45	15.6	2.4%	502 (70.5%)	6 (0.8%)	58 (8.1%)	104 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.8%)	$6,885	$297	$137	$732	$6,106	$344	$6,451	99.3%	99.5%	0.24%
040378003490	9	Bridges Elementary School	Public	K-6	5205 S Soboba St	Gilbert	85298	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8700	726	39	18.5	1.4%	498 (68.6%)	13 (1.8%)	110 (15.2%)	36 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	64 (8.8%)	$6,267	$132	$156	$420	$5,553	$426	$5,979	99.2%	98.8%	0.38%
040885001003	10	Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	K-5	9400 E Esmond Loop	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-2302	784	41	19.1	15.7%	321 (40.9%)	46 (5.9%)	351 (44.8%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	52 (6.6%)	$6,728	$622	$65	$1,309	$5,867	$175	$6,041	99.1%	91.5%	7.56%

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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 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.
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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.