Best Elementary Schools in Arizona for White 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, White 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 486)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040497002770	1	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	378	19	20		250 (66.1%)	13 (3.4%)	77 (20.4%)	16 (4.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.8%)	$8,064	$09	$02	$20	$7,571	$481	$8,053	99.8%	99.9%	0.10%
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	748	39	19		378 (50.5%)	10 (1.3%)	74 (9.9%)	209 (27.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (9.6%)	$6,816	$588	$95	$1,271	$5,818	$314	$6,133	99.6%	99.8%	0.19%
040497000386	3	Franklin Accelerated Academy - East Campus	Public	PK, KG-6	1753 E 8th Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-6500	546	27	20.2		231 (42.3%)	21 (3.8%)	257 (47.1%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (4.9%)	$7,997	$115	$18	$248	$7,752	$111	$7,864	99.4%	96.5%	2.89%
040429001391	4	Vista del Sur Accelerated	Public	PK, KG-8	3908 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-3046	884	43	20.6		156 (17.6%)	151 (17.1%)	421 (47.6%)	93 (10.5%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.3%)	$7,917	$437	$158	$1,032	$6,178	$1,144	$7,322	99.2%	93.8%	5.43%
040095803534	5	BASIS Chandler Primary - North Campus	Public, Charter	K-4	1800 E Chandler Blvd	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 798-6447	618				98 (15.9%)	27 (4.4%)	57 (9.2%)	388 (62.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.3%)	$9,993	$264	$16	$544	$6,291	$3,422	$9,713	99.0%	99.6%	0.59%
040187000131	6	Knox Gifted Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	700 W Orchid Ln	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 812-6100	675	37	18.4		199 (29.5%)	12 (1.8%)	66 (9.8%)	345 (51.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.7%)	$6,979	$600	$86	$1,286	$5,910	$383	$6,293	98.8%	99.7%	0.91%
040757000642	7	Cherokee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 N 56th St	Paradise Valley	85253	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-8700	673	36	18.6		492 (73.1%)	15 (2.2%)	102 (15.2%)	39 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.6%)	$7,449	$96	$553	$746	$6,598	$202	$6,800	98.6%	99.1%	0.56%
040090503419	8	BASIS Oro Valley Primary	Public, Charter	K-6	11155 N Oracle Rd	Oro Valley	85737	Pima County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 812-5900	649				202 (31.1%)	24 (3.7%)	166 (25.6%)	197 (30.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	56 (8.6%)	$10,026	$347	$52	$746	$6,311	$3,316	$9,627	98.4%	98.4%	0.00%
040885002798	9	Senita Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10750 E Bilby Rd	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3100	710	38	18.6		323 (45.5%)	28 (3.9%)	253 (35.6%)	16 (2.3%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	81 (11.4%)	$5,830	$26	$53	$104	$5,639	$112	$5,752	98.1%	97.0%	1.11%
040083403244	10	Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1951 N Alma School Rd	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Chandler	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 855-6474	529				240 (45.4%)	26 (4.9%)	108 (20.4%)	90 (17.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (11.5%)		$00			$00			97.9%	98.2%	0.30%

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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 25, 2024, 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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.