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Littleton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
750th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 900 Arizona Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of Arizona elementary schools
Summary

Littleton Elementary School is a PK–8 school in Avondale, Arizona, serving 802 students in an area with several nearby school options. Its latest all-grades results show a clear academic split: English Language Arts (ELA) compares relatively well locally, while math falls a little below nearby schools. Both subjects remain below state proficiency rates. The most important takeaway is that ELA is Littleton’s clearest relative strength, while math is the weaker subject in local comparisons.

In 2025–26, 33% of students were proficient in ELA and 22% in math. ELA was 6 percentage points above the Littleton Elementary District rate of 27% and 8 points below the state’s 41%; it also exceeded the nearby-school average by 3 points. Math was 5 points above the district’s 17%, but 11 points below the state’s 33% and 2 points below nearby schools’ average. Results vary by grade: ELA proficiency reached 45% in grade 7 and 47% in grade 8, both higher than nearby averages, while grade-5 ELA was 18%, below the state, district, and nearby comparisons. Grade-8 math was a bright spot at 31%, but grade-6 math was 22%, below the nearby average.

Fifth-grade science improved from 12% in 2022–23 to 26% the next year, then slipped to 19% in 2024–25; the latest result was 15 points below the state’s 34%. SchoolDigger ranks Littleton 750th of 900 statewide, in the 17th percentile with 1 star. Its percentile rose from 9 in 2015–16 to a high of 37 in 2022–23, then fell to 17 in 2025–26. The latest student-teacher ratio was 18.2, down from 20.4 the prior year reported; the free/reduced-lunch rate was 66% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s group-specific rankings were notably higher than its overall standing in some years: in 2020–21, its effectiveness ranking for homeless students was at the 89th percentile, compared with 10th overall; in 2022–23, its ranking for African American students was at the 69th percentile, compared with 37th overall.

802
Students ?
18.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,672
Per pupil spending ?
50.5%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
 1252 S Avondale Blvd
       Avondale, AZ  85323-8900

(623) 478-5700

District: Littleton Elementary District


Students who attend Littleton Elementary School usually attend:

High:    La Joya Community High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
80.4%
African American:
12.0%
White:
3.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 37th percentile in 2023 → 17th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (27% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 37th-percentile peak (2023) to 17th (2026)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school27%
District avg22%
Arizona avg37%
Elementary school
750th of 900
Arizona public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Arizona Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
278th of 536
Arizona public middle schools ?
Bottom 48%▲ up 34 pts since 2016
From bottom 14% (2016) to bottom 48% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Arizona Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 7Elementary Schools in the Littleton Elementary District
239th of 267Littleton Elementary District among Arizona districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202617.2750 of 90016.7%★☆☆☆☆
202524.9626 of 90931.1%★★☆☆☆
202420.3695 of 91223.8%★☆☆☆☆
202332.2779 of 124537.4%★★☆☆☆
202218.8782 of 100021.8%★☆☆☆☆
202115.61103 of 122610.0%★☆☆☆☆
20198.41007 of 10393.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.41078 of 11092.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.61056 of 11064.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201613.4987 of 10798.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.3889 of 9556.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201413.9989 of 10798.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201323.0992 of 115814.3%★☆☆☆☆
201224.4985 of 114113.7%★☆☆☆☆
201113.5989 of 10758.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201020.9941 of 109013.7%★☆☆☆☆
200910.91019 of 10624.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202362.6189 of 60768.9%★★★☆☆
202137.2536 of 89540.1%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202121.6546 of 62011.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202338.7215 of 45152.3%★★★☆☆
202139.3545 of 97544.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202525.3441 of 58925.1%★☆☆☆☆
202414.5531 of 60211.8%★☆☆☆☆
202331.7779 of 121936.1%★★☆☆☆
202116.01113 of 12198.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.51008 of 10231.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202140.9162 of 30647.1%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202619.8418 of 50016.4%★☆☆☆☆
202530.6320 of 49635.5%★★☆☆☆
202423.2371 of 48623.7%★☆☆☆☆
202333.6770 of 117034.2%★★☆☆☆
202221.1596 of 71616.8%★☆☆☆☆
202120.31064 of 119811.2%★☆☆☆☆
201911.5683 of 7093.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.9887 of 9112.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202165.146 of 42389.1%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202623.0429 of 52918.9%★☆☆☆☆
202529.7378 of 54931.1%★★☆☆☆
202428.1400 of 55628.1%★☆☆☆☆
202340.6637 of 111642.9%★★☆☆☆
201812.5789 of 8203.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202611.5549 of 5917.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.1505 of 62619.3%★☆☆☆☆
202415.9533 of 62815.1%★☆☆☆☆
202330.7801 of 121634.1%★★☆☆☆
202117.41081 of 122011.4%★☆☆☆☆
201911.1781 of 8508.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.1968 of 10326.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202146.620 of 6066.7%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202220.2424 of 4444.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.8858 of 102716.5%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202127.9610 of 6546.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202336.4506 of 82038.3%★★☆☆☆
202132.9816 of 120132.1%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202355.2432 of 102457.8%★★★☆☆
202120.11027 of 116111.5%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202638.4278 of 53648.1%★★☆☆☆
202541.2265 of 55252.0%★★★☆☆
202438.4287 of 55047.8%★★☆☆☆
202328.5573 of 85432.9%★★☆☆☆
202223.0441 of 60527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202115.6769 of 8327.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.1546 of 6059.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.5646 of 7119.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201717.6599 of 69513.8%★☆☆☆☆
201617.8579 of 67714.5%★☆☆☆☆
201511.4500 of 5214.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201417.0604 of 69012.5%★☆☆☆☆
201328.9620 of 78721.2%★☆☆☆☆
201228.1618 of 77219.9%★☆☆☆☆
201116.7608 of 68511.2%★☆☆☆☆
201035.8457 of 69234.0%★★☆☆☆
200918.3581 of 66312.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202356.7131 of 40067.3%★★★☆☆
202240.499 of 12923.3%★☆☆☆☆
202127.7458 of 57320.1%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202120.3353 of 40412.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202141.7298 of 60650.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202329.3536 of 80633.5%★★☆☆☆
202224.6369 of 49425.3%★☆☆☆☆
202116.1758 of 8207.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.4588 of 6245.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202140.782 of 16650.6%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202647.4138 of 33859.2%★★★☆☆
202552.1128 of 34562.9%★★★☆☆
202446.0142 of 32956.8%★★★☆☆
202330.6513 of 76032.5%★★☆☆☆
202120.8726 of 8029.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.1314 of 38718.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0506 of 5436.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202155.051 of 25780.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202650.0119 of 32863.7%★★★☆☆
202555.8107 of 34468.9%★★★☆☆
202453.4109 of 32065.9%★★★☆☆
202338.0410 of 71742.8%★★☆☆☆
202237.0217 of 36941.2%★★☆☆☆
201814.5472 of 5036.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202639.6195 of 37047.3%★★☆☆☆
202527.1258 of 37931.9%★★☆☆☆
202328.9552 of 81031.9%★★☆☆☆
202117.6731 of 81810.6%★☆☆☆☆
201913.5388 of 43510.8%★☆☆☆☆
201816.6544 of 61711.8%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202124.2537 of 65017.4%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202127.9361 of 3907.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202135.1524 of 78933.6%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202368.6154 of 67577.2%★★★★☆
202217.4387 of 44613.2%★☆☆☆☆
202127.1614 of 78021.3%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Homeless (2021)89th percentile+79 vs school
African American (2023)69th percentile+31 vs school
Migrant (2021)67th percentile+57 vs school
White (2023)58th percentile+20 vs school
English Language Learner (2023)52nd percentile+15 vs school
Foster Care (2021)47th percentile+37 vs school
Special Education (2023)38th percentile~ school
Female (2025)25th percentile-6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)16th percentile~ school
Asian (2021)12th percentile~ school
Male (2026)7th percentile-10 vs school
Native American (2021)7th percentile-3 vs school
Multi-racial (2022)5th percentile-17 vs school
Middle school
Homeless (2021)80th percentile+73 vs school
White (2023)77th percentile+44 vs school
African American (2023)67th percentile+34 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)64th percentile+16 vs school
Hispanic (2026)59th percentile+11 vs school
English Language Learner (2021)51st percentile+43 vs school
Foster Care (2021)51st percentile+43 vs school
Male (2026)47th percentile~ school
Special Education (2021)34th percentile+26 vs school
Female (2023)33rd percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2021)17th percentile+10 vs school
Asian (2021)13th percentile+5 vs school
Native American (2021)7th percentile~ school
By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts33%-8 vs state
Mathematics22%-11 vs state

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Open Quote The new administration of the school is a great addition to the school. They have made a complete turn around of the school in a positive manner. They inform the parents and community of all events, which produced more parent involvement. Student engagement has increased, and they have dealt with attendance issues. The staff is courteous and the school environment is very welcoming. Close Quote





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Littleton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Arizona elementary schools.

Students at Littleton Elementary School are 80% Hispanic, 12% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Littleton Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : La Joya Community High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 802 students attended Littleton Elementary School.

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2025–26 AASA test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
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2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 2025
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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.

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