Is Sandpiper Elementary School a good school?

Sandpiper Elementary School ranks 103 rd of 1000 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sandpiper Elementary School?

In the 2021-22 school year, 434 students attended Sandpiper Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Sandpiper Elementary School?

Students at Sandpiper Elementary School are 57% White, 32% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian, 1% African American, 1% American Indian.

Sandpiper Elementary School in Scottsdale AZ

Performance Trends

Compare Details Sandpiper Elementary School ranks better than 89.7% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 8^th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Paradise Valley Unified District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.03. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (57.4%), Hispanic (32%), two or more races (6.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 3.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sandpiper Elementary School is 11.8, which is the 6^th best among 24 elementary schools in the Paradise Valley Unified District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sandpiper Elementary School is $10,275, which is the 10^th highest among 24 elementary schools in the Paradise Valley Unified District.

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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Sandpiper Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandpiper Elementary School 103^rd of 1000 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Sandpiper Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Female students:

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Hispanic students:

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Paradise Valley Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Paradise Valley Unified District 157^th of 441 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sandpiper Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile
2009	86.56	98^th	1062	90.8%
2010	86.07	114^th	1090	89.5%
2011	83.55	151^st	1075	86.0%
2012	79.37	207^th	1141	81.9%
2013	81.88	151^st	1158	87.0%
2014	85.43	141^st	1079	86.9%
2015	74.19	220^th	955	77.0%
2016	77.96	239^th	1079	77.8%
2017	81.66	193^rd	1106	82.5%
2018	86.90	133^rd	1109	88.0%
2019	83.40	159^th	1039	84.7%
2021	88.87	139^th	1226	88.7%
2022	85.03	103^rd	1000	89.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	77.27	126^th	1027	87.7%
2022	70.87	88^th	445	80.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	39.24	754^th	975	22.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	84.08	53^rd	1201	95.6%
2022	95.54	3^rd	145	97.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	89.30	46^th	820	94.4%
2022	85.11	58^th	619	90.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile
2018	79.96	195^th	1023	80.9%
2019	74.86	185^th	862	78.5%
2021	84.74	167^th	1219	86.3%
2022	72.76	183^rd	823	77.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile
2018	88.40	104^th	1032	89.9%
2019	80.01	137^th	850	83.9%
2021	89.58	112^th	1220	90.8%
2022	86.23	62^nd	830	92.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	78.86	60^th	620	90.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	50.55	316^th	895	64.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile
2018	84.01	103^rd	911	88.7%
2021	79.91	145^th	1198	87.9%
2022	81.86	87^th	717	87.9%

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Rank History for Native American students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	37.13	389^th	654	40.5%

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Rank History for White students at Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	AZ State Percentile
2018	75.79	156^th	720	78.3%
2019	71.08	135^th	595	77.3%
2021	80.87	160^th	1161	86.2%
2022	75.16	121^st	799	84.9%

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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Arizona Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 4.5)

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Reviews:

by a parent
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

This school is good, very friendly. But not so much fun with learn stuff. Mostly fun and then learn a little sometimes. Kids can have more potential which are not utilized. Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Excellent small school in the NE phoenix area. Staff are welcoming to students and parents, princiapal is visable, knows all the students. Children are offered more challenging learning opportunities to meet their abilities, teachers and staff work to help children with emotional needs. Love the parent involvement and PTO, the great sense of community as well. The school is offering a partial languare immersion program starting this year in first grade. It offers the students an opportunity to learn a second languare early on, looking forward to enrolling my child in that program next year! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Sandpiper Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	735	7	12	5	3	n/a	n/a	-20	742
1989	770	6	14	13	2	n/a	n/a	-12	793
1990	794	14	11	9	1	n/a	n/a	-21	808
1991	807	6	9	11	9	n/a	n/a	-36	806
1992	826	4	10	10	8	n/a	n/a	0	858
1993	903	7	12	27	5	n/a	n/a	0	954
1994	966	7	22	22	6	n/a	n/a	0	1023
1995	492	3	16	17	3	n/a	n/a	0	531
1996	492	3	16	17	3	n/a	n/a	0	531
1997	485	3	10	16	2	n/a	n/a	0	516
1998	505	12	13	21	3	n/a	n/a	0	554
1999	465	14	16	19	3	n/a	n/a	0	517
2000	441	10	17	18	4	n/a	n/a	0	490
2001	413	9	13	22	4	n/a	n/a	0	461
2002	419	10	15	36	4	n/a	n/a	0	484
2003	419	10	15	36	4	n/a	n/a	0	484
2004	396	11	20	35	4	n/a	n/a	0	466
2005	407	13	24	43	5	n/a	n/a	0	492
2006	366	8	25	43	3	n/a	n/a	0	445
2007	358	13	36	39	5	n/a	n/a	0	451
2008	360	13	37	42	3	n/a	n/a	0	455
2009	349	17	34	49	5	n/a	n/a	0	454
2010	334	11	36	39	5	n/a	n/a	0	425
2011	293	7	23	53	5	0	10	0	391
2012	293	9	21	58	4	0	12	0	397
2013	295	11	19	62	4	0	15	0	406
2014	318	8	19	61	4	0	20	0	430
2015	348	8	25	69	4	0	25	0	479
2016	380	14	32	93	3	2	20	0	544
2017	388	12	34	131	3	1	26	0	595
2018	412	11	22	132	4	1	30	0	612
2019	408	11	17	132	6	0	32	0	606
2020	380	8	12	143	8	0	30	0	581
2021	289	4	8	149	7	0	27	0	484
2022	249	5	6	139	5	2	28	0	434

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sandpiper Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	742	34.8	21.3	n/a
1989	793	39.0	20.3	n/a
1990	808	41.5	19.4	n/a
1991	806	40.5	19.9	n/a
1992	858	41.2	20.8	n/a
1993	954	46.2	20.6	n/a
1994	1023	46.7	21.9	n/a
1995	531	29.7	17.9	n/a
1996	531	29.7	17.9	n/a
1997	516	28.0	18.4	n/a
1998	554	28.5	19.4	n/a
1999	517	27.6	18.7	n/a
2000	490	27.7	17.7	n/a
2001	461	25.5	18.1	n/a
2002	484	28.9	16.7	8.7
2003	484	28.9	16.7	8.7
2004	466	26.5	17.6	10.5
2005	492	30.0	16.4	11.4
2006	445	28.5	15.6	12.8
2007	451	28.0	16.1	12.4
2008	455	28.0	16.3	11.6
2009	454	28.3	16.0	14.5
2010	425	26.8	15.8	12.7
2011	391	25.0	15.6	14.1
2012	397	23.0	17.2	16.4
2013	406	24.5	16.5	n/a
2014	430	25.0	17.2	4
2015	479	28.0	17.1	10
2016	544	31.0	17.5	7.7
2017	595	35.5	16.7	11.4
2018	612	37.5	16.3	10.9
2019	606	39.0	15.5	12.9
2020	581	38.4	15.1	7.7
2021	484	38.2	12.6	n/a
2022	434	36.5	11.8	3.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sandpiper Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	742	34.8	21.3	n/a
1989	793	39.0	20.3	n/a
1990	808	41.5	19.4	n/a
1991	806	40.5	19.9	n/a
1992	858	41.2	20.8	n/a
1993	954	46.2	20.6	n/a
1994	1023	46.7	21.9	n/a
1995	531	29.7	17.9	n/a
1996	531	29.7	17.9	n/a
1997	516	28.0	18.4	n/a
1998	554	28.5	19.4	n/a
1999	517	27.6	18.7	n/a
2000	490	27.7	17.7	n/a
2001	461	25.5	18.1	n/a
2002	484	28.9	16.7	8.7
2003	484	28.9	16.7	8.7
2004	466	26.5	17.6	10.5
2005	492	30.0	16.4	11.4
2006	445	28.5	15.6	12.8
2007	451	28.0	16.1	12.4
2008	455	28.0	16.3	11.6
2009	454	28.3	16.0	14.5
2010	425	26.8	15.8	12.7
2011	391	25.0	15.6	14.1
2012	397	23.0	17.2	16.4
2013	406	24.5	16.5	n/a
2014	430	25.0	17.2	4
2015	479	28.0	17.1	10
2016	544	31.0	17.5	7.7
2017	595	35.5	16.7	11.4
2018	612	37.5	16.3	10.9
2019	606	39.0	15.5	12.9
2020	581	38.4	15.1	7.7
2021	484	38.2	12.6	n/a
2022	434	36.5	11.8	3.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Sandpiper Elementary School

Year	Personnel Expenditures from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Expenditures from Federal Funds	Total Expenditures from Federal Funds	Personnel Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Total Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Total Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019	$87 (1.0%)	$51 (0.6%)	$224 (2.6%)	$6,831 (80.4%)	$1,531 (18.0%)	$8,362 (98.4%)	$8,500
2020	$00 (0.0%)	n/a	n/a	$6,486 (95.2%)	$325 (4.8%)	$6,812 (100.0%)	$6,812
2021	$277 (3.4%)	$32 (0.4%)	$587 (7.2%)	$7,474 (91.2%)	$410 (5.0%)	$7,884 (96.2%)	$8,193
2022	$539 (5.2%)	$154 (1.5%)	$1,231 (12.0%)	$9,129 (88.8%)	$453 (4.4%)	$9,583 (93.3%)	$10,275

Data source: Arizona Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sandpiper Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 159^th of 1039 Elementary schools	Ranks 103^rd of 1000 Elementary schools	5%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	606	484	20.1%
African American	11	4	63.6%
American Indian	6	7	16.7%
Asian	17	8	52.9%
Hispanic	132	149	12.9%
Pacific Islander	0	0
White	408	289	29.2%
Two or More Races	32	27	15.6%

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