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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)				AASA Mathematics (2025)				AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2023)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Cherokee Elementary School	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 N 56th St	Paradise Valley	85253	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-8700	690	39	17.6	5.9%	500 (72.5%)	13 (1.9%)	107 (15.5%)	37 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.6%)	97.8	7^th of 909 public elementary schools	99.2%		97.5	8^th of 912 public elementary schools	99.1%	1	81.0	80.0	82.0		93.0	81.0	90.0		69.0	$7,449	$96	$553	$746	$6,598	$202	$6,800
Scottsdale Country Day School	1.1mi	Public, Charter	K-8	10460 N 56th St	Scottsdale	85253	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Country Day School	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 452-5777	133	8	16.6		100 (75.2%)	5 (3.8%)	22 (16.5%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)								(n/a)				92.0							$00			$00
Sequoya Elementary School	2.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	11808 N 64th St	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-3200	575	35	16.2	15.7%	412 (71.7%)	12 (2.1%)	78 (13.6%)	24 (4.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (7.5%)	97.2	8^th of 909 public elementary schools	99.1%		93.9	46^th of 912 public elementary schools	95.0%	38	70.0	81.0	75.0		83.0	87.0	85.0		76.0	$7,313	$196	$600	$991	$6,341	$176	$6,518
BASIS Scottsdale Primary - East Campus	2.7mi	Public, Charter	K-5	7214 E Jenan Dr	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 391-1099	489	34	14.3		156 (31.9%)	12 (2.5%)	46 (9.4%)	231 (47.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.4%)	97	11^th of 909 public elementary schools	98.8%		97.6	7^th of 912 public elementary schools	99.2%	4	80.0	87.0			83.0	75.0				$11,713	$383	$90	$855	$6,967	$4,274	$11,241
Desert Shadows Elementary School	2.8mi	Public	PK, KG-6	5902 E Sweetwater Ave	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6900	554	35	15.8	14.9%	376 (67.9%)	9 (1.6%)	106 (19.1%)	18 (3.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.4%)	84	128^th of 909 public elementary schools	85.9%		84.2	131^st of 912 public elementary schools	85.6%	3	78.0	70.0	57.0	69.0	83.0	68.0	49.0	51.0	52.0	$9,356	$609	$144	$1,363	$7,882	$721	$8,602
Montessori Academy	2.9mi	Public, Charter	K-8	6050 N Invergordon Rd	Paradise Valley	85253	Maricopa County	Montessori Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 945-1121	107	9	11.8		76 (71.0%)	6 (5.6%)	13 (12.1%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.3%)								(n/a)											$00			$00
Arizona Language Preparatory	3.3mi	Public, Charter	K-6	6140 E. Thunderbird Rd.	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Arizona Language Preparatory	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 996-1595	73	9	8.1		26 (35.6%)	6 (8.2%)	31 (42.5%)	5 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.8%)								(n/a)											$00			$00
Kiva Elementary School	3.3mi	Public	PK, KG-6	6911 E McDonald Dr	Paradise Valley	85253	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-2200	609	40	15.2	9.9%	437 (71.8%)	16 (2.6%)	88 (14.4%)	39 (6.4%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)	93.7	45^th of 909 public elementary schools	95.0%		95.6	24^th of 912 public elementary schools	97.4%	21	62.0	75.0	77.0		72.0	76.0	72.0		76.0	$8,347	$237	$656	$1,130	$6,980	$474	$7,454
Sonoran Sky Elementary School	3.4mi	Public	PK, KG-6	12990 N 75th St	Scottsdale	85032	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6500	567	36	15.5	6.9%	405 (71.4%)	13 (2.3%)	75 (13.2%)	25 (4.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.9%)	95.1	33^rd of 909 public elementary schools	96.4%		96.2	20^th of 912 public elementary schools	97.8%	13	72.0	85.0	70.0	83.0	83.0	75.0	87.0	71.0	56.0	$8,366	$269	$127	$665	$7,557	$413	$7,970
Cochise Elementary School	3.5mi	Public	PK, KG-5	9451 N 84th St	Scottsdale	85258	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-1100	617	39	16.0	3.9%	504 (81.7%)	3 (0.5%)	54 (8.8%)	21 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.3%)	94.6	40^th of 909 public elementary schools	95.6%		92	58^th of 912 public elementary schools	93.6%	18	74.0	80.0	67.0		80.0	76.0	75.0		63.0	$7,820	$152	$552	$857	$6,896	$219	$7,115

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