Sheely Farms Elementary School

Sheely Farms Elementary School serves 628 students in prekindergarten through eighth grade in Phoenix’s Tolleson Elementary District. SchoolDigger places it at the 27th percentile statewide and gives it one star, compared with the district’s 11th percentile and one star. The main takeaway for families comparing schools is that Sheely does better than the district and nearby-school averages in both tested subjects, but remains below Arizona overall in both.

Math is the school’s clearest local strength: all-grades proficiency is 22%, versus 18% in the district and 16% across nearby schools, but still below the state’s 33%. ELA proficiency is 30%, just above the district’s 28% and nearby average of 29%, and below the state’s 41%. Results also differ by grade: third-grade math reached 42%, above the state’s 38%, district’s 31% and nearby-school average of 25%; sixth-grade ELA was 24%, below the state’s 41%, district’s 29% and nearby average of 33%. So the school’s relative advantage is strongest in math, while sixth-grade ELA is a notable weak spot.

Eighth-grade science has improved, rising from 11% in 2022–23 to 20% in 2024–25, though the latest result is still below the state’s 30%, the district’s 24% and the nearby average of 24%. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile has also risen, from 15 in 2023–24 to 27 in 2025–26, placing Sheely fifth among eight nearby schools with current rankings. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 17.3, lower than eight of 10 nearby schools reporting a ratio; its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 82% in 2022–23, with no nearby rate available for comparison. SchoolDigger’s 2022–23 statewide measure was notably higher for English Language Learner Students, at the 66th percentile versus the school’s overall 23rd; for African American Students, it was the 8th percentile.