Summary:
Five elementary schools serve ZIP code 85248: four in Chandler Unified District #80 and one BASIS Chandler Primary–South Campus; four serve PK–6 and BASIS serves K–5. Together, they enroll 3,018 students, or about 604 per school. The clearest finding is that results vary widely by school: all five exceed Arizona’s all-grades rates in ELA (41%) and math (33%), yet the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools is 40 points in ELA and 43 points in math.
Chandler Traditional Academy–Independence leads the all-grades results, with 86% proficient in ELA and 85% in math; BASIS Chandler Primary–South Campus is close behind at 83% and 80%. Basha Elementary is lowest in both subjects, at 46% in ELA and 42% in math—13 points below the next-lowest ELA result at Anna Marie Jacobson Elementary School, and 9 points below the next-lowest math result at Ira A. Fulton Elementary. Basha’s grade-3 results also fall below state rates by 12 points in ELA and 17 in math, though its grade-4 results exceed state rates.
SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings show different trajectories, not a consistent rise in test scores: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Independence improved from 17th to 6th and Fulton from 294th to 227th, while BASIS shifted from 5th to 12th. Fulton also outscored Jacobson in grade-5 science, 52% to 30%, though Jacobson’s all-grades math rate is higher, 54% versus 51%; science results range from 30% to 68%, against a state rate of 34%. Enrollment and student–teacher ratios do not neatly predict results: Independence has the largest enrollment (796) and a 19.6 ratio, while Fulton has the lowest listed ratio (14.9). The data provide only one year of comparable all-grades test results, and BASIS serves a different grade span.
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