Best Middle Schools in Arizona

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 533)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
040090303418	21	BASIS Prescott	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1901 Prescott Lakes Pkwy	Prescott	86301	Yavapai County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 277-0334	611				436 (71.4%)	3 (0.5%)	106 (17.3%)	32 (5.2%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$11,345	$112	$16	$240	$7,662	$3,554	$11,217	96.2	99.1	11	10
040015001793	22	Mexicayotl Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2059 N Grand Ave	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Mexicayotl Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 624-4018	166			89.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	166 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,147	$1,081	$2,342	$4,505	$7,465	$3,259	$10,724	95.9	98.4	15	7
040044002681	23	Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	1951 N Alma School Rd	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Chandler Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 899-9181	713				347 (48.7%)	44 (6.2%)	116 (16.3%)	130 (18.2%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	64 (9.0%)	$10,158	$210	$77	$496	$6,107	$3,764	$9,871	95.6	93.7	36	13
040775003463	24	Sonoran Foothills School	Public	PK, KG-8	32150 N North Foothills Dr	Phoenix	85085	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-8400	860	49	17.4	14.9%	609 (70.8%)	25 (2.9%)	126 (14.7%)	34 (4.0%)	13 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (6.0%)	$6,098	$437	$12	$885	$5,355	$295	$5,650	95.5	91.9	43	19
040090203413	25	Mission Montessori Academy's Middle Years Program	Public, Charter	4-8	4530 E Gold Dust Ave	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	The Farm at Mission Montessori Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 699-4950	51				39 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (17.6%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.9%)		$00			$00			95.3	80.3	122	97
040757001194	26	Cheyenne Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	13636 N 100th St	Scottsdale	85260	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5600	880	47	18.7	3.9%	675 (76.7%)	4 (0.5%)	91 (10.3%)	75 (8.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	$5,968	$80	$482	$642	$5,322	$85	$5,406	95.3	98.5	14	12
040625003255	27	Peoria Traditional School	Public	K-8	10851 W Williams Rd	Sun City	85373	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5350	337			8.6%	247 (73.3%)	2 (0.6%)	62 (18.4%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.6%)	$7,393	$62	$11	$135	$6,962	$358	$7,320	95.1	96.8	24	3
040775002127	28	Sierra Verde STEAM Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7241 W Rose Garden Ln	Glendale	85308	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-4800	898	50	17.9	16.8%	573 (63.8%)	32 (3.6%)	166 (18.5%)	83 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (4.5%)	$6,347	$413	$23	$849	$5,696	$214	$5,910	94.7	96.7	25	3
040060001283	29	Alhambra Traditional School	Public	K-8	5725 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 484-8816	723	35	20.6	55.9%	65 (9.0%)	68 (9.4%)	530 (73.3%)	40 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.6%)	$8,435	$930	$26	$1,887	$6,631	$847	$7,479	94.7	98.6	13	16
040630002129	30	Augustus H. Shaw Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	2301 N 13th St	Phoenix	85006	Maricopa County	Phoenix Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 257-3914	453	21	21.6	31.8%	143 (31.6%)	32 (7.1%)	224 (49.4%)	7 (1.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.5%)	$10,902	$35	$251	$320	$9,747	$870	$10,617	94.4	89.7	59	29

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