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)
040532003369	321	Fairbanks Middle School	Public	5-8	1056 Fairbanks Road	Morenci	85540	Greenlee County	Morenci Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 865-3501	395	45	8.8	41.8%	117 (29.6%)	6 (1.5%)	243 (61.5%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$7,858	$171	$417	$760	$6,318	$952	$7,269	31	45.1	376	55
040019101909	322	Champion Schools	Public, Charter	K-8	7900 S Jesse Owens Pkwy	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Fit Kids Inc. dba Champion Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 664-3379	485			92.8%	10 (2.1%)	76 (15.7%)	387 (79.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)		$00			$00			30.8	38.7	454	132
040906000922	323	Desert Foothills Middle School	Public	7-8	3333 W Banff Ln	Phoenix	85053	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-5500	632	38	16.8	57.8%	238 (37.7%)	56 (8.9%)	287 (45.4%)	14 (2.2%)	15 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.3%)	$7,585	$582	$243	$1,406	$5,460	$1,302	$6,761	30.3	40.5	427	104
040658001140	324	Blue Ridge Junior High School	Public	7-8	1200 W White Mountain Blvd	Lakeside	85929	Navajo County	Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 368-2350	267	19	13.9	63.7%	120 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (30.7%)	5 (1.9%)	44 (16.5%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.6%)	$9,085	$747	$131	$1,624	$7,420	$788	$8,208	30.1	42.8	398	74
040625001137	325	Sundance Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7051 W Cholla St	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4675	604	33	18.1	64.9%	224 (37.1%)	20 (3.3%)	311 (51.5%)	13 (2.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (5.0%)	$7,998	$364	$702	$1,431	$5,959	$972	$6,931	29.8	45.6	373	48
040708000607	326	Irene Lopez School	Public	PK, KG-8	4610 S 12th St	Phoenix	85040	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 232-4920	433	25	17.1	94.7%	8 (1.8%)	33 (7.6%)	381 (88.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	$11,702	$1,097	$1,363	$3,557	$8,068	$1,174	$9,242	29.7	47.8	359	33
040029502661	327	White Cliffs Middle School	Public	6-8	3550 Prospector St	Kingman	86401	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 753-6216	585	28	21.2	37.8%	386 (66.0%)	7 (1.2%)	142 (24.3%)	11 (1.9%)	12 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.4%)		$00			$00			29.7	37.5	464	137
040429000341	328	Laveen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4141 W McNeil St	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-9110	822	62	13.1	66.9%	67 (8.2%)	140 (17.0%)	523 (63.6%)	19 (2.3%)	35 (4.3%)	5 (0.6%)	33 (4.0%)	$12,661	$1,330	$374	$3,034	$9,443	$1,514	$10,957	29.4	37.6	463	135
040625001473	329	Sky View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8624 W Sweetwater Ave	Peoria	85381	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4850	535	33	16	53.8%	207 (38.7%)	44 (8.2%)	218 (40.7%)	16 (3.0%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (6.9%)	$10,847	$174	$638	$986	$8,596	$1,439	$10,035	29.1	39	449	120
040042703160	330	Arizona Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	335 E Germann Rd Ste 140	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 782-5842	2,576				1,186 (46.0%)	198 (7.7%)	834 (32.4%)	29 (1.1%)	87 (3.4%)	14 (0.5%)	228 (8.9%)		$00			$00			29.1	37.2	469	139

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