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)
040033901939	151	Destiny School	Public, Charter	K-8	798 E Prickly Pear Dr	Globe	85501	Gila County	Destiny School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 425-0925	340			54.7%	109 (32.1%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (24.1%)	7 (2.1%)	134 (39.4%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)		$00			$00			63.1	80.2	124	27
040269003125	152	Cimarron Springs Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	17032 W Surprise Farms Loop S	Surprise	85388	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8600	589	29	20.3	35.0%	305 (51.8%)	45 (7.6%)	169 (28.7%)	10 (1.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (9.2%)	$8,776	$208	$884	$1,301	$6,745	$938	$7,683	63	73	184	32
040060003659	153	Global Academy of Phoenix	Public	K-8	6615 N 39th Ave	Phoenix	85019	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 336-2202	287	15	19.1	58.5%	25 (8.7%)	13 (4.5%)	229 (79.8%)	8 (2.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$12,080	$2,338	$82	$4,757	$8,457	$1,204	$9,660	63	67.5	215	62
040625001424	154	Oasis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7841 W Sweetwater Ave	Peoria	85381	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-4800	769	40	19.4	39.9%	432 (56.2%)	28 (3.6%)	243 (31.6%)	31 (4.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.2%)	$7,830	$62	$290	$413	$6,938	$540	$7,478	63	81.7	110	44
040625001983	155	Coyote Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	21180 N 87th Ave	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5225	787	59	13.3	20.8%	531 (67.5%)	18 (2.3%)	179 (22.7%)	19 (2.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.7%)	$6,322	$53	$73	$180	$5,167	$1,029	$6,196	62.9	71.3	192	37
040092703190	156	Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	41800 N Barnes Pkwy	Queen Creek	85140	Pinal County	Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 655-5553	1,119			20.9%	697 (62.3%)	33 (2.9%)	301 (26.9%)	20 (1.8%)	10 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	56 (5.0%)		$00			$00			62.8	85.6	91	65
040450000354	157	Madison Meadows School	Public	5-8	225 W Ocotillo Rd	Phoenix	85013	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 664-7600	803	34	23.3	18.9%	488 (60.8%)	20 (2.5%)	226 (28.1%)	11 (1.4%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (5.9%)	$9,728	$879	$103	$1,861	$6,589	$2,157	$8,746	62.6	69.4	202	45
040011203179	158	American Leadership Academy Queen Creek K-12	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	23908 S Hawes Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 420-2150	2,371				1,763 (74.4%)	45 (1.9%)	437 (18.4%)	15 (0.6%)	20 (0.8%)	4 (0.2%)	87 (3.7%)	$5,943	$169	$188	$525	$4,110	$1,477	$5,587	62.5	66.6	229	71
040036802037	159	Academy of Math and Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1557 W Prince Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Academy of Mathematics and Science Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 293-2676	581			73.7%	89 (15.3%)	41 (7.1%)	427 (73.5%)	13 (2.2%)	10 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,275	$1,490	$589	$3,570	$4,167	$4,028	$8,195	62.2	76.8	146	13
040438001547	160	Western Sky Middle School	Public	5-8	4095 N. 144th Ave.	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 535-6300	954	42	22.9	21.9%	408 (42.8%)	57 (6.0%)	374 (39.2%)	38 (4.0%)	10 (1.0%)	5 (0.5%)	62 (6.5%)	$5,674	$240		$479	$4,868	$566	$5,434	62.2	78.3	139	21

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