Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arizona test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA and AzSCI test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 25^th after the AZ Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 AzSci scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 550)	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)
040060000010	391	Cordova Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5631 N 35th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 841-0704	608	39	15.5		14 (2.3%)	67 (11.0%)	485 (79.8%)	29 (4.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$10,256	$2,090	$49	$4,229	$7,219	$898	$8,117	22.9	28	582	191
040087503345	392	Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Prep	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4825 W Camelback Rd	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Maryvale Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 324-7609	1,087				50 (4.6%)	58 (5.3%)	938 (86.3%)	21 (1.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (1.6%)		$00			$00			22.7	32.4	523	131
040037602313	393	Imagine Cortez Park Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	3535 W Dunlap Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Cortez Park Charter Middle School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 589-9840	254				13 (5.1%)	23 (9.1%)	147 (57.9%)	64 (25.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)		$00			$00			22.7	32.6	521	128
040708001100	394	Valley View School	Public	PK, KG-8	8220 S 7th Ave	Phoenix	85041	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 232-4980	520	26	20		11 (2.1%)	24 (4.6%)	461 (88.7%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,979	$1,510	$1,390	$4,409	$8,829	$1,250	$10,079	22.6	36	486	92
040849002132	395	Sheely Farms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9450 W Encanto Blvd	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Tolleson Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 907-5270	657	36	18.1		31 (4.7%)	125 (19.0%)	464 (70.6%)	16 (2.4%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)	$11,786	$1,240	$918	$3,397	$7,536	$2,093	$9,628	22.5	29.1	568	173
040253000185	396	Paul H Huber Junior High School	Public	6-8	1650 N Washington Ave	Douglas	85607	Cochise County	Douglas Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 364-2840	399	22	18.1		6 (1.5%)	3 (0.8%)	385 (96.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$6,161	$574	$59	$1,206	$5,399	$131	$5,529	22.4	38.7	453	57
040960002427	397	Ron Watson Middle School	Public	6-8	9851 E 28th St	Yuma	85365	Yuma County	Yuma Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-7400	557	26	21.2		182 (32.7%)	11 (2.0%)	345 (61.9%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.3%)	$7,118	$998	$1,325	$3,320	$4,669	$127	$4,795	22.4	34.7	499	102
040450000357	398	Madison Park School	Public	5-8	1431 E. Campbell	Phoenix	85014	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 664-7500	480	24	20.4		94 (19.6%)	46 (9.6%)	263 (54.8%)	6 (1.3%)	38 (7.9%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.7%)	$11,907	$1,069	$169	$2,307	$7,948	$2,721	$10,669	22.3	30.9	539	141
040292000227	399	Florence K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	460 S. Park Street	Florence	85132	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 868-3540	758	42	18.2		312 (41.2%)	26 (3.4%)	361 (47.6%)	5 (0.7%)	13 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.3%)	$6,133	$285	$317	$888	$5,149	$381	$5,530	22.2	30.5	548	149
040880000848	400	Gridley Middle School	Public	6-8	350 S Harrison Rd	Tucson	85748	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 731-4600	514	42	12.1		185 (36.0%)	33 (6.4%)	234 (45.5%)	9 (1.8%)	6 (1.2%)	8 (1.6%)	39 (7.6%)		$00			$00			22.1	29.7	560	160

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics, AzSCI Science test scores released by the Arizona Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Arizona Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arizona Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.