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)
040037602313	381	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	270			91.5%	13 (4.8%)	24 (8.9%)	163 (60.4%)	63 (23.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)		$00			$00			22.7	32.6	521	140
040060000007	382	James W. Rice Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4530 W Campbell Ave	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 848-8420	739	40	18.7	67.9%	6 (0.8%)	27 (3.7%)	676 (91.5%)	19 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	$10,072	$1,911	$325	$4,148	$6,978	$858	$7,835	22.6	22.4	653	271
040060000010	383	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	657	36	18.2	89.8%	13 (2.0%)	46 (7.0%)	558 (84.9%)	21 (3.2%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	11 (1.7%)	$10,256	$2,090	$49	$4,229	$7,219	$898	$8,117	22.4	28	582	199
040382000299	384	Holbrook Junior High School	Public	6-8	412 W Buffalo St	Holbrook	86025	Navajo County	Holbrook Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 524-3959	347	19	17.9	82.7%	49 (14.1%)	6 (1.7%)	79 (22.8%)	0 (0.0%)	191 (55.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.1%)	$7,992	$1,007	$340	$2,353	$6,106	$539	$6,646	22.3	29.8	558	174
040708001100	385	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	500	28	17.8	88.0%	10 (2.0%)	34 (6.8%)	429 (85.8%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$12,979	$1,510	$1,390	$4,409	$8,829	$1,250	$10,079	22.2	36	486	101
040880000828	386	C E Rose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	710 W Michigan St	Tucson	85714	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-4400	781	41	19.1	78.9%	13 (1.7%)	5 (0.6%)	742 (95.0%)	3 (0.4%)	14 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)		$00			$00			22.1	22.2	657	271
040444002771	387	Estrella Vista Elementary School	Public	K-8	11905 W Cocopah Cir	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Littleton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 478-6200	932	46	20.4	68.9%	44 (4.7%)	75 (8.0%)	743 (79.7%)	14 (1.5%)	17 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.2%)	$9,024	$685	$326	$1,696	$6,129	$1,884	$8,013	22.1	23.2	642	255
040621002385	388	Sunset Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8490 W Missouri Ave	Glendale	85305	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2730	546	28	19.8	54.9%	45 (8.2%)	61 (11.2%)	381 (69.8%)	27 (4.9%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$6,131	$496	$1,206	$2,198	$5,271		$4,429	22	30	555	167
040253000185	389	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	436	23	19.3	81.9%	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	430 (98.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,161	$574	$59	$1,206	$5,399	$131	$5,529	22	38.7	453	64
040089103581	390	Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky	Public, Charter	K-8	5757 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 888-1732	1,294			62.9%	40 (3.1%)	60 (4.6%)	1,176 (90.9%)	9 (0.7%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$8,122	$1,395	$1,678	$4,468	$3,255	$1,795	$5,049	21.9	46.9	365	25

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