Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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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)
040082903278	11	BASIS Peoria	Public, Charter	5-12	9902 W Yearling Rd	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 566-9100	1,007				151 (15.0%)	45 (4.5%)	63 (6.3%)	706 (70.1%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	33 (3.3%)	$8,061	$207	$43	$457	$4,698	$3,113	$7,811	98.4	99.1	10	1
040625002396	12	Peoria eCampus	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	6625 W. Cholla	Peoria	85304	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(623) 412-5344	135				58 (43.0%)	6 (4.4%)	59 (43.7%)	2 (1.5%)	6 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$7,398	$51	$00	$102	$6,378	$969	$7,347	98.1	79.5	130	118
040775002433	13	Boulder Creek High School	Public	7-12	40404 N Gavilan Peak Pkwy	Anthem	85086	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 445-8600	2,297	98	23.3		1,751 (76.2%)	34 (1.5%)	337 (14.7%)	43 (1.9%)	20 (0.9%)	4 (0.2%)	108 (4.7%)	$5,007	$318	$59	$696	$4,264	$365	$4,629	98			(n/a)
040340002840	14	Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	Public	7-12	55 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4034	583	33	17.6		260 (44.6%)	11 (1.9%)	97 (16.6%)	159 (27.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	51 (8.7%)	$7,314	$00			$6,852	$462	$7,314	97.9	99.6	3	11
040269003656	15	Freedom Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	16066 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8650	470	23	20.4		215 (45.7%)	28 (6.0%)	182 (38.7%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.4%)	$11,775	$147	$881	$1,175	$8,586	$2,161	$10,747	97.8	99.2	9	6
040497003005	16	Franklin Junior High School	Public	7-9	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-8990	282	12	24.3		178 (63.1%)	5 (1.8%)	78 (27.7%)	4 (1.4%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.9%)	$6,931	$20	$09	$49	$6,045	$857	$6,902	97.8	99.5	4	12
040237000166	17	Cottonwood Education Services	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	301 N Willard St	Cottonwood	86326	Yavapai County	Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 634-2288	93	7	14.3		53 (57.0%)	1 (1.1%)	35 (37.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	$256,480	$47,297	$3,334	$97,928	$189,183	$16,666	$205,849	97.8			(n/a)
040003400707	18	Reid Traditional Schools' Valley Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1520 W Rose Garden Ln	Phoenix	85027	Maricopa County	Reid Traditional Schools' Valley Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 516-7747	693				186 (26.8%)	6 (0.9%)	51 (7.4%)	429 (61.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.6%)		$00			$00			97.7	97.6	20	2
040089803393	19	BASIS Mesa	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5010 S Eastmark Pkwy	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 239-4807	867				288 (33.2%)	54 (6.2%)	153 (17.6%)	306 (35.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (7.3%)	$8,723	$203	$99	$505	$6,242	$2,179	$8,420	97.6	98	18	1
040429001391	20	Vista del Sur Accelerated	Public	PK, KG-8	3908 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-3046	884	43	20.6		156 (17.6%)	151 (17.1%)	421 (47.6%)	93 (10.5%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.3%)	$7,917	$437	$158	$1,032	$6,178	$1,144	$7,322	97.5	97.9	19	1

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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.
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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.