Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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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)
040906000652	161	Abraham Lincoln Traditional School	Public	PK, KG-8	10444 N 39th Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 896-6300	544	34	16	43.8%	156 (28.7%)	33 (6.1%)	276 (50.7%)	27 (5.0%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	43 (7.9%)	$8,522	$450	$155	$1,054	$6,802	$1,116	$7,918	61.8	79.3	133	28
040625001501	162	Apache Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8633 W John Cabot Rd	Peoria	85382	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-4875	732	40	18.5	36.7%	409 (55.9%)	33 (4.5%)	204 (27.9%)	31 (4.2%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (6.6%)	$7,666	$66	$320	$452	$6,658	$622	$7,280	61.6	74	175	13
040432000343	163	Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	19818 W Us Highway 85	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Liberty Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-2810	375	18	20.4	45.6%	152 (40.5%)	7 (1.9%)	201 (53.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	$8,035	$349	$340	$1,038	$5,728	$1,618	$7,346	61.2	56.2	291	128
040730002818	164	Anza Trail	Public	K-8	15490 South Rancho Sahuarita B	Sahuarita	85629	Pima County	Sahuarita Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 625-3502	1,223	68	17.9	30.9%	447 (36.5%)	24 (2.0%)	681 (55.7%)	12 (1.0%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (4.5%)	$5,946	$57	$20	$134	$5,362	$507	$5,870	61.1	76.4	151	13
040008101010	165	Presidio School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1695 E Fort Lowell Rd	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Presidio School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 881-5222	377			59.7%	126 (33.4%)	26 (6.9%)	174 (46.2%)	14 (3.7%)	6 (1.6%)	4 (1.1%)	27 (7.2%)		$00			$00			61	68.5	206	41
040093303496	166	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise	Public, Charter	K-8	14506 W Sweetwater Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 299-9820	1,895			25.0%	964 (50.9%)	112 (5.9%)	602 (31.8%)	55 (2.9%)	10 (0.5%)	5 (0.3%)	147 (7.8%)		$00			$00			60.8	82	109	57
040044202683	167	Imagine East Mesa Middle	Public, Charter	7-8	9701 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Imagine Middle at East Mesa Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 355-6830	120			62.5%	48 (40.0%)	7 (5.8%)	52 (43.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.0%)		$00			$00			60.8	58	283	116
040001900498	168	Flagstaff Arts And Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3401 N Fort Valley Rd	Flagstaff	86001	Coconino County	Flagstaff Arts And Leadership Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 779-7223	258				170 (65.9%)	3 (1.2%)	46 (17.8%)	7 (2.7%)	26 (10.1%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)		$00			$00			60.7	26.8	594	426
040003100689	169	Ridgeline Academy Inc.	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	33625 N North Valley Pkwy	Phoenix	85085	Maricopa County	Ridgeline Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 223-1335	1,022			9.9%	740 (72.4%)	31 (3.0%)	168 (16.4%)	21 (2.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	56 (5.5%)		$00			$00			60.7	71.9	187	18
040094403586	170	Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson	Public, Charter	K-8	10200 E Golf Links Rd	Tucson	85730	Pima County	Leman Academy of Excellence Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 526-0474	1,098				537 (48.9%)	42 (3.8%)	398 (36.2%)	35 (3.2%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	75 (6.8%)		$00			$00			60.5	65.1	241	71

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics 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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