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)
040625001137	341	Sundance Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7051 W Cholla St	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4675	601	34	17.7		215 (35.8%)	30 (5.0%)	305 (50.7%)	17 (2.8%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.5%)	$7,998	$364	$702	$1,431	$5,959	$972	$6,931	29.8	45.6	373	32
040708000607	342	Irene Lopez School	Public	PK, KG-8	4610 S 12th St	Phoenix	85040	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 232-4920	481	24	20		7 (1.5%)	49 (10.2%)	412 (85.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	$11,702	$1,097	$1,363	$3,557	$8,068	$1,174	$9,242	29.7	47.8	359	17
040042703160	343	Arizona Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	335 E Germann Rd Ste 140	Gilbert	85297	Maricopa County	Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 782-5842	1,987				894 (45.0%)	157 (7.9%)	663 (33.4%)	28 (1.4%)	66 (3.3%)	5 (0.3%)	174 (8.8%)		$00			$00			29.2	37.2	469	126
040429000341	344	Laveen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4141 W McNeil St	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-9110	811	59	13.7		66 (8.1%)	132 (16.3%)	529 (65.2%)	20 (2.5%)	29 (3.6%)	5 (0.6%)	30 (3.7%)	$12,661	$1,330	$374	$3,034	$9,443	$1,514	$10,957	29.2	37.6	463	119
040906000917	345	Arroyo Elementary School	Public	K-8	4535 W Cholla St	Glendale	85304	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-5100	543	35	15.7		173 (31.9%)	34 (6.3%)	288 (53.0%)	17 (3.1%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.2%)	$8,728	$963	$190	$2,115	$6,829	$747	$7,576	28.8	30.6	546	201
040060002002	346	Sevilla Elementary School-West Campus	Public	4-8	3851 W Missouri Ave	Phoenix	85019	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-0232	680	36	18.8		11 (1.6%)	63 (9.3%)	545 (80.1%)	27 (4.0%)	15 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.5%)	$7,894	$1,382	$45	$2,808	$5,717	$750	$6,467	28.5	41.6	416	70
040146000078	347	Joyce Clark Middle School	Public	6-8	1045 S Lenzner Ave	Sierra Vista	85635	Cochise County	Sierra Vista Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 515-2930	563	29	19.4		239 (42.5%)	29 (5.2%)	236 (41.9%)	6 (1.1%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	46 (8.2%)		$00			$00			28.4	48.5	352	5
040658001140	348	Blue Ridge Junior High School	Public	7-8	1200 W White Mountain Blvd	Lakeside	85929	Navajo County	Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 368-2350	231	19	11.8		102 (44.2%)	1 (0.4%)	68 (29.4%)	2 (0.9%)	43 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.5%)	$9,085	$747	$131	$1,624	$7,420	$788	$8,208	28.3	42.8	398	50
040138002836	349	Steven R. Jasinski Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4280 S 246th Ave	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 925-3100	856	27	31.7		188 (22.0%)	89 (10.4%)	533 (62.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	33 (3.9%)	$8,768	$431	$83	$946	$6,561	$1,692	$8,253	28.3	61.6	262	87
040724001029	350	Safford Middle School	Public	7-8	698 W 11th St	Safford	85546	Graham County	Safford Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 348-7040	411	18	22.8		166 (40.4%)	3 (0.7%)	228 (55.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$4,927	$132		$264	$4,457	$338	$4,795	28.3	40.6	426	76

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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.