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)
040702002487	471	Kings Ridge School	Public	2-8	3650 S 64th Ln	Phoenix	85043	Maricopa County	Riverside Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 477-8960	353	18	19.6	83.9%	16 (4.5%)	53 (15.0%)	259 (73.4%)	6 (1.7%)	13 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$6,594	$304	$634	$1,241	$5,046	$611	$5,656	13.9	23.9	633	162
040882002794	472	Dos Rios Elementary	Public	K-8	2150 S 87th Ave	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	Union Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 474-7004	702	37	18.9	64.0%	45 (6.4%)	87 (12.4%)	523 (74.5%)	6 (0.9%)	30 (4.3%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.9%)	$10,639	$1,363	$1,611	$4,337	$6,334	$1,332	$7,665	13.7	18.4	713	241
040708000587	473	C O Greenfield School	Public	K-8	7009 S 10th St	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 232-4240	481	26	18.5	96.7%	6 (1.2%)	42 (8.7%)	421 (87.5%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$12,184	$825	$1,316	$2,966	$8,821	$1,222	$10,043	13.7	17.5	735	262
040472002914	474	Desert Wind Middle School	Public	6-8	35565 W Honeycutt Rd	Maricopa	85138	Pinal County	Maricopa Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 568-7110	817	38	21.5	51.9%	219 (26.8%)	132 (16.2%)	365 (44.7%)	14 (1.7%)	31 (3.8%)	4 (0.5%)	52 (6.4%)	$8,733	$267	$954	$1,489	$6,582	$929	$7,512	13.6	22.4	651	177
040789000698	475	Somerton Middle School	Public	6-8	1011 North Somerton Ave.	Somerton	85350	Yuma County	Somerton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 341-6100	625	35	17.8	86.9%	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	603 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,412	$390	$51	$831	$5,885	$1,085	$6,971	13.5	25.1	618	143
040096003387	476	Avondale Middle School	Public	5-8	1406 N Central Ave	Avondale	85323	Maricopa County	Avondale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-4500	409	17	24.7	77.8%	54 (13.2%)	55 (13.4%)	290 (70.9%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$10,663	$766	$721	$2,253	$6,809	$2,366	$9,176	13.5	28.1	581	105
040906000935	477	Palo Verde Middle School	Public	7-8	7502 N 39th Ave	Phoenix	85051	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-2500	870	53	16.4	80.0%	94 (10.8%)	115 (13.2%)	563 (64.7%)	52 (6.0%)	20 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.0%)	$7,569	$743	$125	$1,611	$5,717	$984	$6,701	13.4	19.7	693	216
040497000412	478	Rhodes Junior High School	Public	7-9	1860 S Longmore	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2300	679	41	16.5	67.9%	101 (14.9%)	50 (7.4%)	432 (63.6%)	4 (0.6%)	64 (9.4%)	7 (1.0%)	21 (3.1%)	$8,139	$797	$35	$1,629	$6,848	$459	$7,307	13.4	21.3	668	190
040168000091	479	Charles W. Harris School	Public	PK, KG-8	2252 N 55th Ave	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-4800	931	40	23.5	83.9%	20 (2.1%)	21 (2.3%)	879 (94.4%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,630	$3,159	$378	$6,695	$6,653	$1,440	$8,093	13.3	18.9	707	228
040553000456	480	Wade Carpenter Middle School	Public	6-8	595 W Kino St	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0820	576	26	22.1	93.8%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	575 (99.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,882	$359	$44	$762	$4,962	$517	$5,479	13.3	21.7	664	184

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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.
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