Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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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)
040094503518	291	Pensar Academy	Public, Charter	4-8	12843 W Redondo Dr	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Pensar Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 383-4013	205			97.6%	29 (14.1%)	19 (9.3%)	146 (71.2%)	4 (2.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			35.5	44.2	389	98
040019103434	292	Champion Chandler	Public, Charter	K-8	222 South McQueen Road	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Fit Kids Inc. dba Champion Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 664-3379	376			63.8%	50 (13.3%)	87 (23.1%)	203 (54.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	4 (1.1%)	22 (5.9%)		$00			$00			35.2	35.9	487	195
040340001216	293	Mesquite Junior High School	Public	6-8	130 W Mesquite St	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 926-1433	813	42	19.5	52.9%	329 (40.5%)	47 (5.8%)	352 (43.3%)	13 (1.6%)	22 (2.7%)	3 (0.4%)	47 (5.8%)	$7,437	$561	$473	$1,595	$6,507		$6,403	35.2	39.2	448	155
040625001090	294	Heritage School	Public	PK, KG-8	5312 W Mountain View Rd	Glendale	85302	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4525	437	29	15.3	59.7%	139 (31.8%)	41 (9.4%)	210 (48.1%)	16 (3.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.9%)	$8,740	$528	$685	$1,742	$7,165	$362	$7,527	35	39.8	439	145
040621001499	295	Garden Lakes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10825 W Garden Lakes Pkwy	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2520	885	42	21	56.9%	166 (18.8%)	76 (8.6%)	546 (61.7%)	35 (4.0%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.3%)	$5,360	$507	$1,198	$2,211	$4,387		$3,655	34.8	44.7	381	86
040095303527	296	The Grande Innovation	Public, Charter	K-8	950 N Peart Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	The Grande Innovation Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 381-2360	827			55.9%	224 (27.1%)	27 (3.3%)	522 (63.1%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	37 (4.5%)		$00			$00			34.8	42	408	112
040011203808	297	American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	7729 E. Pecos Road	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(480) 420-2101	275				176 (64.0%)	10 (3.6%)	67 (24.4%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (5.8%)								34.6			(n/a)
040187000133	298	Willis Junior High School	Public	7-8	401 S McQueen Rd	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 883-5700	865	46	18.8	54.9%	229 (26.5%)	49 (5.7%)	499 (57.7%)	34 (3.9%)	15 (1.7%)	5 (0.6%)	34 (3.9%)	$7,680	$617	$187	$1,421	$6,459	$417	$6,876	34.3	50.9	331	33
040032602162	299	Arizona Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	16011 N Dysart Rd	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Success School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 974-4959	982			66.0%	167 (17.0%)	92 (9.4%)	667 (67.9%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (4.8%)	$10,734	$1,371	$1,942	$4,684	$5,475	$1,946	$7,421	34.3	42.3	404	105
040708001880	300	Cloves C Campbell Senior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2624 E South Mountain Ave	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Roosevelt Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 304-3170	413	30	13.7	85.7%	22 (5.3%)	62 (15.0%)	291 (70.5%)	5 (1.2%)	21 (5.1%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$16,369	$1,475	$1,526	$4,475	$11,791	$1,577	$13,368	34.2	40.2	435	135

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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.
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