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)
040880000886	481	Safford K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	200 E 13th St	Tucson	85701	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-3000	425	31	13.7	77.6%	28 (6.6%)	24 (5.6%)	332 (78.1%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)		$00			$00			13.1	13.3	799	318
040342000272	482	William C Jack School	Public	PK, KG-8	6600 W Missouri Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4005	830	33	25.1	86.9%	44 (5.3%)	66 (8.0%)	672 (81.0%)	8 (1.0%)	7 (0.8%)	9 (1.1%)	24 (2.9%)	$11,477	$1,999	$460	$4,458	$7,123	$1,895	$9,018	13.1	14.5	779	297
040060001707	483	Carol G. Peck Elementary School	Public	K-8	5810 N 49th Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 842-3889	667	36	18.5	93.9%	47 (7.0%)	99 (14.8%)	492 (73.8%)	16 (2.4%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$8,904	$1,925	$91	$3,941	$6,144	$743	$6,887	12.9	14.1	783	300
040168000094	484	Frank Borman School	Public	PK, KG-8	3637 N 55th Ave	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-5000	1,040	40	26.2	56.0%	22 (2.1%)	57 (5.5%)	932 (89.6%)	6 (0.6%)	13 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.9%)	$12,058	$3,133	$411	$6,676	$7,069	$1,446	$8,514	12.9	18.7	708	224
040387001041	485	Glassford Hill Middle School	Public	7-8	6901 Panther Path	Prescott Valley	86314	Yavapai County	Humboldt Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 759-4600	398	21	19.3	48.7%	240 (60.3%)	3 (0.8%)	129 (32.4%)	6 (1.5%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	$10,242	$1,348	$627	$3,323	$6,968	$1,300	$8,268	12.8	26.8	596	111
040342000266	486	Harold W Smith School	Public	K-8	6534 N 63rd Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4003	772	27	29.1	97.9%	35 (4.5%)	69 (8.9%)	622 (80.6%)	18 (2.3%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	$9,442	$1,587	$521	$3,695	$5,714	$1,620	$7,334	12.8	15.8	762	276
040138002492	487	Buckeye Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	211 S 7th St	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 386-4487	1,038	42	25	72.9%	173 (16.7%)	81 (7.8%)	724 (69.7%)	8 (0.8%)	17 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	32 (3.1%)	$11,555	$690	$177	$1,557	$8,609	$2,079	$10,688	12.3	20.5	683	196
040253000194	488	Ray Borane Middle School	Public	6-8	840 E 12th St	Douglas	85607	Cochise County	Douglas Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 364-2461	387	21	18.8	92.5%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	385 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,187	$370	$111	$851	$5,573	$133	$5,706	12.2	19.5	698	210
040880000863	489	Magee Middle School	Public	6-8	8300 E Speedway Blvd	Tucson	85710	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 731-5000	350	25	14	62.9%	123 (35.1%)	27 (7.7%)	155 (44.3%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.3%)	7 (2.0%)	28 (8.0%)		$00			$00			12.1	21.4	666	177
040160001529	490	Camp Verde Middle School	Public	6-8	370 Camp Lincoln Rd	Camp Verde	86322	Yavapai County	Camp Verde Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 567-8014	365	16	22.6	60.5%	194 (53.2%)	2 (0.5%)	117 (32.1%)	3 (0.8%)	38 (10.4%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.5%)	$5,531	$439	$101	$978	$4,686	$306	$4,992	12.1	18.1	722	232

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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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