Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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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)
040432003733	421	Blue Horizons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20070 W. Blue Horizons Pkwy. N	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Liberty Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 474-6600	940	48	19.5		194 (20.6%)	81 (8.6%)	610 (64.9%)	4 (0.4%)	7 (0.7%)	8 (0.9%)	36 (3.8%)	$8,971	$569	$351	$1,490	$6,520	$1,531	$8,051	20.3	21.8	662	241
040342001538	422	Bicentennial South School	Public	PK, KG-8	7240 W Colter St	Glendale	85303	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4012	780	34	22.9		28 (3.6%)	37 (4.7%)	692 (88.7%)	7 (0.9%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$12,022	$2,112	$447	$4,671	$7,595	$1,868	$9,463	20.3	26.9	593	171
040094003499	423	Academy of Math and Science Camelback	Public, Charter	K-8	6633 W Camelback Rd	Phoenix	85033	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-5587	1,072				39 (3.6%)	108 (10.1%)	912 (85.1%)	10 (0.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			20.2	36.9	471	48
040138003123	424	Bales Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	25400 W Maricopa Rd	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 847-8503	657	23	28.5		118 (18.0%)	50 (7.6%)	463 (70.5%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.7%)	$9,848	$606	$92	$1,303	$7,002	$2,148	$9,151	20.1	25.9	606	182
040621000506	425	Pendergast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3802 N 91st Ave	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2400	664	34	19.6		28 (4.2%)	41 (6.2%)	572 (86.1%)	6 (0.9%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$6,122	$587	$1,131	$2,304	$5,267		$4,405	20	16.4	751	326
040497000409	426	Poston Junior High School	Public	7-9	2433 E Adobe St	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2100	779	44	17.7		258 (33.1%)	41 (5.3%)	416 (53.4%)	5 (0.6%)	24 (3.1%)	9 (1.2%)	26 (3.3%)	$7,415	$371	$57	$798	$6,292	$695	$6,987	19.9	37.4	465	39
040088703611	427	Vista College Prep Sueno Park	Public, Charter	5-8	1720 N 45th Ave.	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Vista College Preparatory Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-6273	508				6 (1.2%)	46 (9.1%)	453 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,083	$463	$1,412	$2,337	$4,809	$1,399	$6,208	19.7	26	605	178
040625001425	428	Sun Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8361 N 95th Ave	Peoria	85345	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4825	754	41	18.1		204 (27.1%)	73 (9.7%)	418 (55.4%)	7 (0.9%)	16 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	33 (4.4%)	$7,336	$203	$622	$1,028	$5,761	$750	$6,511	19.4	34.9	498	70
040023902533	429	Arts Academy at Estrella Mountain	Public, Charter	K-8	2504 S 91st Ave	Tolleson	85353	Maricopa County	P.L.C. Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 474-2120	879				33 (3.8%)	96 (10.9%)	724 (82.4%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.7%)		$00			$00			19.3	33.7	507	78
040269000197	430	Dysart Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	12950 W Varney Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 876-7100	621	38	16.2		79 (12.7%)	56 (9.0%)	450 (72.5%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.0%)	$9,743	$797	$980	$2,574	$6,859	$1,106	$7,966	19.2	18.3	716	286

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.