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)
040171002872	481	Villago Middle School	Public	6-8	574 E. Lakeside Parkway	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 423-0176	754	37	20.6		184 (24.4%)	47 (6.2%)	451 (59.8%)	4 (0.5%)	33 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (4.4%)	$6,981	$561	$95	$1,216	$5,262	$1,063	$6,325	14.6	26.7	599	118
040880000837	482	Doolen Middle School	Public	6-8	2400 N Country Club Rd	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-6900	482	43	11.3		115 (23.9%)	72 (14.9%)	226 (46.9%)	19 (3.9%)	11 (2.3%)	14 (2.9%)	25 (5.2%)		$00			$00			14.4	27.2	588	106
040553000456	483	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	557	24	23.2		0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	556 (99.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,882	$359	$44	$762	$4,962	$517	$5,479	14.2	21.7	664	181
040906000935	484	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	801	49	16.5		75 (9.4%)	135 (16.9%)	513 (64.0%)	38 (4.7%)	19 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	$7,569	$743	$125	$1,611	$5,717	$984	$6,701	14.1	19.7	693	209
040497000412	485	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	658	39	16.8		86 (13.1%)	52 (7.9%)	428 (65.0%)	6 (0.9%)	54 (8.2%)	6 (0.9%)	26 (4.0%)	$8,139	$797	$35	$1,629	$6,848	$459	$7,307	14.1	21.3	668	183
040880000886	486	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	362	31	11.8		19 (5.2%)	37 (10.2%)	285 (78.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)		$00			$00			14.1	13.3	799	313
040472002914	487	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	903	45	20.2		221 (24.5%)	182 (20.2%)	385 (42.6%)	19 (2.1%)	27 (3.0%)	6 (0.7%)	63 (7.0%)	$8,733	$267	$954	$1,489	$6,582	$929	$7,512	14	22.4	651	164
040702002487	488	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	358	18	19.8		21 (5.9%)	55 (15.4%)	258 (72.1%)	4 (1.1%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$6,594	$304	$634	$1,241	$5,046	$611	$5,656	13.9	23.9	633	145
040387001041	489	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	342	24	14.2		200 (58.5%)	1 (0.3%)	116 (33.9%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.7%)	$10,242	$1,348	$627	$3,323	$6,968	$1,300	$8,268	13.8	26.8	596	107
040960000986	490	Gila Vista Junior High School	Public	6-8	2245 S Arizona Ave	Yuma	85365	Yuma County	Yuma Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-7100	509	24	21		80 (15.7%)	4 (0.8%)	413 (81.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$7,251	$1,020	$1,379	$3,419	$4,503	$349	$4,852	13.7	21.4	667	177

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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.