Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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)
040598001977	361	Wallace Junior High School	Public	6-8	1320 W 18th St # 1090	Parker	85344	La Paz County	Parker Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 669-2141	303	22	13.7	72.6%	53 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	141 (46.5%)	4 (1.3%)	89 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.3%)	$10,990	$2,305	$449	$5,058	$6,642	$1,594	$8,237	25	31.9	529	168
040240001976	362	Centennial Middle School	Public	6-8	2650 W 20th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-3300	715	33	21.6	76.8%	57 (8.0%)	11 (1.5%)	626 (87.6%)	4 (0.6%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	$8,510	$768	$276	$1,812	$5,851	$1,615	$7,466	24.9	35.8	488	126
040880000864	363	Mansfeld Middle Magnet School	Public	6-8	1300 E 6th St	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-1800	817	53	15.4	60.0%	156 (19.1%)	49 (6.0%)	544 (66.6%)	16 (2.0%)	20 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.8%)		$00			$00			24.8	41.8	414	51
040015703046	364	Sequoia Pathfinder Academy at Verrado Way and I-10	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	20370 W. Roosevelt St	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Choice Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 712-0500	540			48.0%	239 (44.3%)	21 (3.9%)	247 (45.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.4%)	$10,269	$421	$195	$1,038	$6,111	$3,542	$9,653	24.5	27.8	585	221
040086303716	365	Paideia Liberal Arts Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	1535 E Baseline Rd	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	The Paideia Academies Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 343-3043	196			69.4%	19 (9.7%)	33 (16.8%)	136 (69.4%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)		$00			$00			24.2	47.1	363	2
040621002006	366	Canyon Breeze Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11675 W Encanto Blvd	Avondale	85392	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2610	642	35	18.3	60.7%	81 (12.6%)	58 (9.0%)	450 (70.1%)	24 (3.7%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.0%)	$5,354	$527	$1,090	$2,144	$4,561		$3,737	24.2	25.6	611	245
040029501544	367	Black Mountain Elementary School	Public	K-8	3404 N Santa Maria Rd	Golden Valley	86413	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 565-9111	470	27	17.4	76.8%	270 (57.4%)	10 (2.1%)	147 (31.3%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.0%)		$00			$00			24.1	17.5	734	367
040269000201	368	Surprise Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	12907 W Greenway Rd	El Mirage	85335	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 876-7400	771	49	15.8	72.0%	129 (16.7%)	56 (7.3%)	523 (67.8%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	12 (1.6%)	42 (5.4%)	$11,021	$818	$1,008	$2,645	$8,133	$1,061	$9,194	24	60.8	266	102
040089103618	369	Academy of Math and Science Glendale	Public, Charter	K-8	4610 W Glendale Ave	Glendale	85301	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-5587	1,249			78.9%	110 (8.8%)	231 (18.5%)	868 (69.5%)	20 (1.6%)	15 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,064	$1,564	$1,758	$4,885	$3,499	$2,243	$5,742	23.8	42.3	405	36
040342000271	370	Horizon School	Public	K-8	8520 N 47th Ave	Glendale	85302	Maricopa County	Glendale Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 237-4010	932	42	22.4	65.9%	214 (23.0%)	88 (9.4%)	518 (55.6%)	43 (4.6%)	17 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (5.5%)	$9,759	$1,511	$409	$3,431	$6,299	$1,540	$7,839	23.7	32.7	518	148

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