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)
040625000510	271	Desert Palms Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	11441 N 55th Ave	Glendale	85304	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-4600	477	27	17.4	58.9%	156 (32.7%)	39 (8.2%)	222 (46.5%)	18 (3.8%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)	$9,393	$408	$747	$1,563	$7,351	$887	$8,238	40.7	33.9	506	235
040138003730	272	John S McCain III Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3170 S 247th Ave	Buckeye	85326	Maricopa County	Buckeye Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 925-3400	673	31	22	57.8%	180 (26.7%)	37 (5.5%)	400 (59.4%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.3%)	$10,733	$354	$80	$788	$7,314	$2,984	$10,299	40.5	52	320	48
040625002111	273	Zuni Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	10851 W Williams Rd	Sun City	85373	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 412-5275	880	47	18.8	18.9%	623 (70.8%)	22 (2.5%)	176 (20.0%)	9 (1.0%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.4%)	$6,994	$54	$169	$276	$5,896	$875	$6,771	40.4	60.1	269	4
040880001455	274	Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School	Public	6-8	5831 E Pima St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 731-4100	396	31	12.9	51.8%	97 (24.5%)	22 (5.6%)	238 (60.1%)	5 (1.3%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)		$00			$00			40.3	62.2	258	16
040497001376	275	Shepherd Junior High School	Public	4-8	1407 N Alta Mesa Dr	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-1800	603	34	17.9	34.8%	352 (58.4%)	12 (2.0%)	188 (31.2%)	9 (1.5%)	8 (1.3%)	6 (1.0%)	28 (4.6%)	$8,537	$420	$61	$900	$7,489	$568	$8,057	40.2	53.4	313	38
040269000200	276	Luke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7300 N Dysart Rd	Glendale	85307	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 876-7300	623	33	19.1	54.9%	174 (27.9%)	48 (7.7%)	306 (49.1%)	42 (6.7%)	17 (2.7%)	4 (0.6%)	32 (5.1%)	$10,893	$632	$914	$2,178	$7,846	$1,501	$9,347	40	67.4	218	58
040225000156	277	Continental Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1991 E Whitehouse Canyon Rd	Green Valley	85614	Pima County	Continental Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 625-4581	639	37	17.2	30.8%	289 (45.2%)	9 (1.4%)	302 (47.3%)	7 (1.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.4%)	$11,264	$686	$1,212	$2,584	$5,695	$3,671	$9,366	39.9	51.4	327	50
040094403767	278	Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	Public, Charter	K-8	6180 E Pima St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Leman Academy of Excellence Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 462-1202	784				293 (37.4%)	19 (2.4%)	408 (52.0%)	18 (2.3%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.0%)		$00			$00			39.9	44.4	385	107
040497003229	279	Summit Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1560 W Summit Pl	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-3475	1,227	66	18.7	41.9%	542 (44.2%)	77 (6.3%)	443 (36.1%)	36 (2.9%)	32 (2.6%)	8 (0.7%)	89 (7.3%)	$7,415	$275	$78	$627	$6,560	$503	$7,063	39.8	65.4	240	39
040011203365	280	American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4380 N. Hunt Hwy	Florence	85312	Maricopa County	American Leadership Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 344-9800	959			36.8%	499 (52.0%)	49 (5.1%)	329 (34.3%)	9 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	65 (6.8%)	$8,963	$707	$1,828	$3,242	$4,753	$1,675	$6,428	39.7	36.1	482	202

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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.