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)
040292003079	401	San Tan Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 W San Tan Heights Blvd	San Tan Valley	85142	Maricopa County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 888-7555	668	39	17.1	54.8%	270 (40.4%)	56 (8.4%)	278 (41.6%)	15 (2.2%)	20 (3.0%)	7 (1.0%)	22 (3.3%)	$6,392	$333	$296	$962	$5,127	$637	$5,764	21	20.9	681	280
040089103677	402	Academy of Math and Science South Mountain	Public, Charter	K-8	1445 W Baseline Rd	Phoenix	85041	Maricopa County	Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 675-9696	923			29.8%	40 (4.3%)	166 (18.0%)	693 (75.1%)	13 (1.4%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,963	$1,609	$1,471	$4,690	$3,513	$2,369	$5,882	21	46	369	33
040432003733	403	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	867	37	23.4	55.8%	203 (23.4%)	63 (7.3%)	559 (64.5%)	6 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	27 (3.1%)	$8,971	$569	$351	$1,490	$6,520	$1,531	$8,051	20.8	21.8	662	259
040237003612	404	Dr Daniel Bright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1500 S Monte Tesoro Dr	Cottonwood	86326	Yavapai County	Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 634-7039	625	42	14.8	72.0%	281 (45.0%)	3 (0.5%)	307 (49.1%)	4 (0.6%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)		$00			$00			20.8	28.4	578	174
040497000409	405	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	881	49	17.9	58.9%	307 (34.8%)	43 (4.9%)	462 (52.4%)	5 (0.6%)	25 (2.8%)	9 (1.0%)	30 (3.4%)	$7,415	$371	$57	$798	$6,292	$695	$6,987	20.6	37.4	465	60
040775000676	406	Deer Valley Middle School	Public	7-8	21100 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85027	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 445-3300	537	57	9.3	64.8%	183 (34.1%)	47 (8.8%)	256 (47.7%)	6 (1.1%)	19 (3.5%)	4 (0.7%)	22 (4.1%)	$5,650	$520	$19	$1,059	$4,683	$428	$5,111	20.5	22.6	647	241
040450000357	407	Madison Park School	Public	5-8	1431 E. Campbell	Phoenix	85014	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 664-7500	424	21	20.5	53.8%	86 (20.3%)	35 (8.3%)	231 (54.5%)	6 (1.4%)	32 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.8%)	$11,907	$1,069	$169	$2,307	$7,948	$2,721	$10,669	20.4	30.9	539	132
040029002177	408	Pan-American Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3001 W. Indian School	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Pan-American Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 266-3989	1,123			96.9%	15 (1.3%)	23 (2.0%)	1,064 (94.7%)	10 (0.9%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)		$00			$00			20.4	26.1	604	196
040342001538	409	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	896	35	25.6	73.9%	34 (3.8%)	54 (6.0%)	788 (87.9%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$12,022	$2,112	$447	$4,671	$7,595	$1,868	$9,463	20	26.9	593	184
040621000506	410	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	658	33	19.9	76.7%	33 (5.0%)	34 (5.2%)	567 (86.2%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	$6,122	$587	$1,131	$2,304	$5,267		$4,405	20	16.4	751	341

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