Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the AASA test scores by the Arizona Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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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)
040396000650	501	Pueblo Del Sol Middle School	Public	K-8	3449 N 39th Ave	Phoenix	85019	Maricopa County	Isaac Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 455-6900	745	44	17.1	100.9%	6 (0.8%)	39 (5.2%)	689 (92.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)		$00			$00			10.9	21	677	176
040582000468	502	Page Middle School	Public	6-8	101 El Mirage	Page	86040	Coconino County	Page Unified School District #8	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 608-4306	549			55.7%	64 (11.7%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	438 (79.8%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	$6,064	$1,308	$43	$2,659	$4,498	$216	$4,714	10.5	18.2	717	215
040817002549	503	Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	Public	5-8	5385 E Littletown Rd	Tucson	85756	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4900	428	24	18.1	74.8%	31 (7.2%)	32 (7.5%)	343 (80.1%)	6 (1.4%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$7,924	$712	$56	$1,480	$6,594	$562	$7,156	10.3	17.4	738	235
040015701728	504	Sequoia Choice School Arizona Distance Learning School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1460 E Horne	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Choice Schools	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(480) 461-3222	3,083				2,068 (67.1%)	125 (4.1%)	612 (19.9%)	26 (0.8%)	110 (3.6%)	13 (0.4%)	129 (4.2%)	$7,425	$593	$252	$1,437	$1,785	$4,795	$6,580	10.2	21.9	660	156
040497000380	505	Carson Junior High School	Public	7-9	525 N Westwood	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2900	1,062	56	19.1	70.0%	187 (17.6%)	83 (7.8%)	605 (57.0%)	4 (0.4%)	126 (11.9%)	18 (1.7%)	39 (3.7%)	$6,542	$470	$142	$1,083	$5,177	$752	$5,929	10	18.3	715	210
040943000968	506	Tsehootsooi Middle School	Public	7-8	Navajo Rt. 12	Fort Defiance	86504	Apache County	Window Rock Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 729-6811	259	18	14.8	44.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	258 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			10	22.1	658	152
040075402819	507	Imagine Desert West Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	6738 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Imagine Desert West Middle Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 469-2024	444			92.8%	10 (2.3%)	40 (9.0%)	390 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)		$00			$00			9.9	17.9	725	218
040817001149	508	Sierra 2-8 School	Public	2-8	5801 S Del Moral Blvd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4800	794	40	19.7	86.9%	23 (2.9%)	37 (4.7%)	708 (89.2%)	3 (0.4%)	13 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.1%)	$7,125	$626	$37	$1,290	$5,960	$502	$6,462	9.9	12.6	809	301
040621000505	509	Desert Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8525 W Osborn Rd	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2430	732	38	19.2	76.9%	38 (5.2%)	46 (6.3%)	621 (84.8%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.3%)	$6,537	$430	$1,090	$1,950	$5,681		$5,018	9.8	17.7	730	221
040817000706	510	Apollo Middle School	Public	6-8	265 West Nebraska Street	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4500	537	34	15.7	87.7%	13 (2.4%)	7 (1.3%)	498 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$8,739	$942	$65	$1,950	$7,035	$697	$7,732	9.7	13.7	794	284

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on AASA English Language Arts, AASA Mathematics 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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