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)
040593000492	331	Shea Middle School	Public	5-8	2728 E Shea Blvd	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-3500	511	36	14.1	36.8%	243 (47.6%)	33 (6.5%)	194 (38.0%)	3 (0.6%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.7%)	$9,578	$632	$185	$1,449	$8,078	$683	$8,761	31.1	36.3	478	147
040029502661	332	White Cliffs Middle School	Public	6-8	3550 Prospector St	Kingman	86401	Mohave County	Kingman Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 753-6216	585	28	21.2	37.8%	386 (66.0%)	7 (1.2%)	142 (24.3%)	11 (1.9%)	12 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.4%)		$00			$00			31.1	37.5	464	132
040429003697	333	Estrella Foothills Global Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	5400 W Carver Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 304-2050	682	41	16.4	49.9%	107 (15.7%)	99 (14.5%)	390 (57.2%)	19 (2.8%)	19 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.9%)	$14,942	$1,376	$772	$3,523	$10,780	$2,015	$12,795	30.9	37.9	462	129
040019101909	334	Champion Schools	Public, Charter	K-8	7900 S Jesse Owens Pkwy	Phoenix	85042	Maricopa County	Fit Kids Inc. dba Champion Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 664-3379	485			92.8%	10 (2.1%)	76 (15.7%)	387 (79.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)		$00			$00			30.8	38.7	454	120
040292002862	335	Circle Cross K8 STEM Academy	Public	K-8	35900 N Charbray Dr	San Tan Valley	85143	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 987-7600	742	43	17.4	49.9%	336 (45.3%)	49 (6.6%)	297 (40.0%)	11 (1.5%)	18 (2.4%)	8 (1.1%)	23 (3.1%)	$6,667	$399	$273	$1,072	$5,463	$531	$5,994	30.7	50	342	7
040906000922	336	Desert Foothills Middle School	Public	7-8	3333 W Banff Ln	Phoenix	85053	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-5500	632	38	16.8	57.8%	238 (37.7%)	56 (8.9%)	287 (45.4%)	14 (2.2%)	15 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.3%)	$7,585	$582	$243	$1,406	$5,460	$1,302	$6,761	30.6	40.5	427	91
040906000921	337	Cholla Middle School	Public	5-8	3120 W Cholla St	Phoenix	85029	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-5400	686	41	16.9	86.9%	183 (26.7%)	53 (7.7%)	373 (54.4%)	20 (2.9%)	19 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	35 (5.1%)	$7,511	$638	$159	$1,434	$5,468	$1,246	$6,714	30.5	36.3	477	140
040546000449	338	Nadaburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	21419 W Dove Valley Rd	Wittmann	85361	Maricopa County	Nadaburg Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 388-2321	414			56.8%	203 (49.0%)	6 (1.4%)	197 (47.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$8,510	$1,429	$1,172	$4,031	$5,591	$318	$5,908	30.3	29.4	562	224
040438003036	339	L. Thomas Heck Middle School	Public	5-8	12448 West Bethany Home Road	Litchfield Park	85340	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 547-1700	630	33	19.3	47.9%	161 (25.6%)	74 (11.7%)	328 (52.1%)	21 (3.3%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	36 (5.7%)	$6,717	$393		$785	$5,422	$903	$6,325	30.3	45.6	372	33
040906000934	340	Orangewood School	Public	PK, KG-8	7337 N 19th Ave	Phoenix	85021	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-2900	850	45	18.8	81.9%	111 (13.1%)	159 (18.7%)	460 (54.1%)	10 (1.2%)	71 (8.4%)	4 (0.5%)	35 (4.1%)	$7,032	$681	$141	$1,503	$5,379	$831	$6,210	29.9	41.4	417	77

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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.