Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Arizona Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 314)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040187002995	1	Arizona College Prep Middle School	Public	6-8	1150 W Erie St	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-5400	744	35	21.4	3.9%	204 (27.4%)	23 (3.1%)	81 (10.9%)	387 (52.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.2%)	$6,690	$599	$60	$1,258	$5,805	$227	$6,031	99.7%	99.8%	0.13%
040497002770	2	Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	Public, Alternative	4-9	6919 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 308-7400	410	22	18.8	18.8%	276 (67.3%)	9 (2.2%)	86 (21.0%)	11 (2.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.9%)	$8,064	$09	$02	$20	$7,571	$481	$8,053	99.4%	99.4%	0.07%
040340002840	3	Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	Public	7-12	55 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4034	596	32	18.7		247 (41.4%)	13 (2.2%)	95 (15.9%)	188 (31.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (8.2%)	$7,314	$00			$6,852	$462	$7,314	99.0%	97.9%	1.11%
040269003656	4	Freedom Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	16066 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8650	416	23	18.4	38.7%	188 (45.2%)	29 (7.0%)	156 (37.5%)	8 (1.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.7%)	$11,775	$147	$881	$1,175	$8,586	$2,161	$10,747	98.7%	97.4%	1.35%
040497003005	5	Franklin Junior High School	Public	7-9	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-8990	269	18	14.7	24.5%	187 (69.5%)	3 (1.1%)	64 (23.8%)	4 (1.5%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$6,931	$20	$09	$49	$6,045	$857	$6,902	98.4%	97.6%	0.85%
040060001283	6	Alhambra Traditional School	Public	K-8	5725 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 484-8816	723	35	20.6	55.9%	65 (9.0%)	68 (9.4%)	530 (73.3%)	40 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.6%)	$8,435	$930	$26	$1,887	$6,631	$847	$7,479	98.1%	94.6%	3.53%
040775002127	7	Sierra Verde STEAM Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7241 W Rose Garden Ln	Glendale	85308	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 376-4800	898	50	17.9	16.8%	573 (63.8%)	32 (3.6%)	166 (18.5%)	83 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (4.5%)	$6,347	$413	$23	$849	$5,696	$214	$5,910	97.8%	94.7%	3.02%
040315000245	8	Colonel Smith Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	67601 Cushing	Fort Huachuca	85613	Cochise County	Fort Huachuca Accommodation District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 459-8892	247	19	12.8	22.7%	130 (52.6%)	25 (10.1%)	62 (25.1%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	23 (9.3%)	$14,902	$7,527	$688	$15,741	$5,058	$1,629	$6,687	97.5%	85.4%	12.09%
040429001391	9	Vista del Sur Accelerated	Public	PK, KG-8	3908 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-3046	875	42	20.9	31.9%	164 (18.7%)	155 (17.7%)	409 (46.7%)	74 (8.5%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (7.7%)	$7,917	$437	$158	$1,032	$6,178	$1,144	$7,322	97.1%	96.8%	0.32%
040019003247	10	Liberty Traditional Charter School - Saddleback	Public, Charter	K-8	3715 N Washington Ave	Douglas	85607	Cochise County	Liberty Traditional Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 364-6311	252			58.7%	7 (2.8%)	3 (1.2%)	239 (94.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			96.8%	91.9%	4.88%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.