Amphitheater Middle School

Summary:

Amphitheater Middle School is a public middle school located in Tucson, Arizona, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 564. The school is part of the Amphitheater Unified District, which is ranked 150 out of 288 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Amphitheater Middle School consistently performs below the Amphitheater Unified District and the state average in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 19% of 6th graders, 20% of 7th graders, and 15% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district averages of 44%, 46%, and 39%, respectively. The school's performance in mathematics is even lower, with only 10% of 7th graders and 4% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the district averages of 31% and 33%. Amphitheater Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Arizona middle schools, with a ranking of 511 out of 533 in the 2023-2024 school year and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The nearby schools, such as Lawrence W Cross Middle School and La Cima Middle School, which are also part of the Amphitheater Unified District, significantly outperform Amphitheater Middle School in academic achievement. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Lawrence W Cross Middle School had 67% of 6th graders, 59% of 7th graders, and 48% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to Amphitheater Middle School's 19%, 20%, and 15%, respectively.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 315 E Prince Rd
       Tucson, AZ  85705-3639


(520) 696-6230

District: Amphitheater Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
511th of 533 Arizona Middle Schools


Students who attend Amphitheater Middle School usually attend:

High:    Amphitheater High School

Feeder schools for Amphitheater Middle School:

Elementary:    Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School
    Helen Keeling Elementary School
    L M Prince School
    Rio Vista Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.6 Help
Number of students:  564

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.0%
African American:
12.9%
White:
11.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Amphitheater Middle School ranks worse than 95.9% of middle schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Amphitheater Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.69. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64%), African American (12.9%), White (11.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 88.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Amphitheater Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Amphitheater Middle School is 14.6, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Amphitheater Unified District! (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Amphitheater Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Amphitheater Middle School 511th of 533 Arizona public middle schools. (See Amphitheater Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Amphitheater Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Amphitheater Unified District 150th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Amphitheater Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 28.75 505th 663 23.8%
2010 36.77 448th 692 35.3%
2011 32.10 485th 685 29.2%
2012 31.48 576th 772 25.4%
2013 32.17 593rd 787 24.7%
2014 25.65 533rd 690 22.8%
2015 14.79 472nd 521 9.4%
2016 17.81 580th 677 14.3%
2017 17.20 604th 695 13.1%
2018 20.33 567th 711 20.3%
2019 13.20 544th 605 10.1%
2021 17.30 743rd 832 10.7%
2022 8.28 589th 605 2.6%
2023 11.99 820th 854 4.0%
2024 9.69 511th 533 4.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.64 517th 650 20.5%
2023 11.10 374th 384 2.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 41.74 298th 606 50.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.60 159th 178 10.7%
2021 40.46 423rd 789 46.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 11.31 356th 369 3.5%
2023 12.67 698th 717 2.6%
2024 14.02 296th 314 5.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 42.19 117th 257 54.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.28 505th 624 19.1%
2019 10.92 430th 466 7.7%
2021 17.64 738th 820 10.0%
2022 7.11 481st 494 2.6%
2023 12.12 771st 806 4.3%
2024 6.91 366th 379 3.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.78 551st 617 10.7%
2019 9.28 411th 435 5.5%
2021 19.04 710th 818 13.2%
2022 3.61 476th 476 0.0%
2023 11.31 787th 810 2.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 30.66 306th 404 24.3%
2023 23.64 220th 247 10.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.97 92nd 125 26.4%
2021 28.92 438th 573 23.6%
2023 9.60 393rd 400 1.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.77 477th 543 12.2%
2019 16.57 342nd 387 11.6%
2021 20.90 723rd 802 9.9%
2023 12.22 741st 760 2.5%
2024 8.85 318th 322 1.2%
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Rank History for Native American students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.12 19th 62 69.4%
2021 33.95 254th 390 34.9%
2023 24.70 113th 159 28.9%
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Rank History for White students at Amphitheater Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.70 357th 436 18.1%
2019 6.75 323rd 337 4.2%
2021 24.27 637th 780 18.3%
2023 7.63 665th 675 1.5%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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by a student
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Open Quote I really like this school because everyone is nice (staff and students) and I got to make a lot of friends here. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Amphitheater Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 705 42 27 178 31 n/a n/a -46 937
1989 658 49 34 255 16 n/a n/a -92 920
1990 659 53 26 241 26 n/a n/a -35 970
1991 634 55 40 266 29 n/a n/a -99 925
1992 598 60 40 282 29 n/a n/a 0 1009
1993 465 49 26 286 27 n/a n/a 0 853
1994 434 48 28 295 19 n/a n/a 0 824
1995 388 49 34 323 31 n/a n/a 0 825
1996 388 49 34 323 31 n/a n/a 0 825
1997 410 52 27 343 31 n/a n/a 0 863
1998 423 46 25 371 36 n/a n/a 0 901
1999 391 58 23 373 36 n/a n/a 0 881
2000 368 60 25 384 44 n/a n/a 0 881
2001 320 63 27 391 51 n/a n/a 0 852
2002 48 11 5 76 5 n/a n/a 0 145
2003 48 11 5 76 5 n/a n/a 0 145
2004 261 65 14 486 40 n/a n/a 0 866
2005 233 69 19 517 40 n/a n/a 0 878
2006 202 64 18 495 35 n/a n/a 0 814
2007 180 73 17 464 35 n/a n/a 0 769
2008 156 65 14 472 35 n/a n/a 0 742
2009 164 68 13 473 33 n/a n/a 0 751
2010 140 62 17 443 31 n/a n/a 0 693
2011 139 63 14 429 33 2 7 0 687
2012 103 58 15 421 23 1 10 0 631
2013 109 67 15 409 21 3 11 0 635
2014 105 76 20 389 22 3 9 0 624
2015 110 82 23 397 18 3 11 0 644
2016 112 81 23 382 32 4 13 0 647
2017 107 94 22 440 33 4 13 0 713
2018 123 96 22 468 34 6 19 0 768
2019 129 95 17 483 33 2 21 0 780
2020 126 98 12 460 38 2 28 0 764
2021 83 85 12 352 27 1 17 0 577
2022 77 77 12 407 27 3 24 0 627
2023 66 73 16 361 22 5 21 0 564

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amphitheater Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 937 46.3 20.2 n/a
1989 920 46.2 19.9 n/a
1990 970 45.7 21.2 n/a
1991 925 51.5 17.9 n/a
1992 1009 50.7 19.9 n/a
1993 853 45.2 18.9 n/a
1994 824 47.6 17.3 n/a
1995 825 47.2 17.5 n/a
1996 825 47.2 17.5 n/a
1997 863 53.4 16.2 n/a
1998 901 46.0 19.6 n/a
1999 881 49.3 17.9 n/a
2000 881 48.5 18.2 n/a
2001 852 51.7 16.5 n/a
2002 145 54.4 2.7 n/a
2003 145 54.4 2.7 n/a
2004 866 53.5 16.2 99.7
2005 878 56.0 15.7 99.7
2006 814 56.8 14.3 99.6
2007 769 51.7 14.9 81.4
2008 742 50.5 14.7 84.1
2009 751 47.9 15.7 84
2010 693 46.7 14.8 4.6
2011 687 45.8 15.0 1.6
2012 631 46.6 13.5 68.3
2013 635 43.5 14.5 16.4
2014 624 44.1 14.1 91
2015 644 40.0 16.1 78.9
2016 647 39.0 16.5 87.3
2017 713 42.6 16.7 0.4
2018 768 44.6 17.1 89.8
2019 780 42.3 18.4 88.8
2020 764 47.2 16.1 67.8
2021 577 47.2 12.2 n/a
2022 627 44.4 14.1 67.9
2023 564 38.5 14.6 88.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Amphitheater Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 937 46.3 20.2 n/a
1989 920 46.2 19.9 n/a
1990 970 45.7 21.2 n/a
1991 925 51.5 17.9 n/a
1992 1009 50.7 19.9 n/a
1993 853 45.2 18.9 n/a
1994 824 47.6 17.3 n/a
1995 825 47.2 17.5 n/a
1996 825 47.2 17.5 n/a
1997 863 53.4 16.2 n/a
1998 901 46.0 19.6 n/a
1999 881 49.3 17.9 n/a
2000 881 48.5 18.2 n/a
2001 852 51.7 16.5 n/a
2002 145 54.4 2.7 n/a
2003 145 54.4 2.7 n/a
2004 866 53.5 16.2 99.7
2005 878 56.0 15.7 99.7
2006 814 56.8 14.3 99.6
2007 769 51.7 14.9 81.4
2008 742 50.5 14.7 84.1
2009 751 47.9 15.7 84
2010 693 46.7 14.8 4.6
2011 687 45.8 15.0 1.6
2012 631 46.6 13.5 68.3
2013 635 43.5 14.5 16.4
2014 624 44.1 14.1 91
2015 644 40.0 16.1 78.9
2016 647 39.0 16.5 87.3
2017 713 42.6 16.7 0.4
2018 768 44.6 17.1 89.8
2019 780 42.3 18.4 88.8
2020 764 47.2 16.1 67.8
2021 577 47.2 12.2 n/a
2022 627 44.4 14.1 67.9
2023 564 38.5 14.6 88.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Amphitheater Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $615 (7.1%) $252 (2.9%) $1,483 (17.1%) $6,292 (72.7%) $1,498 (17.3%) $7,790 (90.0%) $8,657
2021 $1,758 (17.3%) $955 (9.4%) $4,472 (43.9%) $6,246 (61.4%) $1,216 (11.9%) $7,462 (73.3%) $10,176

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Amphitheater Middle School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 544th of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 820th of 854 Middle schools
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Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students780564
 27.7%
African American9573
 23.2%
American Indian3322
 33.3%
Asian1716
 5.9%
Hispanic483361
 25.3%
Pacific Islander25
 150%
White12966
 48.8%
Two or More Races2121
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients88.8%88.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions about Amphitheater Middle School

Students who attend Amphitheater Middle School usually go on to attend Amphitheater High School

Students at Amphitheater Middle School are 64% Hispanic, 13% African American, 12% White, 4% American Indian, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 564 students attended Amphitheater Middle School.

Amphitheater Middle School ranks in the bottom 4.1% of Arizona middle schools.


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