Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Summary:

Fees College Preparatory Middle School is a public middle school located in Tempe, Arizona, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 789. The school is part of the Tempe School District, which is ranked 197 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fees College Preparatory Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the Tempe School District and the state of Arizona in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 18-24% of Fees students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 29-36% for the Tempe School District and 35-43% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, ranging from 6-17% for Fees, 16-20% for the Tempe School District, and 28-30% for the state. Additionally, Fees College Preparatory Middle School has experienced a concerning increase in dropout rates, rising from 0.6% in 2018-2019 to 11.6% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Fees College Preparatory Middle School to nearby schools within the Tempe School District and surrounding districts, it becomes evident that Fees is consistently one of the lowest-performing schools in the region. For instance, McKemy Academy of International Studies, located just 5.1 miles away, consistently ranks among the top 1% of Arizona middle schools and outperforms Fees by a significant margin in academic achievement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1600 E Watson Dr
       Tempe, AZ  85283-3147


(480) 897-6063

District: Tempe School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
497th of 533 Arizona Middle Schools


Feeder schools for Fees College Preparatory Middle School:

Elementary:    Aguilar School
    Frank Elementary School
    Fuller Elementary School
    Rover Elementary School
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Student/teacher ratio:  14.8 Help
Number of students:  789

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
59.7%
American Indian:
14.7%
African American:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.9% Help


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Compare Details Fees College Preparatory Middle School ranks worse than 93.2% of middle schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Tempe School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.11. (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 (59.7%), American Indian (14.7%), African American (10.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 63.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fees College Preparatory Middle School is 14.8. 2 middle schools in the Tempe School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fees College Preparatory Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fees College Preparatory Middle School 497th of 533 Arizona public middle schools. (See Fees College Preparatory Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Tempe School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tempe School District 197th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fees College Preparatory Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 48.56 336th 663 49.3%
2010 51.90 314th 692 54.6%
2011 45.59 375th 685 45.3%
2012 42.70 466th 772 39.6%
2013 40.77 489th 787 37.9%
2014 35.67 446th 690 35.4%
2015 25.60 383rd 521 26.5%
2016 20.40 549th 677 18.9%
2017 22.34 543rd 695 21.9%
2018 24.62 528th 711 25.7%
2019 21.06 474th 605 21.7%
2021 23.14 645th 832 22.5%
2022 12.10 557th 605 7.9%
2023 14.63 778th 854 8.9%
2024 11.11 497th 533 6.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 35.76 422nd 650 35.1%
2023 21.62 335th 384 12.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.44 191st 606 68.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.66 136th 178 23.6%
2021 32.01 583rd 789 26.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.00 384th 503 23.7%
2022 14.24 341st 369 7.6%
2023 15.31 669th 717 6.7%
2024 15.45 287th 314 8.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 32.53 205th 257 20.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.33 471st 624 24.5%
2019 13.52 411th 466 11.8%
2021 24.65 630th 820 23.2%
2022 10.61 470th 494 4.9%
2023 14.34 751st 806 6.8%
2024 7.02 365th 379 3.7%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 37.07 90th 166 45.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.26 431st 617 30.1%
2019 17.00 358th 435 17.7%
2021 23.57 641st 818 21.6%
2022 8.74 455th 476 4.4%
2023 13.55 757th 810 6.5%
2024 9.25 339th 356 4.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 37.78 274th 404 32.2%
2022 36.42 136th 192 29.2%
2023 16.09 232nd 247 6.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.05 94th 125 24.8%
2021 27.75 457th 573 20.2%
2023 9.44 396th 400 1.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.82 371st 543 31.7%
2019 24.85 295th 387 23.8%
2021 26.36 635th 802 20.8%
2022 14.53 364th 392 7.1%
2023 16.03 704th 760 7.4%
2024 15.39 284th 322 11.8%
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Rank History for Native American students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.51 36th 62 41.9%
2021 38.56 213th 390 45.4%
2023 13.54 138th 159 13.2%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.28 14th 19 26.3%
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Rank History for White students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.04 306th 436 29.8%
2019 21.72 272nd 337 19.3%
2021 39.98 459th 780 41.2%
2023 18.89 591st 675 12.4%
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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.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Open Quote As a student, taking geometry, the school is only succefull when it comes to geometry, we have to take 2 az merit tests, the 10th grade one and a 8th. There make us take 2 because not only is the school's rank 500 out of 700, the overall grade is failing execpt for the geometry kids. Hmmm.. I wonder why.... because we take 2 TESTS!! This school is very poor because of there unwillingness to show what the true grade is which is a low D. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Fees College Preparatory Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 519 25 12 186 25 n/a n/a -20 747
1989 539 29 17 172 26 n/a n/a 24 807
1990 542 24 18 221 42 n/a n/a -7 840
1991 546 31 15 131 146 n/a n/a -64 805
1992 483 30 10 150 138 n/a n/a 1 812
1993 469 37 23 205 125 n/a n/a 0 859
1994 485 25 18 205 123 n/a n/a 0 856
1995 564 36 20 248 196 n/a n/a 0 1064
1996 564 36 20 248 196 n/a n/a 0 1064
1997 533 36 28 247 220 n/a n/a 0 1064
1998 515 53 19 235 197 n/a n/a 0 1019
1999 500 66 18 247 229 n/a n/a 0 1060
2000 468 67 26 273 212 n/a n/a 0 1046
2001 455 67 27 265 231 n/a n/a 0 1045
2002 397 84 29 315 223 n/a n/a 0 1048
2003 397 84 29 315 223 n/a n/a 0 1048
2004 365 102 31 366 204 n/a n/a 0 1068
2005 314 98 26 366 190 n/a n/a 0 994
2006 299 97 18 363 172 n/a n/a 0 949
2007 281 90 26 357 172 n/a n/a 0 926
2008 252 87 26 410 189 n/a n/a 0 964
2009 224 81 21 397 157 n/a n/a 0 880
2010 190 84 19 366 173 n/a n/a 0 832
2011 150 79 17 349 146 1 18 0 760
2012 192 87 20 478 151 2 16 0 946
2013 194 77 19 525 128 2 18 0 963
2014 189 79 19 524 123 1 15 0 950
2015 191 78 14 516 109 1 16 0 925
2016 160 82 23 493 117 2 13 0 890
2017 149 85 25 470 106 0 15 0 850
2018 122 85 26 469 98 2 36 0 838
2019 111 81 21 466 98 3 42 0 822
2020 126 82 14 531 121 2 53 0 929
2021 105 91 12 526 139 5 42 0 920
2022 88 66 12 503 138 2 33 0 842
2023 73 86 12 471 116 6 25 0 789

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 Fees College Preparatory Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 747 43.0 17.3 n/a
1989 807 50.2 16.0 n/a
1990 840 48.3 17.3 n/a
1991 805 49.5 16.2 n/a
1992 812 50.7 16.0 n/a
1993 859 58.0 14.8 n/a
1994 856 58.0 14.8 n/a
1995 1064 67.6 15.7 n/a
1996 1064 67.6 15.7 n/a
1997 1064 69.2 15.4 n/a
1998 1019 58.3 17.5 n/a
1999 1060 58.0 18.3 n/a
2000 1046 59.6 17.6 n/a
2001 1045 60.2 17.4 n/a
2002 1048 63.3 16.6 n/a
2003 1048 63.3 16.6 n/a
2004 1068 61.6 17.3 53.6
2005 994 66.3 15.0 68.1
2006 949 62.7 15.1 90.6
2007 926 62.0 14.9 58.2
2008 964 63.5 15.2 59.1
2009 880 67.5 13.0 61.6
2010 832 67.5 12.3 9.4
2011 760 56.0 13.5 67
2012 946 54.3 17.4 68.1
2013 963 61.1 15.7 67.6
2014 950 58.1 16.3 65.8
2015 925 60.0 15.4 65.8
2016 890 59.0 15.0 69.8
2017 850 58.3 14.5 78.4
2018 838 55.6 15.0 68.9
2019 822 57.0 14.4 64.8
2020 929 58.0 16.0 65.9
2021 920 59.4 15.4 n/a
2022 842 63.1 13.3 30.2
2023 789 53.0 14.8 63.9

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 Fees College Preparatory Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 747 43.0 17.3 n/a
1989 807 50.2 16.0 n/a
1990 840 48.3 17.3 n/a
1991 805 49.5 16.2 n/a
1992 812 50.7 16.0 n/a
1993 859 58.0 14.8 n/a
1994 856 58.0 14.8 n/a
1995 1064 67.6 15.7 n/a
1996 1064 67.6 15.7 n/a
1997 1064 69.2 15.4 n/a
1998 1019 58.3 17.5 n/a
1999 1060 58.0 18.3 n/a
2000 1046 59.6 17.6 n/a
2001 1045 60.2 17.4 n/a
2002 1048 63.3 16.6 n/a
2003 1048 63.3 16.6 n/a
2004 1068 61.6 17.3 53.6
2005 994 66.3 15.0 68.1
2006 949 62.7 15.1 90.6
2007 926 62.0 14.9 58.2
2008 964 63.5 15.2 59.1
2009 880 67.5 13.0 61.6
2010 832 67.5 12.3 9.4
2011 760 56.0 13.5 67
2012 946 54.3 17.4 68.1
2013 963 61.1 15.7 67.6
2014 950 58.1 16.3 65.8
2015 925 60.0 15.4 65.8
2016 890 59.0 15.0 69.8
2017 850 58.3 14.5 78.4
2018 838 55.6 15.0 68.9
2019 822 57.0 14.4 64.8
2020 929 58.0 16.0 65.9
2021 920 59.4 15.4 n/a
2022 842 63.1 13.3 30.2
2023 789 53.0 14.8 63.9

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 Fees College Preparatory 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 $820 (8.3%) $104 (1.1%) $1,743 (17.7%) $7,433 (75.6%) $1,472 (15.0%) $8,905 (90.6%) $9,828
2020 $839 (9.1%) $80 (0.9%) $1,758 (19.2%) $6,993 (76.2%) $1,264 (13.8%) $8,257 (90.0%) $9,176
2021 $896 (9.0%) $480 (4.8%) $2,273 (22.9%) $7,265 (73.1%) $1,301 (13.1%) $8,566 (86.2%) $9,942

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Fees College Preparatory 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 474th of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 778th of 854 Middle schools
 12.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students822789
 4%
African American8186
 6.2%
American Indian98116
 18.4%
Asian2112
 42.9%
Hispanic466471
 1.1%
Pacific Islander36
 100%
White11173
 34.2%
Two or More Races4225
 40.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.8%63.9%
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Students at Fees College Preparatory Middle School are 60% Hispanic, 15% American Indian, 11% African American, 9% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 789 students attended Fees College Preparatory Middle School.

Fees College Preparatory Middle School ranks in the bottom 6.8% of Arizona middle schools.


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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.

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