Magee Middle School

Summary:

Magee Middle School is a public middle school in Tucson, Arizona, serving around 350 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Tucson Unified District, which is ranked 207 out of 288 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Magee Middle School has consistently received a 1 or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing below average compared to other middle schools in Arizona. The school's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 20% of 6th graders, 17% of 7th graders, and 23% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 43%, 41%, and 35%, respectively. In mathematics, only 12% of 8th graders were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 28%. Magee Middle School has also experienced relatively high dropout rates in recent years, ranging from 3.1% to 8.1% between the 2017-2018 and 2021-2022 school years, which are higher than the state average.

When compared to other middle schools in the Tucson area, Magee Middle School generally performs worse academically. For example, Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School and Esperero Canyon Middle School, which are both within a 5-mile radius, have significantly higher test scores and overall SchoolDigger ratings. Magee Middle School's spending per student has also decreased in recent years, which may be contributing to the school's academic challenges.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 8300 E Speedway Blvd
       Tucson, AZ  85710-1713


(520) 731-5000

District: Tucson Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
501st of 550 Arizona Middle Schools


Students who attend Magee Middle School usually attend:

High:    Sabino High School
    University High School
Alternative:    Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

Feeder schools for Magee Middle School:

Elementary:    Bloom Elementary
    Collier Elementary School
    Fruchthendler Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.2 Help
Number of students:  303

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
41.9%
White:
33.0%
African American:
12.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  62.9% Help


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Compare Details Magee Middle School ranks worse than 91.1% of middle schools in Arizona. It also ranks 9th among 11 ranked middle schools in the Tucson Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.82. (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 Student population at Magee Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (41.9%), White (33%), African American (12.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Magee Middle School is 10.2, which is the 3rd best among 11 middle schools in the Tucson Unified District. (See more...)
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Schooldigger Rankings:

Magee Middle School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Magee Middle School 501st of 550 Arizona public middle schools. (See Magee Middle School in the ranking list.)

Tucson Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tucson Unified District 218th of 297 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Magee Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 68.18 199th 663 70.0%
2010 62.20 237th 692 65.8%
2011 54.91 293rd 685 57.2%
2012 52.08 364th 772 52.8%
2013 45.98 435th 787 44.7%
2014 42.35 382nd 690 44.6%
2015 28.33 352nd 521 32.4%
2016 38.85 372nd 677 45.1%
2017 27.67 483rd 695 30.5%
2018 26.62 504th 711 29.1%
2019 19.42 494th 605 18.3%
2021 30.23 540th 832 35.1%
2022 19.20 482nd 605 20.3%
2023 21.37 666th 854 22.0%
2024 12.82 501st 550 8.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.89 41st 43 4.7%
2021 34.72 431st 650 33.7%
2023 12.32 369th 384 3.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Magee 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 Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.01 560th 789 29.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 16.18 660th 717 7.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.10 9th 13 30.8%
2021 36.57 134th 257 47.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.24 427th 624 31.6%
2019 15.44 398th 466 14.6%
2021 26.32 598th 820 27.1%
2022 20.83 399th 494 19.2%
2023 23.64 611th 806 24.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.80 480th 617 22.2%
2019 15.84 367th 435 15.6%
2021 38.37 439th 818 46.3%
2022 11.47 438th 476 8.0%
2023 17.80 699th 810 13.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 9.84 380th 404 5.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.68 381st 573 33.5%
2023 20.21 338th 400 15.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.94 442nd 543 18.6%
2019 21.85 315th 387 18.6%
2021 29.68 573rd 802 28.6%
2023 20.56 639th 760 15.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 57.32 67th 390 82.8%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.60 89th 108 17.6%
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Rank History for White students at Magee Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.67 375th 436 14.0%
2019 8.16 319th 337 5.3%
2021 35.85 524th 780 32.8%
2023 16.77 611th 675 9.5%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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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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Reviews:
by a parent on FaceBook
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Open Quote Magee Middle School is run more like a Juvenile detention center rather than a school. If you want to prepare your child for such a future, then by all means register them at Magee. They implement their school policies like criminal statutes rather than to promote learning. They finally did away with the punitive "Pride" program after so many complaints but the mentality still persists. Recently they had a session to punish the whole 7th grade. God only knows for what. If you voice your concerns expect your child to be targeted and staff to become adversarial. Thank goodness for the community Sabino High School recently opened up a Jr. High program in the area. Its a "blue ribbon" "A" rated school. Close Quote


by a parent
Monday, May 16, 2011

Open Quote Excellent, committed teachers... Great office staff, Good curriculum! Great school spirit. A safe and caring place for our kids. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Magee Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 423 10 10 41 5 n/a n/a -18 471
1989 432 7 7 46 2 n/a n/a -46 448
1990 400 5 7 47 4 n/a n/a 17 480
1991 436 8 9 49 5 n/a n/a -31 476
1992 447 13 4 52 3 n/a n/a 0 519
1993 476 14 15 61 2 n/a n/a 0 568
1994 474 14 15 61 4 n/a n/a 0 568
1995 754 34 19 112 9 n/a n/a 0 928
1996 754 34 19 112 9 n/a n/a 0 928
1997 745 42 21 130 8 n/a n/a 0 946
1998 744 42 27 125 7 n/a n/a 0 945
1999 774 33 31 136 6 n/a n/a 0 980
2000 854 39 35 151 11 n/a n/a 0 1090
2001 811 37 40 166 6 n/a n/a 0 1060
2002 757 62 45 198 12 n/a n/a 0 1074
2003 757 62 45 198 12 n/a n/a 0 1074
2004 696 67 42 203 11 n/a n/a 0 1019
2005 712 61 32 178 15 n/a n/a 0 998
2006 593 58 21 180 9 n/a n/a 0 861
2007 576 49 23 152 15 n/a n/a 0 815
2008 499 56 23 172 17 n/a n/a 0 767
2009 482 46 24 194 16 n/a n/a 0 762
2010 451 55 20 198 16 n/a n/a 0 740
2011 367 42 10 227 11 3 32 0 692
2012 350 50 16 234 8 5 38 0 701
2013 319 45 15 220 5 6 28 0 638
2014 298 47 6 248 10 6 34 0 649
2015 276 41 6 219 9 5 36 0 592
2016 296 38 7 222 10 7 38 0 618
2017 283 31 9 269 9 4 41 0 646
2018 231 35 8 250 10 4 46 0 584
2019 204 36 9 268 10 2 40 0 569
2020 201 35 4 232 9 2 38 0 521
2021 159 35 2 199 8 5 36 0 444
2022 128 29 2 155 10 6 31 0 361
2023 123 27 2 155 8 7 28 0 350
2024 100 39 6 127 5 6 20 0 303

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 Magee Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 20.5 22.9 n/a
1989 448 17.0 26.3 n/a
1990 480 22.6 21.2 n/a
1991 476 22.8 20.8 n/a
1992 519 23.6 21.9 n/a
1993 568 25.0 22.7 n/a
1994 568 24.4 23.3 n/a
1995 928 42.0 22.1 n/a
1996 928 42.0 22.1 n/a
1997 946 44.4 21.3 n/a
1998 945 46.6 20.3 n/a
1999 980 47.2 20.8 n/a
2000 1090 48.6 22.4 n/a
2001 1060 50.6 20.9 n/a
2002 1074 50.2 21.4 n/a
2003 1074 50.2 21.4 n/a
2004 1019 47.4 21.5 27.7
2005 998 42.8 23.3 24.1
2006 861 47.4 18.2 23.9
2007 815 42.4 19.2 16.8
2008 767 40.4 19.0 1.2
2009 762 41.4 18.4 27.3
2010 740 34.4 21.5 33.6
2011 692 33.4 20.7 35.8
2012 701 33.0 21.2 46.6
2013 638 35.4 18.0 50.5
2014 649 33.2 19.5 54.2
2015 592 31.0 19.0 52
2016 618 32.0 19.3 n/a
2017 646 33.4 19.3 51.1
2018 584 29.6 19.7 49.8
2019 569 35.6 15.9 51
2020 521 32.0 16.2 53
2021 444 27.0 16.4 n/a
2022 361 32.0 11.2 35.7
2023 350 25.0 14.0 62.9
2024 303 29.6 10.2 n/a

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 Magee Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 20.5 22.9 n/a
1989 448 17.0 26.3 n/a
1990 480 22.6 21.2 n/a
1991 476 22.8 20.8 n/a
1992 519 23.6 21.9 n/a
1993 568 25.0 22.7 n/a
1994 568 24.4 23.3 n/a
1995 928 42.0 22.1 n/a
1996 928 42.0 22.1 n/a
1997 946 44.4 21.3 n/a
1998 945 46.6 20.3 n/a
1999 980 47.2 20.8 n/a
2000 1090 48.6 22.4 n/a
2001 1060 50.6 20.9 n/a
2002 1074 50.2 21.4 n/a
2003 1074 50.2 21.4 n/a
2004 1019 47.4 21.5 27.7
2005 998 42.8 23.3 24.1
2006 861 47.4 18.2 23.9
2007 815 42.4 19.2 16.8
2008 767 40.4 19.0 1.2
2009 762 41.4 18.4 27.3
2010 740 34.4 21.5 33.6
2011 692 33.4 20.7 35.8
2012 701 33.0 21.2 46.6
2013 638 35.4 18.0 50.5
2014 649 33.2 19.5 54.2
2015 592 31.0 19.0 52
2016 618 32.0 19.3 n/a
2017 646 33.4 19.3 51.1
2018 584 29.6 19.7 49.8
2019 569 35.6 15.9 51
2020 521 32.0 16.2 53
2021 444 27.0 16.4 n/a
2022 361 32.0 11.2 35.7
2023 350 25.0 14.0 62.9
2024 303 29.6 10.2 n/a

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 Magee 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 $1,000 (10.1%) $158 (1.6%) $2,158 (21.8%) $7,439 (75.2%) $1,290 (13.0%) $8,729 (88.3%) $9,887
2020 $526 (7.3%) $76 (1.1%) $1,129 (15.6%) $5,979 (82.7%) $647 (9.0%) $6,626 (91.7%) $7,229

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Magee Middle School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 494th of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 666th 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 Students569350
 38.5%
African American3627
 25%
American Indian108
 20%
Asian92
 77.8%
Hispanic268155
 42.2%
Pacific Islander27
 250%
White204123
 39.7%
Two or More Races4028
 30%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients51%62.9%
 11.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Magee Middle School

Students at Magee Middle School are 42% Hispanic, 33% White, 13% African American, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% American Indian.

Magee Middle School ranks in the bottom 8.9% of Arizona middle schools.

Students who attend Magee Middle School usually go on to attend Sabino High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 303 students attended Magee Middle School.


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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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