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)
040000101871	131	Sonoran Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	5555 East Pinnacle Vista Drive	Phoenix	85054	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 272-8600	639	34	19		498 (77.9%)	4 (0.6%)	97 (15.2%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	28 (4.4%)	$2,721	$60	$60	$181	$2,035	$566	$2,600	70	79.3	132	1
040040702558	132	Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	Public, Charter	6-8	300 E. University Blvd.	Tucson	85705	Pima County	CITY Center for Collaborative Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 624-7552	62				29 (46.8%)	1 (1.6%)	26 (41.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)	$9,564	$1,107	$520	$2,734	$6,850	$1,087	$7,937	69.6	62.4	255	123
040022501887	133	Horizon Honors Secondary School	Public, Charter	7-12	16233 S 48th St	Phoenix	85048	Maricopa County	Horizon Community Learning Center Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 659-3000	679				408 (60.1%)	31 (4.6%)	145 (21.4%)	41 (6.0%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.9%)		$00			$00			69.6	88.8	68	65
040005600781	134	Arizona School For The Arts	Public, Charter	5-12	1410 N 3rd St	Phoenix	85004	Maricopa County	Arizona School For The Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 257-1444	759				364 (48.0%)	44 (5.8%)	261 (34.4%)	18 (2.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.8%)	$9,653	$322	$212	$856	$7,261	$1,858	$9,118	69.6	78.5	138	4
040081903187	135	Great Hearts Academies - Anthem Prep	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	43775 North Black Canyon Highw	Phoenix	85087	Maricopa County	Anthem Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 465-4776	1,023				656 (64.1%)	21 (2.1%)	163 (15.9%)	104 (10.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (7.6%)	$9,856	$204	$45	$453	$6,311	$3,296	$9,607	69.4	88.2	71	64
040077802902	136	Paragon Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2975 W Linda Ln	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Daisy Education Corporation dba Paragon Science Ac	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 814-1600	608				217 (35.7%)	185 (30.4%)	44 (7.2%)	131 (21.5%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)		$00			$00			68.9	71.1	194	58
040068000028	137	Lawrence W Cross Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 W Chapala Dr	Tucson	85704	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 696-5920	768	37	20.7		460 (59.9%)	10 (1.3%)	237 (30.9%)	16 (2.1%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.8%)		$00			$00			68.6	80.2	125	12
040757000648	138	Ingleside Middle School	Public	6-8	5402 E Osborn Rd	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 484-4900	764	45	16.9		331 (43.3%)	54 (7.1%)	307 (40.2%)	25 (3.3%)	23 (3.0%)	5 (0.7%)	19 (2.5%)	$6,181	$314	$398	$1,025	$5,024	$445	$5,469	68.3	79.4	131	7
040089903392	139	Legacy Traditional School - Gilbert	Public, Charter	K-8	2747 S Recker Rd	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Gilbert	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 397-9260	1,025				456 (44.5%)	66 (6.4%)	276 (26.9%)	117 (11.4%)	8 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	100 (9.8%)		$00			$00			68.2	76	157	18
040085203257	140	Havasu Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3155 Maricopa Ave	Lake Havasu City	86406	Mohave County	Kaizen Education Foundation dba Havasu Preparatory	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 854-4011	197				125 (63.5%)	2 (1.0%)	55 (27.9%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.1%)	$11,394	$1,214	$1,777	$4,206	$5,476	$2,926	$8,403	67.8	48.4	355	215

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About our rankings:

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

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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.