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)
040031702202	41	Khalsa School	Public, Charter	K-8	3701 E River Rd	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Khalsa Family Services	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 529-3611	255				166 (65.1%)	1 (0.4%)	62 (24.3%)	14 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)		$00			$00			91.5	90.4	55	14
040885001956	42	Civano Community K-8 School	Public	K-8	10625 E Drexel Rd	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1700	144	12	12		80 (55.6%)	3 (2.1%)	49 (34.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.9%)	$7,204	$03	$152	$158	$6,554	$495	$7,049	91.5	90.5	54	12
040885003664	43	Vail Blended Learning	Public	6-12	10775 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1300	71	1	69.6		45 (63.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (21.1%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (14.1%)	$9,358	$24	$10	$57	$9,201	$124	$9,325	91.3	84.6	94	51
040885003432	44	Esmond Station School	Public	PK, KG-8	9400 S Atterbury Wash Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3400	739	39	19.1		350 (47.4%)	17 (2.3%)	303 (41.0%)	13 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.4%)	$5,853	$137	$10	$285	$5,551	$154	$5,705	90.7	96.3	26	18
040340000258	45	Gilbert High School	Public	7-12	1101 E Elliot Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-0177	2,334	120	19.3		1,215 (52.1%)	80 (3.4%)	762 (32.6%)	85 (3.6%)	33 (1.4%)	13 (0.6%)	146 (6.3%)	$6,343	$96	$27	$218	$5,775	$446	$6,221	90.6	93.6	37	8
040831003112	46	Ward Traditional Academy	Public	K-8	1965 E Hermosa Dr	Tempe	85282	Maricopa County	Tempe School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 491-8871	371	30	12.3		166 (44.7%)	19 (5.1%)	124 (33.4%)	33 (8.9%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.5%)		$00			$00			90	82.3	107	61
040094103502	47	BASIS Goodyear	Public, Charter	5-12	15800 W Sherman St	Goodyear	85338	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 276-8592	331				70 (21.1%)	62 (18.7%)	90 (27.2%)	86 (26.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.0%)	$11,635	$201	$11	$413	$8,280	$3,143	$11,423	89.7	91.8	44	3
040021101975	48	Tri-City College Prep	Public, Charter	5-12	5522 Side Rd	Prescott	86301	Yavapai County	Mary Ellen Halvorson Educational Foundation. dba:	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 777-0403	280				216 (77.1%)	4 (1.4%)	48 (17.1%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)		$00			$00			89.6	90.5	53	5
040019003247	49	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				4 (1.6%)	3 (1.2%)	244 (96.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			89.3	85.7	89	40
040885002551	50	Corona Foothills Middle School	Public	6-8	16705 S Houghton Rd	Corona de Tucson	85641	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3500	596	31	19.1		324 (54.4%)	22 (3.7%)	198 (33.2%)	5 (0.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.9%)	$5,912	$35	$26	$95	$5,647	$205	$5,852	89.1	93.6	39	11

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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