Best Middle Schools in Arizona

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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)
040286000214	461	Mount Elden Middle School	Public	6-8	3223 N 4th St	Flagstaff	86004	Coconino County	Flagstaff Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 773-8250	677	46	14.8		221 (32.6%)	6 (0.9%)	214 (31.6%)	5 (0.7%)	203 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.1%)	$8,306	$352	$22	$726	$7,035	$898	$7,933	17	29.8	557	96
040286002961	462	Sinagua Middle School	Public	6-8	3950 E Butler Ave	Flagstaff	86004	Coconino County	Flagstaff Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 527-5500	1,035	59	17.5		396 (38.3%)	7 (0.7%)	317 (30.6%)	5 (0.5%)	274 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.5%)	$6,914	$471	$10	$953	$5,510	$923	$6,433	16.8	26.7	597	135
040194000138	463	Chinle Junior High School	Public	7-8	Hwy 191 & I.R. 7	Chinle	86503	Apache County	Chinle Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 674-9401	395	29	13.6		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	389 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$17,471	$5,657	$1,598	$12,912	$9,569	$646	$10,215	16.6	17.3	739	276
040089003367	464	ASU Preparatory Academy - Phoenix Middle School	Public, Charter	5-8	735 E Fillmore St	Phoenix	85006	Maricopa County	ASU Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 496-3100	416				34 (8.2%)	58 (13.9%)	297 (71.4%)	4 (1.0%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)		$00			$00			16.6	20.1	689	225
040717000620	465	Ruth Fisher Middle School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	38201 W Indian School Rd	Tonopah	85354	Maricopa County	Saddle Mountain Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 474-5500	734	36	20.6		187 (25.5%)	39 (5.3%)	483 (65.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	13 (1.8%)	$9,769	$563	$102	$1,227	$6,914	$2,191	$9,105	16.5	30.6	544	79
040387000307	466	Bradshaw Mountain Middle School	Public	7-8	12255 E Turquoise Cir	Dewey	86327	Yavapai County	Humboldt Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 759-4900	274	15	17.7		177 (64.6%)	1 (0.4%)	84 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$10,486	$1,023	$183	$2,230	$7,577	$1,704	$9,280	16.4	44.4	387	79
040906000944	467	Sunnyslope Elementary School	Public	K-8	245 E Mountain View Rd	Phoenix	85020	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 347-4300	678	42	16.3		47 (6.9%)	56 (8.3%)	521 (76.8%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (4.0%)	$7,692	$948	$164	$2,061	$5,629	$951	$6,579	16.4	25	620	153
040406001161	468	Baker Middle School	Public	5-8	North U.S. Highway 163	Kayenta	86033	Navajo County	Kayenta Unified School District #27	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 697-2203	444	35	12.6		2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	422 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$9,490	$3,933	$715	$8,581	$4,526	$315	$4,842	16.3	20.1	688	220
040593001218	469	Vista Verde Middle School	Public	7-8	2826 E Grovers Ave	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 449-5300	450	30	15		81 (18.0%)	65 (14.4%)	262 (58.2%)	9 (2.0%)	17 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$8,492	$777	$210	$1,763	$7,049	$457	$7,505	16.3	22.5	650	181
040076902956	470	Imagine Prep Coolidge	Public, Charter	6-12	1290b W Vah Ki Inn Rd	Coolidge	85128	Pinal County	Imagine Prep Coolidge Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 424-2790	430				56 (13.0%)	37 (8.6%)	242 (56.3%)	1 (0.2%)	63 (14.7%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.0%)		$00			$00			16.2	16.1	758	288

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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.
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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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

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