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)
040150001757	521	Fox Creek Junior High School	Public	5-8	3101 Desert Sky Blvd	Bullhead City	86442	Mohave County	Bullhead City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 758-2500	465	27	17.2		177 (38.1%)	9 (1.9%)	244 (52.5%)	11 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	$5,264	$638	$49	$1,325	$4,119	$458	$4,577	10.3	20.4	687	166
040817002549	522	Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	Public	5-8	5385 E Littletown Rd	Tucson	85756	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4900	450	21	21.2		35 (7.8%)	25 (5.6%)	359 (79.8%)	7 (1.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.0%)	$7,924	$712	$56	$1,480	$6,594	$562	$7,156	10.1	17.4	738	216
040817001149	523	Sierra 2-8 School	Public	2-8	5801 S Del Moral Blvd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4800	699	40	17.5		13 (1.9%)	28 (4.0%)	631 (90.3%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.9%)	$7,125	$626	$37	$1,290	$5,960	$502	$6,462	10	12.6	809	286
040497000380	524	Carson Junior High School	Public	7-9	525 N Westwood	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2900	922	56	16.5		151 (16.4%)	73 (7.9%)	550 (59.7%)	3 (0.3%)	102 (11.1%)	12 (1.3%)	31 (3.4%)	$6,542	$470	$142	$1,083	$5,177	$752	$5,929	10	18.3	715	191
040943000968	525	Tsehootsooi Middle School	Public	7-8	Navajo Rt. 12	Fort Defiance	86504	Apache County	Window Rock Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 729-6811	273	18	15.1		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	268 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			10	22.1	658	133
040075402819	526	Imagine Desert West Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	6738 W McDowell Rd	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Imagine Desert West Middle Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 469-2024	426				11 (2.6%)	32 (7.5%)	374 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)		$00			$00			9.9	17.9	725	199
040621000505	527	Desert Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8525 W Osborn Rd	Phoenix	85037	Maricopa County	Pendergast Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 772-2430	729	34	21.4		39 (5.3%)	55 (7.5%)	607 (83.3%)	8 (1.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	$6,537	$430	$1,090	$1,950	$5,681		$5,018	9.8	17.7	730	203
040068000020	528	Amphitheater Middle School	Public	6-8	315 E Prince Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6230	531	36	14.7		64 (12.1%)	74 (13.9%)	331 (62.3%)	19 (3.6%)	24 (4.5%)	4 (0.8%)	15 (2.8%)		$00			$00			9.8	12	820	292
040817000706	529	Apollo Middle School	Public	6-8	265 West Nebraska Street	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4500	502	35	14.3		12 (2.4%)	6 (1.2%)	461 (91.8%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$8,739	$942	$65	$1,950	$7,035	$697	$7,732	9.6	13.7	794	265
040168002904	530	Raul H. Castro Middle School: Academy of Fine Arts	Public	6-8	2730 N 79th Ave	Phoenix	85035	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-5300	539	24	22.4		10 (1.9%)	53 (9.8%)	463 (85.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$12,164	$1,785	$486	$4,055	$8,362	$1,532	$9,894	9.6	13.9	786	256

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