Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

Every year, the Arizona Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 363)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040084303351	1	BASIS Phoenix	Public, Charter	5-12	11850 N 32nd St	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 595-9870	744				169 (22.7%)	21 (2.8%)	59 (7.9%)	469 (63.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.2%)	$8,066	$121	$18	$260	$4,729	$3,197	$7,927	99.7%	98.1%	1.60%
040615000503	2	Pearce Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1487 E School Rd	Pearce	85625	Cochise County	Pearce Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 826-3328	143	7	20.4	61.5%	60 (42.0%)	2 (1.4%)	76 (53.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)		$00			$00			99.4%	71.1%	28.37%
040168002005	3	Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy	Public	6-8	4315 N Maryvale Pkwy	Phoenix	85031	Maricopa County	Cartwright Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 691-1700	184	12	16	76.1%	7 (3.8%)	8 (4.3%)	166 (90.2%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,152	$3,715	$436	$7,865	$8,443	$1,559	$10,002	99.2%	92.7%	6.43%
040534000442	4	Morristown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	25950 West Rockaway Hills Driv	Morristown	85342	Maricopa County	Morristown Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 546-5100	147	19	7.7	71.4%	95 (64.6%)	1 (0.7%)	44 (29.9%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$13,324	$1,564	$1,196	$4,324	$7,189	$3,374	$10,564	98.9%	43.3%	55.57%
040625001554	5	Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5490 W Paradise Ln	Glendale	85306	Maricopa County	Peoria Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 412-5050	294	21	14.2	44.6%	161 (54.8%)	5 (1.7%)	117 (39.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$14,311	$331	$444	$1,107	$11,871	$1,664	$13,535	98.6%	84.9%	13.73%
040083003253	6	BASIS Chandler	Public, Charter	5-12	4825 S Arizona Ave	Chandler	85248	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 907-6072	1,146				96 (8.4%)	46 (4.0%)	38 (3.3%)	935 (81.6%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	27 (2.4%)	$9,188	$146	$95	$386	$5,284	$3,663	$8,948	98.3%	99.2%	0.83%
040028102187	7	Masada Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	365 West Cannon Avenue	Colorado City	86021	Mohave County	Masada Charter School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 875-2525	508				508 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			98.1%	97.4%	0.65%
040090303418	8	BASIS Prescott	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1901 Prescott Lakes Pkwy	Prescott	86301	Yavapai County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 277-0334	611				436 (71.4%)	3 (0.5%)	106 (17.3%)	32 (5.2%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$11,345	$112	$16	$240	$7,662	$3,554	$11,217	97.8%	98.7%	0.92%
040269003656	9	Freedom Traditional Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	16066 N Parkview Pl	Surprise	85374	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8650	416	23	18.4	38.7%	188 (45.2%)	29 (7.0%)	156 (37.5%)	8 (1.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.7%)	$11,775	$147	$881	$1,175	$8,586	$2,161	$10,747	97.5%	98.9%	1.43%
040083103196	10	BASIS Flagstaff	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1700 N Gemini Dr	Flagstaff	86001	Coconino County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 774-5502	737				438 (59.4%)	6 (0.8%)	123 (16.7%)	81 (11.0%)	28 (3.8%)	6 (0.8%)	55 (7.5%)	$10,451	$339	$22	$700	$6,718	$3,371	$10,089	97.2%	96.6%	0.64%

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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

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