Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Foster Care 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, Foster Care 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 (Foster Care vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 37)	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 (Foster Care)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Foster Care)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040757000648	1	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	777	43	18	39.9%	355 (45.7%)	53 (6.8%)	297 (38.2%)	25 (3.2%)	24 (3.1%)	4 (0.5%)	19 (2.4%)	$6,181	$314	$398	$1,025	$5,024	$445	$5,469	97.3%	84.7%	12.64%
040429002845	2	Trailside Point Performing Arts Academy	Public	K-8	7275 W Vineyard Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 605-8540	924	56	16.4	65.8%	65 (7.0%)	239 (25.9%)	553 (59.8%)	7 (0.8%)	21 (2.3%)	5 (0.5%)	34 (3.7%)	$9,614	$692	$458	$1,843	$6,955	$1,507	$8,463	94.6%	32.7%	61.92%
040429002398	3	Cheatham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4725 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-7040	744	47	15.7	78.9%	58 (7.8%)	211 (28.4%)	409 (55.0%)	15 (2.0%)	25 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.4%)	$9,698	$678	$302	$1,659	$7,321	$1,396	$8,717	91.9%	24.7%	67.18%
040286000214	4	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	757	47	16.2	50.9%	254 (33.6%)	8 (1.1%)	231 (30.5%)	4 (0.5%)	228 (30.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.2%)	$8,306	$352	$22	$726	$7,035	$898	$7,933	89.2%	34.8%	54.41%
040757000654	5	Mohave Middle School	Public	6-8	8490 E Jackrabbit Rd	Scottsdale	85250	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5200	799	120	6.6	30.8%	444 (55.6%)	30 (3.8%)	236 (29.5%)	31 (3.9%)	36 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.8%)	$6,460	$191	$516	$898	$5,515	$237	$5,752	86.5%	71.5%	14.94%
040463003588	6	Dove Mountain K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	5650 W Moore Rd	Marana	85658	Pima County	Marana Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 579-4500	920	50	18.2	18.9%	483 (52.5%)	15 (1.6%)	355 (38.6%)	15 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	48 (5.2%)	$9,310	$629	$148	$1,406	$7,047	$1,486	$8,533	83.8%	88.2%	4.39%
040269002649	6	Sonoran Heights Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	11405 N Greer Ranch Pkwy	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8550	712	40	17.8	35.0%	343 (48.2%)	54 (7.6%)	251 (35.3%)	7 (1.0%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	48 (6.7%)	$8,095	$194	$867	$1,254	$6,136	$898	$7,035	83.8%	79.6%	4.16%
040423000334	8	Kyrene Middle School	Public	5-8	1050 E Carver Rd	Tempe	85284	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-6600	709	49	14.3	43.9%	171 (24.1%)	93 (13.1%)	312 (44.0%)	18 (2.5%)	52 (7.3%)	5 (0.7%)	58 (8.2%)	$7,191	$319	$01	$640	$6,741	$130	$6,870	78.4%	59.7%	18.66%
040429000341	9	Laveen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4141 W McNeil St	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-9110	822	62	13.1	66.9%	67 (8.2%)	140 (17.0%)	523 (63.6%)	19 (2.3%)	35 (4.3%)	5 (0.6%)	33 (4.0%)	$12,661	$1,330	$374	$3,034	$9,443	$1,514	$10,957	75.7%	45.8%	29.89%
040243000178	9	Monte Vista Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3501 E Osborn Rd	Phoenix	85018	Maricopa County	Creighton Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 381-6140	795	49	16.3	89.8%	26 (3.3%)	38 (4.8%)	696 (87.5%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	$12,086	$1,810	$421	$4,041	$7,667	$2,188	$9,855	75.7%	11.6%	64.08%

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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.