Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Pacific Islander Students

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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, Pacific Islander 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 (Pacific Islander vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 19)	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 (Pacific Islander)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Pacific Islander)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040085103271	1	Great Hearts Academies - Trivium Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	2001 N Bullard Ave	Goodyear	85395	Maricopa County	Trivium Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(623) 866-4730	894				355 (39.7%)	55 (6.2%)	316 (35.3%)	89 (10.0%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	69 (7.7%)		$00			$00			94.7%	88.4%	6.33%
040450000354	2	Madison Meadows School	Public	5-8	225 W Ocotillo Rd	Phoenix	85013	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 664-7600	803	34	23.3	18.9%	488 (60.8%)	20 (2.5%)	226 (28.1%)	11 (1.4%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (5.9%)	$9,728	$879	$103	$1,861	$6,589	$2,157	$8,746	89.5%	76.3%	13.13%
040286002961	2	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	1,016	57	17.8	40.0%	370 (36.4%)	5 (0.5%)	317 (31.2%)	4 (0.4%)	282 (27.8%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (3.5%)	$6,914	$471	$10	$953	$5,510	$923	$6,433	89.5%	30.1%	59.38%
040497001376	4	Shepherd Junior High School	Public	4-8	1407 N Alta Mesa Dr	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-1800	603	34	17.9	34.8%	352 (58.4%)	12 (2.0%)	188 (31.2%)	9 (1.5%)	8 (1.3%)	6 (1.0%)	28 (4.6%)	$8,537	$420	$61	$900	$7,489	$568	$8,057	78.9%	63.3%	15.60%
040497000387	5	Fremont Junior High School	Public	7-8	1001 N Power Rd	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8300	984	55	17.8	44.9%	511 (51.9%)	35 (3.6%)	384 (39.0%)	8 (0.8%)	12 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)	30 (3.0%)	$6,870	$437	$21	$895	$6,024	$387	$6,412	73.7%	69.0%	4.71%
040176000116	6	Orange Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	1911 E Orange Grove Rd	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Catalina Foothills Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 209-8200	677	38	17.7	9.9%	391 (57.8%)	7 (1.0%)	179 (26.4%)	36 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	58 (8.6%)	$7,553	$222	$554	$998	$5,161	$1,616	$6,777	68.4%	94.5%	26.08%
040340002112	7	Desert Ridge Junior High	Public	7-8	10211 E Madero Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 635-2025	973	48	20.3	25.9%	582 (59.8%)	36 (3.7%)	261 (26.8%)	17 (1.7%)	6 (0.6%)	5 (0.5%)	66 (6.8%)	$6,110	$02	$530	$533	$5,910		$5,578	63.2%	77.4%	14.24%
040292003079	8	San Tan Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 W San Tan Heights Blvd	San Tan Valley	85142	Maricopa County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 888-7555	668	39	17.1	54.8%	270 (40.4%)	56 (8.4%)	278 (41.6%)	15 (2.2%)	20 (3.0%)	7 (1.0%)	22 (3.3%)	$6,392	$333	$296	$962	$5,127	$637	$5,764	57.9%	20.3%	37.64%
040497003229	9	Summit Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1560 W Summit Pl	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-3475	1,227	66	18.7	41.9%	542 (44.2%)	77 (6.3%)	443 (36.1%)	36 (2.9%)	32 (2.6%)	8 (0.7%)	89 (7.3%)	$7,415	$275	$78	$627	$6,560	$503	$7,063	52.6%	71.9%	19.27%
040423000653	10	Kyrene Aprende Middle School	Public	5-8	777 N. Desert Breeze Blvd. Eas	Chandler	85226	Maricopa County	Kyrene Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 541-6200	947	51	18.7	20.8%	453 (47.8%)	75 (7.9%)	263 (27.8%)	41 (4.3%)	23 (2.4%)	3 (0.3%)	89 (9.4%)	$5,611	$58	$01	$118	$5,191	$360	$5,551	47.4%	81.0%	33.66%

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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.