Summary:
Middle schools in Imagine Desert West Middle Inc. comprise one Arizona school, Imagine Desert West Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 437 students; its 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 20.8. In 2025–26, 18% of students were proficient in ELA and 11% in mathematics, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. The most important finding is that the school is below the state rate in both subjects, by 23 percentage points in ELA and 22 points in mathematics.
There is no separate top or bottom school in this one-school list, but results differ by grade. ELA proficiency was highest in grade 6 at 20% and lowest in grade 8 at 16%; grade 7 had the largest reported ELA gap from the state, with 17% proficient compared with 43% statewide, a 26-point difference. Grade 6 mathematics was the strongest reported grade-subject result relative to its state rate, at 17% versus 30%, a 13-point gap; grade 8 mathematics was 12% versus 30%, an 18-point gap. Grade 8 science was 12% in 2024–25, compared with 30% statewide. Because this is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison; the free/reduced-lunch figure is blank, and the state suppressed the grade 7 mathematics result.
SchoolDigger’s latest statewide ranking improved, though it remains low: the school moved from 548 of 552 schools in 2024–25 to 511 of 536 in 2025–26, while its listed percentile rose from 1 to 5. It ranked 526 of 550 in 2023–24, at the 4th percentile, so its latest rank is 15 places better than that earlier listing. SchoolDigger gives the district a ranking of 266 of 267 and 0 stars. These ranking changes do not show whether proficiency itself is improving, because the supplied ELA and mathematics scores are not a multiyear series. Families can also note the 20.8 student–teacher ratio, but the available figures do not establish how it relates to results.
Thank you for your feedback!