Summary:
The four middle schools in Tempe School District serve grades 6–8 and enroll 2,596 students altogether. Their equal-school averages are 36% in ELA and 22% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%; school results span 16–75% in ELA and 4–52% in math. The clearest takeaway is a sharp split: McKemy Academy of International Studies leads in every reported subject, while the other three schools have below-state all-grades ELA and math results.
McKemy stands well above the rest, with 75% proficiency in ELA and 52% in math—41 and 31 percentage points above the next-highest school, Connolly Middle School. In eighth-grade science, McKemy scored 44%, 21 points above Connolly and 14 points above the state. Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School has the lowest all-grades ELA and math rates, at 16% and 4%; Fees College Preparatory Middle School is next-lowest in those subjects, at 18% and 9%, and has the lowest reported science result, 10%. Connolly is comparatively stronger among the other three, including eighth-grade ELA at 38% and math at 27%, though both are below state rates.
SchoolDigger rankings show a notable rise for McKemy: its statewide percentile increased from 73 to 88 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, and its rank improved by 86 places, from 149th of 550 to 63rd of 536. Its 2025–26 SchoolDigger rating is 4 stars, compared with 2 for Connolly and 0 for both Geneva and Fees. The school-to-school contrast does not follow size or ratio: McKemy is smallest, with 334 students, and has the highest student–teacher ratio, 19; ratios across the four schools range from 12.6 to 19. Rank trends are not proficiency-score trends, and free/reduced-lunch figures are not available.
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