Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 Friday, October 13, 2023.

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NOTE: 2023 rankings for Arizona schools were revised on November 11^th after the addition of the 2023 AzSCI scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 717)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040269003656	1	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	333	21	16.2	18.6%	145 (43.5%)	21 (6.3%)	131 (39.3%)	9 (2.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.5%)	$11,775	$147	$881	$1,175	$8,586	$2,161	$10,747	99.9%	98.9%	0.91%
040340000258	2	Gilbert High School	Public	7-12	1101 E Elliot Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-0177	2,295	104	21.9	9.3%	1,237 (53.9%)	94 (4.1%)	718 (31.3%)	85 (3.7%)	31 (1.4%)	10 (0.4%)	120 (5.2%)	$6,343	$96	$27	$218	$5,775	$446	$6,221	99.7%	95.6%	4.17%
040060001283	3	Alhambra Traditional School	Public	K-8	5725 N 27th Ave	Phoenix	85017	Maricopa County	Alhambra Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 484-8816	718	35	20.5	14.2%	75 (10.4%)	73 (10.2%)	527 (73.4%)	22 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	$8,435	$930	$26	$1,887	$6,631	$847	$7,479	99.6%	98.5%	1.10%
040340002840	4	Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	Public	7-12	55 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4034	712	35	20.3		333 (46.8%)	10 (1.4%)	110 (15.4%)	202 (28.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.4%)	$7,314	$00			$6,852	$462	$7,314	99.4%	99.8%	0.32%
040497003005	5	Franklin Junior High School	Public	7-8	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-8990	272	12	21.9	8.1%	185 (68.0%)	3 (1.1%)	68 (25.0%)	6 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.6%)	$6,931	$20	$09	$49	$6,045	$857	$6,902	99.3%	99.5%	0.23%
040015001793	6	Mexicayotl Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2059 N Grand Ave	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Mexicayotl Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 624-4018	167			6.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	167 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,147	$1,081	$2,342	$4,505	$7,465	$3,259	$10,724	99.2%	98.2%	0.92%
040497002770	7	Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	Public, Alternative	4-9	6919 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 308-7400	367	21	17.5	5.4%	254 (69.2%)	4 (1.1%)	71 (19.3%)	14 (3.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	$8,064	$09	$02	$20	$7,571	$481	$8,053	99.0%	99.6%	0.63%
040028102187	8	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	500				500 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		$00			$00			98.9%	97.4%	1.46%
040429001391	9	Vista del Sur Accelerated	Public	PK, KG-8	3908 W South Mountain Rd	Laveen	85339	Maricopa County	Laveen Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 237-3046	828	40	20.7	8.5%	165 (19.9%)	146 (17.6%)	373 (45.0%)	68 (8.2%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (8.0%)	$7,917	$437	$158	$1,032	$6,178	$1,144	$7,322	98.7%	97.8%	0.97%
040187002250	10	Basha High School	Public	6-12	5990 S Val Vista Dr	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2100	2,632	130	20.2	3.5%	1,700 (64.6%)	116 (4.4%)	428 (16.3%)	236 (9.0%)	42 (1.6%)	8 (0.3%)	102 (3.9%)	$7,351	$585	$81	$1,250	$6,217	$468	$6,685	98.6%	99.4%	0.81%

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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 October 13, 2023, 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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.