Best Middle Schools in Arizona for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 110)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040378003401	1	Sossaman Middle School	Public	7-8	18655 E Jacaranda Blvd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8500	1,096	56	19.6	6.1%	724 (66.1%)	34 (3.1%)	229 (20.9%)	34 (3.1%)	9 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	63 (5.7%)	$6,310	$284	$67	$635	$5,238	$721	$5,959	99.1%	91.9%	7.17%
040269002401	2	Marley Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	15042 W Sweetwater Ave	Surprise	85379	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8200	1,046	53	19.9	13.4%	576 (55.1%)	39 (3.7%)	335 (32.0%)	8 (0.8%)	7 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	76 (7.3%)	$8,020	$151	$868	$1,170	$6,367	$634	$7,002	98.2%	90.3%	7.90%
040438003478	3	Verrado Heritage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20895 W Hamilton St	Buckeye	85396	Maricopa County	Litchfield Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 547-3300	987	43	22.9	8.2%	474 (48.0%)	55 (5.6%)	370 (37.5%)	10 (1.0%)	10 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (6.8%)	$5,735	$01	$01	$03	$5,129	$604	$5,733	97.3%	93.4%	3.83%
040885003432	4	Esmond Station School	Public	PK, KG-8	9400 S Atterbury Wash Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-3400	730	34	21.4	6.0%	384 (52.6%)	20 (2.7%)	264 (36.2%)	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.6%)	$5,853	$137	$10	$285	$5,551	$154	$5,705	96.4%	97.0%	0.59%
040885003664	5	Vail Blended Learning	Public	6-12	10775 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-1300	66	1	55.9		36 (54.5%)	2 (3.0%)	24 (36.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.1%)	$9,358	$24	$10	$57	$9,201	$124	$9,325	95.5%	89.0%	6.46%
040885002194	6	Desert Sky Middle School	Public	6-8	9850 E Rankin Loop	Tucson	85747	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-2700	795	36	22.1	12.8%	329 (41.4%)	25 (3.1%)	362 (45.5%)	16 (2.0%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	54 (6.8%)	$5,733	$76	$232	$383	$5,282	$144	$5,425	94.5%	93.0%	1.57%
040176000116	7	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	671	33	20.3	4.3%	398 (59.3%)	9 (1.3%)	167 (24.9%)	43 (6.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.5%)	$7,553	$222	$554	$998	$5,161	$1,616	$6,777	93.6%	94.5%	0.86%
040269002837	8	Canyon Ridge School	Public	PK, KG-8	17359 W Surprise Farms Loop N	Surprise	85388	Maricopa County	Dysart Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 523-8450	941	44	21.6	11.7%	544 (57.8%)	52 (5.5%)	259 (27.5%)	17 (1.8%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.8%)	$7,590	$143	$864	$1,151	$5,746	$836	$6,582	92.7%	92.5%	0.22%
040885000909	9	Old Vail Middle School	Public	6-8	13299 E Colossal Cave Rd	Vail	85641	Pima County	Vail Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 879-2400	853	38	22.2	9.4%	493 (57.8%)	16 (1.9%)	276 (32.4%)	13 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (6.1%)	$5,515	$70	$123	$262	$5,068	$255	$5,323	91.8%	91.0%	0.83%
040775001147	10	Desert Sky Middle School	Public	7-8	5130 W Grovers Ave	Glendale	85308	Maricopa County	Deer Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 467-6500	632	29	22	24.2%	324 (51.3%)	21 (3.3%)	228 (36.1%)	11 (1.7%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.0%)	$6,113	$515	$127	$1,157	$5,264	$206	$5,471	90.9%	68.4%	22.53%

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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.
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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.