Best Middle Schools in Arizona for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Arizona!

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, African American 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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Arizona Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Arizona Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 398)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
040429001391	1	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	99.7%	98.9%	0.81%
040082903278	2	BASIS Peoria	Public, Charter	5-12	25950 N Lake Pleasant Pkwy	Peoria	85383	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(623) 566-9100	943				173 (18.3%)	39 (4.1%)	43 (4.6%)	649 (68.8%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	32 (3.4%)	$8,061	$207	$43	$457	$4,698	$3,113	$7,811	99.5%	98.6%	0.91%
040060803115	3	BASIS Scottsdale	Public, Charter, Alternative	4-12	10400 N 128th St	Scottsdale	85259	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 451-7500	1,057				253 (23.9%)	19 (1.8%)	63 (6.0%)	661 (62.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	57 (5.4%)	$10,234	$173	$40	$385	$5,841	$4,180	$10,021	99.2%	99.1%	0.19%
040187002995	4	Arizona College Prep Middle School	Public	6-8	1150 W Erie St	Chandler	85224	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-5400	707	34	21	1.8%	211 (29.8%)	16 (2.3%)	81 (11.5%)	337 (47.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (8.3%)	$6,690	$599	$60	$1,258	$5,805	$227	$6,031	99.0%	99.6%	0.65%
040086103344	5	Great Hearts Academies - North Phoenix Prep	Public, Charter	7-12	14100 N 32nd St	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	North Phoenix Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 996-4355	487				282 (57.9%)	15 (3.1%)	105 (21.6%)	57 (11.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.9%)		$00			$00			98.7%	95.1%	3.68%
040083003253	6	BASIS Chandler	Public, Charter	5-12	4825 S Arizona Ave	Chandler	85248	Maricopa County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 907-6072	1,154				113 (9.8%)	45 (3.9%)	43 (3.7%)	918 (79.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	30 (2.6%)	$9,188	$146	$95	$386	$5,284	$3,663	$8,948	98.5%	99.4%	0.92%
040096203551	7	Legacy Traditional School - East Mesa	Public, Charter	K-8	10707 E. Guadalupe Rd.	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - East Mesa	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 935-5320	1,064			16.1%	586 (55.1%)	36 (3.4%)	321 (30.2%)	30 (2.8%)	6 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	81 (7.6%)		$00			$00			98.2%	61.5%	36.78%
040089903392	8	Legacy Traditional School ? Gilbert	Public, Charter	K-8	2747 S Recker Rd	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Legacy Traditional School - Gilbert	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 397-9260	1,163			5.5%	634 (54.5%)	70 (6.0%)	258 (22.2%)	77 (6.6%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	117 (10.1%)		$00			$00			98.0%	94.1%	3.87%
040081803197	9	BASIS Oro Valley	Public, Charter	5-12	11155 N Oracle Rd	Oro Valley	85737	Pima County	BASIS Charter Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 308-5220	575				246 (42.8%)	16 (2.8%)	103 (17.9%)	179 (31.1%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	$10,536	$392	$37	$821	$6,490	$3,617	$10,107	97.7%	98.8%	1.09%
040450002874	10	Madison Traditional Academy	Public	K-8	925 E Maryland Ave	Phoenix	85014	Maricopa County	Madison Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 745-4000	772	31	24.9	4.8%	478 (61.9%)	26 (3.4%)	196 (25.4%)	24 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	42 (5.4%)	$8,752	$630	$104	$1,364	$6,055	$1,964	$8,018	97.5%	96.9%	0.54%

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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 7, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.