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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)		AASA Mathematics (2025)		AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2023)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Willie & Coy Payne Junior High	0.0mi	Public	7-8	7655 S Higley Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 224-2400	1,171	59	19.9	10.9%	791 (67.5%)	38 (3.2%)	220 (18.8%)	37 (3.2%)	11 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (6.2%)	87.4	54^th of 552 public middle schools	90.2%		82.7	72^nd of 550 public middle schools	86.9%	18	70.0	61.0	62.0	57.0	57.0	$6,644	$426	$65	$918	$6,016	$136	$6,152
Newell Barney College Preparatory School	3.0mi	Public	5-8	24937 S Sossaman Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 474-6700	129	13	9.9	20.7%	81 (62.8%)	3 (2.3%)	32 (24.8%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.0%)	87.3	55^th of 552 public middle schools	90.0%		57.1	204^th of 550 public middle schools	62.9%	149	90.0	63.0	70.0	48.0	54.0	$7,296	$279	$03	$561	$5,960	$1,054	$7,014
Sossaman Middle School	3.9mi	Public	7-8	18655 E Jacaranda Blvd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8500	1,094	55	19.8	12.8%	721 (65.9%)	35 (3.2%)	235 (21.5%)	31 (2.8%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	63 (5.8%)	83	67^th of 552 public middle schools	87.9%		77.8	103^rd of 550 public middle schools	81.3%	36	66.0	62.0	52.0	51.0	56.0	$6,310	$284	$67	$635	$5,238	$721	$5,959
Santan Junior High School	5.8mi	Public	7-8	1550 E Chandler Heights Rd	Chandler	85249	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 883-4600	1,085	57	19.2	13.0%	633 (58.3%)	60 (5.5%)	198 (18.2%)	81 (7.5%)	26 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	85 (7.8%)	83.2	66^th of 552 public middle schools	88.0%		77.9	101^st of 550 public middle schools	81.6%	35	67.0	60.0	54.0	52.0	55.0	$6,762	$333	$127	$792	$6,163	$140	$6,303
Queen Creek Junior High School	6.1mi	Public	5-8	20435 S Old Ellsworth Rd	Queen Creek	85142	Maricopa County	Queen Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 987-5940	657	33	19.6	16.8%	407 (61.9%)	24 (3.7%)	170 (25.9%)	13 (2.0%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	35 (5.3%)	64.7	156^th of 552 public middle schools	71.7%		67.7	141^st of 550 public middle schools	74.4%	15	49.0	48.0	44.0	41.0	49.0	$8,274	$348	$01	$697	$6,470	$1,455	$7,925
San Tan Mountain Middle School	6.8mi	Public	7-8	33622 N Mountain Vista Blvd	San Tan Valley	85143	Pinal County	Florence Unified School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(520) 866-3500	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Valley Junior High	7.7mi	Public	7-8	2034 S Lindsay Rd	Gilbert	85296	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 855-0015	875	43	20.4	19.9%	502 (57.4%)	45 (5.1%)	224 (25.6%)	28 (3.2%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (7.4%)	77.2	96^th of 552 public middle schools	82.6%		81.2	79^th of 550 public middle schools	85.6%	17	62.0	56.0	52.0	54.0	44.0	$6,311	$70	$463	$604	$6,025		$5,778
Cooley Middle School	8.3mi	Public	6-8	1100 S Recker Rd	Gilbert	85295	Maricopa County	Higley Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 279-8300	795	52	15.3	23.9%	418 (52.6%)	61 (7.7%)	210 (26.4%)	34 (4.3%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	59 (7.4%)	58.1	190^th of 552 public middle schools	65.6%		52.9	222^nd of 550 public middle schools	59.6%	32	47.0	52.0	38.0	41.0	36.0	$6,360	$203	$85	$491	$5,417	$654	$6,071
Willis Junior High School	8.4mi	Public	7-8	401 S McQueen Rd	Chandler	85225	Maricopa County	Chandler Unified District #80	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 883-5700	661	39	16.8	54.9%	149 (22.5%)	38 (5.7%)	408 (61.7%)	18 (2.7%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.2%)	22.8	392^nd of 552 public middle schools	29.0%		35	307^th of 550 public middle schools	44.2%	85	38.0	28.0	21.0	15.0	17.0	$7,680	$617	$187	$1,421	$6,459	$417	$6,876
Combs Center for Success Middle School	8.9mi	Public	6-8	38300 N Gantzel Rd	San Tan Valley	85140	Pinal County	J O Combs Unified School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 882-3540	4				3 (75.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						$160,361	$1,547		$3,094	$157,749	$1,065	$158,814

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