Ray Borane Middle School

Ray Borane Middle School serves 361 students in grades 6–8 in Douglas, Arizona. Its 2025–26 results show that students are generally performing below district and state levels in English language arts (ELA) and math. The biggest concern is math: 11% of students met proficiency, compared with 18% in the district and 33% statewide.

Ray’s results are also below those of nearby schools in most comparisons. In all-grades ELA and math, Ray scored 20% and 11%, while Paul H. Huber Junior High School scored 30% and 13%. Center for Academic Success #4 - Douglas 5-8 reported 28% in ELA and 31% in math, but those figures include grade 5 and are not directly comparable with Ray’s grades 6–8. Ray’s strongest relative result is eighth-grade science: 14%, just 2 points below the Douglas Unified District and 16 below the state. In nearby-school comparisons, Ray’s eighth-grade science result was 3 points below Huber’s and 4 below Center for Academic Success’s.

Ray’s eighth-grade science proficiency rose from 11% in 2022–23 to 14% in 2024–25, while its gap with the district narrowed from 12 points to 2; its 16-point gap with the state remained about the same. SchoolDigger places Ray in the 7th statewide percentile with 0 stars, down from the 17th percentile the year before; Huber is at the 26th percentile and Center for Academic Success at the 41st. Ray’s student-teacher ratio is 17.1, close to Huber’s 17.3 and below Center for Academic Success’s 30. Its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 93% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s historical rankings show notably different results for student groups: in 2022–23, the school ranked in the 91st percentile for how well it served homeless students, compared with the 18th percentile overall. For English language learners, it ranked in the 68th percentile in 2020–21, then the 12th percentile in 2022–23, when the overall ranking was 18th.