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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				AASA English Language Arts (2026)				AASA Mathematics (2026)				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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts All Grades	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics All Grades	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
Cooley Middle School	0.0mi	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	18.9%	418 (52.6%)	61 (7.7%)	210 (26.4%)	34 (4.3%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	59 (7.4%)	56.1	183^rd of 536 public middle schools	65.9%		58.1	190^th of 552 public middle schools	65.6%	7		48.0	43.0	46.0		36.0	43.0	39.0	$6,360	$203	$85	$491	$5,417	$654	$6,071
Greenfield Junior High School	2.1mi	Public	6-8	101 S Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85296	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 813-1770	1,160	56	20.7	15.6%	756 (65.2%)	25 (2.2%)	270 (23.3%)	23 (2.0%)	8 (0.7%)	4 (0.3%)	74 (6.4%)	80.9	77^th of 536 public middle schools	85.6%		78.7	89^th of 552 public middle schools	83.9%	12		71.0	50.0	60.0		54.0	55.0	54.0	$5,512	$01	$335	$338	$5,275		$5,176
Highland Junior High School	2.6mi	Public	6-8	6915 E Guadalupe Rd	Mesa	85212	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 632-4739	961	52	18.4	14.6%	602 (62.6%)	26 (2.7%)	229 (23.8%)	30 (3.1%)	13 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	58 (6.0%)	83	66^th of 536 public middle schools	87.7%		82.6	69^th of 552 public middle schools	87.5%	3		63.0	59.0	61.0		56.0	55.0	56.0	$5,857	$33	$532	$599	$5,509		$5,291
South Valley Junior High	4.1mi	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	15.8%	502 (57.4%)	45 (5.1%)	224 (25.6%)	28 (3.2%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (7.4%)	72.7	111^th of 536 public middle schools	79.3%		77.2	96^th of 552 public middle schools	82.6%	15		62.0	50.0	55.0		47.0	48.0	48.0	$6,311	$70	$463	$604	$6,025		$5,778
Franklin Junior High School	4.4mi	Public	7-9	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-2600	288	16	18.4	18.8%	179 (62.2%)	3 (1.0%)	82 (28.5%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	97	17^th of 536 public middle schools	96.8%		97.9	14^th of 552 public middle schools	97.5%	3		87.0	86.0	87.0		70.0	68.0	69.0	$6,931	$20	$09	$49	$6,045	$857	$6,902
Mesquite Junior High School	5.1mi	Public	6-8	130 W Mesquite St	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 926-1433	648	43	15.2	36.6%	247 (38.1%)	41 (6.3%)	278 (42.9%)	19 (2.9%)	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.3%)	49.6	217^th of 536 public middle schools	59.5%		35.7	297^th of 552 public middle schools	46.2%	80		47.0	42.0	44.0		33.0	35.0	33.0	$7,437	$561	$473	$1,595	$6,507		$6,403
Sossaman Middle School	5.3mi	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	10.9%	721 (65.9%)	35 (3.2%)	235 (21.5%)	31 (2.8%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	63 (5.8%)	83.3	64^th of 536 public middle schools	88.1%		83	67^th of 552 public middle schools	87.9%	3		72.0	59.0	65.0		51.0	53.0	52.0	$6,310	$284	$67	$635	$5,238	$721	$5,959
Taylor Junior High School	5.9mi	Public	7-9	705 S 32nd St	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-1500	908	46	19.6	51.3%	229 (25.2%)	39 (4.3%)	565 (62.2%)	10 (1.1%)	20 (2.2%)	10 (1.1%)	35 (3.9%)	18.9	418^th of 536 public middle schools	22.0%		19.1	435^th of 552 public middle schools	21.2%	17		36.0	24.0	30.0		17.0	8.0	13.0	$7,417	$458	$84	$1,000	$6,512	$363	$6,875
Desert Ridge Junior High	6.1mi	Public	7-8	10211 E Madero Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 635-2025	925	48	19.4	22.8%	530 (57.3%)	34 (3.7%)	277 (29.9%)	18 (1.9%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	58 (6.3%)	64.2	147^th of 536 public middle schools	72.6%		60.5	178^th of 552 public middle schools	67.8%	31		57.0	49.0	54.0		41.0	39.0	40.0	$6,110	$02	$530	$533	$5,910		$5,578
Queen Creek Junior High School	6.4mi	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	13.7%	407 (61.9%)	24 (3.7%)	170 (25.9%)	13 (2.0%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	35 (5.3%)	67.4	137^th of 536 public middle schools	74.4%		64.7	156^th of 552 public middle schools	71.7%	19		51.0	49.0	50.0		44.0	50.0	47.0	$8,274	$348	$01	$697	$6,470	$1,455	$7,925

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