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Baker Middle School

Public Grades 5-8
464th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 552 Arizona Middle Schools
Better than 16% of Arizona middle schools
Summary

Baker Middle School is a public middle school located in Kayenta, Arizona, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 444 students. The school is part of the Kayenta Unified School District #27, which is ranked 276 out of 289 school districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the Kayenta Unified School District, Baker Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona middle schools, with rankings ranging from 464 to 636 out of 552-854 schools over the past 10 years. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years, with a 0-star rating in 2021-2022 and 2018-2019. Across various student subgroups, including female, male, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status students, the school performs poorly compared to other middle schools in the state.

Baker Middle School's proficiency rates in science, English language arts, and mathematics are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate was 23%, compared to the state average of 34%. Similarly, the 8th-grade science proficiency rate was 13%, compared to the state average of 30%. The school has also experienced relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 3.8% to 7.2% over the past few years, which are higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 84.84% to 88.96% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years.

447
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,490
Per pupil spending ?
89%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 North U.S. Highway 163
       Kayenta, AZ  86033

(928) 697-2203

District: Kayenta Unified School District #27


Students who attend Baker Middle School usually attend:

High:    Monument Valley High School

Feeder schools for Baker Middle School:

Elementary:    Debbie Braff Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
95.7%
Hispanic:
2.2%
Two or more races:
1.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 3rd percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (21% vs 34% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 19 pts below the Arizona average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school21%
District avg21%
Arizona avg34%
464th of 552
Arizona public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▲ up 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Arizona Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
276th of 289Kayenta Unified School District #27 among Arizona districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202516.5464 of 55215.9%★☆☆☆☆
202416.3468 of 55014.9%★☆☆☆☆
202320.1688 of 85419.4%★☆☆☆☆
20229.3580 of 6054.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.7636 of 83223.6%★☆☆☆☆
20199.9578 of 6054.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.5635 of 71110.7%★☆☆☆☆
201716.9609 of 69512.4%★☆☆☆☆
201616.4591 of 67712.7%★☆☆☆☆
201510.6506 of 5212.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201429.4509 of 69026.2%★☆☆☆☆
201325.9653 of 78717.0%★☆☆☆☆
201225.2642 of 77216.8%★☆☆☆☆
201110.6643 of 6856.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201015.8628 of 6929.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200926.0526 of 66320.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202141.7298 of 60650.8%★★☆☆☆
201848.016 of 3148.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202514.2338 of 39514.4%★☆☆☆☆
202412.8344 of 38610.9%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9629 of 80622.0%★☆☆☆☆
202127.6577 of 82029.6%★☆☆☆☆
201910.3436 of 4666.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.7511 of 62418.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202333.2485 of 76036.2%★★☆☆☆
202113.2780 of 8022.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202336.333 of 6448.4%★★★☆☆
202155.447 of 25781.7%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202522.6264 of 34423.3%★☆☆☆☆
202421.1252 of 32021.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.9592 of 71717.4%★☆☆☆☆
202213.2347 of 3696.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.0394 of 50321.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202411.6331 of 37010.5%★☆☆☆☆
202316.6713 of 81012.0%★☆☆☆☆
20228.6457 of 4764.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.2616 of 81824.7%★☆☆☆☆
20195.5432 of 4350.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.9575 of 6176.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202362.1114 of 38470.3%★★★★☆
202130.5468 of 65028.0%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202536.44 of 633.3%★★★☆☆
202432.83 of 540.0%★★★★☆
202323.1116 of 15927.0%★☆☆☆☆
20229.842 of 4914.3%★☆☆☆☆
202143.5171 of 39056.2%★★★☆☆
201931.78 of 1233.3%★★☆☆☆
201843.929 of 6253.2%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202325.6280 of 36322.9%★☆☆☆☆
202150.2259 of 78967.2%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Multi-racial (2023)70th percentile+51 vs school
English Language Learner (2021)51st percentile+27 vs school
Homeless (2023)48th percentile+29 vs school
Hispanic (2023)36th percentile+17 vs school
Native American (2025)33rd percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+7 vs school
Special Education (2023)23rd percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)14th percentile~ school
Male (2024)11th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics24%-6 vs state
English Language Arts21%-19 vs state
Science18%-14 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Baker Middle School

Students who attend Baker Middle School usually go on to attend Monument Valley High School

Students at Baker Middle School are 96% American Indian, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 447 students attended Baker Middle School.

Baker Middle School ranks in the bottom 15.9% of Arizona middle schools.

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2024–25 dropout ratesDec 2, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 2025
2024–25 AASA & AzSCI test scoresOct 10, 2025
2023–24 dropout ratesJun 30, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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