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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
Poston Junior High School	0.0mi	Public	7-9	2433 E Adobe St	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2100	782	40	19.5	58.9%	301 (38.5%)	35 (4.5%)	384 (49.1%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (2.7%)	10 (1.3%)	29 (3.7%)	26.8	361^st of 552 public middle schools	34.6%		19.9	426^th of 550 public middle schools	22.5%	65	36.0	29.0	25.0	16.0	26.0	$7,415	$371	$57	$798	$6,292	$695	$6,987
Taylor Junior High School	2.0mi	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	62.9%	229 (25.2%)	39 (4.3%)	565 (62.2%)	10 (1.1%)	20 (2.2%)	10 (1.1%)	35 (3.9%)	19.1	435^th of 552 public middle schools	21.2%		20.7	416^th of 550 public middle schools	24.4%	19	35.0	26.0	17.0	8.0	19.0	$7,417	$458	$84	$1,000	$6,512	$363	$6,875
Kino Junior High School	2.1mi	Public	7-8	848 N Horne	Mesa	85203	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2400	805	40	20.3	77.9%	63 (7.8%)	45 (5.6%)	638 (79.3%)	4 (0.5%)	37 (4.6%)	4 (0.5%)	14 (1.7%)	7.8	546^th of 552 public middle schools	1.1%		8	541^st of 550 public middle schools	1.6%	5	19.0	17.0	6.0	5.0	8.0	$6,995	$500	$39	$1,040	$6,041	$415	$6,456
Stapley Junior High School	2.4mi	Public	7-9	3250 E Hermosa Vista Dr	Mesa	85213	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-2700	899	46	19.4	24.8%	594 (66.1%)	10 (1.1%)	190 (21.1%)	5 (0.6%)	64 (7.1%)	3 (0.3%)	33 (3.7%)	63.5	161^st of 552 public middle schools	70.8%		62.4	165^th of 550 public middle schools	70.0%	4	50.0	42.0	46.0	50.0	41.0	$6,541	$52	$85	$190	$6,053	$351	$6,404
Franklin Junior High School	4.0mi	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	24.5%	179 (62.2%)	3 (1.0%)	82 (28.5%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	97.9	14^th of 552 public middle schools	97.5%		97.8	16^th of 550 public middle schools	97.1%	2	91.0	89.0	71.0	70.0	77.0	$6,931	$20	$09	$49	$6,045	$857	$6,902
Carson Junior High School	4.2mi	Public	7-9	525 N Westwood	Mesa	85201	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-2900	946	50	18.7	70.0%	151 (16.0%)	63 (6.7%)	557 (58.9%)	12 (1.3%)	109 (11.5%)	14 (1.5%)	40 (4.2%)	9.3	534^th of 552 public middle schools	3.3%		10	524^th of 550 public middle schools	4.7%	10	20.0	17.0	8.0	10.0	10.0	$6,542	$470	$142	$1,083	$5,177	$752	$5,929
Shepherd Junior High School	4.3mi	Public	4-8	1407 N Alta Mesa Dr	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-1800	581	28	20.6	34.8%	361 (62.1%)	16 (2.8%)	162 (27.9%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.5%)	45.9	244^th of 552 public middle schools	55.8%		40.2	275^th of 550 public middle schools	50.0%	31	48.0	46.0	29.0	26.0	34.0	$8,537	$420	$61	$900	$7,489	$568	$8,057
Fremont Junior High School	5.5mi	Public	7-8	1001 N Power Rd	Mesa	85205	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8300	822	46	17.9	44.9%	397 (48.3%)	37 (4.5%)	309 (37.6%)	11 (1.3%)	23 (2.8%)	8 (1.0%)	37 (4.5%)	42	259^th of 552 public middle schools	53.1%		42.6	267^th of 550 public middle schools	51.5%	8	37.0	43.0	30.0	34.0	30.0	$6,870	$437	$21	$895	$6,024	$387	$6,412
Mesquite Junior High School	5.9mi	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	52.9%	247 (38.1%)	41 (6.3%)	278 (42.9%)	19 (2.9%)	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.3%)	35.7	297^th of 552 public middle schools	46.2%		33.4	315^th of 550 public middle schools	42.7%	18	45.0	33.0	30.0	24.0	25.0	$7,437	$561	$473	$1,595	$6,507		$6,403
Greenfield Junior High School	6.0mi	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	19.9%	756 (65.2%)	25 (2.2%)	270 (23.3%)	23 (2.0%)	8 (0.7%)	4 (0.3%)	74 (6.4%)	78.7	89^th of 552 public middle schools	83.9%		75.5	113^th of 550 public middle schools	79.5%	24	61.0	55.0	48.0	54.0	54.0	$5,512	$01	$335	$338	$5,275		$5,176

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