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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
Desert Shadows Middle School	0.0mi	Public	5-8	5858 E Sweetwater Ave	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6800	791	39	20.1	13.4%	547 (69.2%)	14 (1.8%)	139 (17.6%)	26 (3.3%)	13 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.4%)	81.4	76^th of 536 public middle schools	85.8%		81	75^th of 552 public middle schools	86.4%	1		69.0	54.0	61.0		58.0	51.0	54.0	$6,111	$194	$100	$487	$5,382	$436	$5,818
Sunrise Middle School	1.4mi	Public	5-8	4960 E Acoma Dr	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6100	390	25	15.7	28.5%	192 (49.2%)	16 (4.1%)	133 (34.1%)	22 (5.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	63.1	156^th of 536 public middle schools	70.9%		65.3	155^th of 552 public middle schools	71.9%	1		56.0	48.0	52.0		40.0	40.0	40.0	$9,127	$870	$218	$1,959	$7,702	$337	$8,039
Cocopah Middle School	1.5mi	Public	6-8	6615 E Cholla St	Scottsdale	85254	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-4400	861	44	19.5	8.1%	654 (76.0%)	29 (3.4%)	104 (12.1%)	46 (5.3%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (2.7%)	92.6	32^nd of 536 public middle schools	94.0%		92	37^th of 552 public middle schools	93.3%	5	73.0	68.0	66.0	69.0	71.0	67.0	67.0	69.0	$6,404	$81	$437	$599	$5,468	$418	$5,886
Mission Montessori Academy's Middle Years Program	2.5mi	Public, Charter	4-8	4530 E Gold Dust Ave	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	The Farm at Mission Montessori Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 699-4950	43	4	10.7	—	25 (58.1%)	1 (2.3%)	12 (27.9%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.3%)	87.1	51^st of 536 public middle schools	90.5%					(n/a)	65.0	95.0		75.0		67.0		50.0		$00			$00
Greenway Middle School	3.8mi	Public	5-8	3002 E Nisbet Rd	Phoenix	85032	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 449-2400	646	38	17.0	59.4%	62 (9.6%)	52 (8.0%)	497 (76.9%)	7 (1.1%)	15 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.7%)	11.6	498^th of 536 public middle schools	7.1%		12.6	507^th of 552 public middle schools	8.2%	9		21.0	19.0	21.0		12.0	13.0	12.0	$8,288	$510	$191	$1,210	$7,055	$533	$7,588
Shea Middle School	4.2mi	Public	5-8	2728 E Shea Blvd	Phoenix	85028	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-3500	476	33	14.4	34.0%	227 (47.7%)	20 (4.2%)	187 (39.3%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.5%)	33.3	306^th of 536 public middle schools	42.9%		38.5	279^th of 552 public middle schools	49.5%	27		44.0	30.0	37.0		22.0	28.0	25.0	$9,578	$632	$185	$1,449	$8,078	$683	$8,761
Desert Canyon Middle School	5.5mi	Public	6-8	10203 E McDowell Mtn Ranch Rd	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-4600	423	28	15.1	13.5%	296 (70.0%)	20 (4.7%)	51 (12.1%)	35 (8.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.8%)	86.5	53^rd of 536 public middle schools	90.1%		89.6	44^th of 552 public middle schools	92.0%	9	64.0	71.0	59.0	65.0	57.0	60.0	59.0	59.0	$7,889	$356	$1,085	$1,798	$6,505		$6,447
Explorer Middle School	6.0mi	Public	5-8	22401 N 40th St	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4200	607	31	19.5	8.9%	473 (77.9%)	8 (1.3%)	78 (12.9%)	19 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	89.2	45^th of 536 public middle schools	91.6%		81.6	74^th of 552 public middle schools	86.6%	29		67.0	62.0	64.0		61.0	67.0	64.0	$6,002	$187	$138	$512	$5,487	$190	$5,677
Mohave Middle School	6.9mi	Public	6-8	8490 E Jackrabbit Rd	Scottsdale	85250	Maricopa County	Scottsdale Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 484-5200	753	55	13.8	25.8%	378 (50.2%)	34 (4.5%)	254 (33.7%)	30 (4.0%)	38 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.4%)	61.6	164^th of 536 public middle schools	69.4%		57.6	195^th of 552 public middle schools	64.7%	31	53.0	52.0	51.0	52.0	42.0	35.0	42.0	39.0	$6,460	$191	$516	$898	$5,515	$237	$5,752
Mountain Sky Middle School	7.5mi	Public	7-8	16225 N 7th Ave	Phoenix	85023	Maricopa County	Washington Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(602) 896-6100	672	32	21.1	44.3%	235 (35.0%)	58 (8.6%)	320 (47.6%)	10 (1.5%)	17 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.5%)	29.6	334^th of 536 public middle schools	37.7%		36.6	293^rd of 552 public middle schools	46.9%	41		38.0	27.0	33.0		27.0	23.0	25.0	$6,668	$408	$103	$919	$5,323	$834	$6,157

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