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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 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	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
Challenger Middle School	0.0mi	Public	6-8	100 E Elvira Rd	Tucson	85756	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4600	590	30	19.5	64.2%	21 (3.6%)	21 (3.6%)	508 (86.1%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	7.1	531^st of 536 public middle schools	0.9%		8.3	543^rd of 552 public middle schools	1.6%	12					18.0	13.0	15.0					8.0	5.0	6.0	$6,510	$574	$39	$1,187	$5,393	$504	$5,897
Apollo Middle School	2.1mi	Public	6-8	265 West Nebraska Street	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4500	480	33	14.5	63.1%	7 (1.5%)	6 (1.3%)	442 (92.1%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	7.6	528^th of 536 public middle schools	1.5%		7.8	547^th of 552 public middle schools	0.9%	19					20.0	12.0	16.0					7.0	7.0	7.0	$8,739	$942	$65	$1,950	$7,035	$697	$7,732
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	3.4mi	Public	4-8	3700 E Alvord Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4700	768	36	21.3	47.9%	15 (2.0%)	8 (1.0%)	729 (94.9%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	25.5	368^th of 536 public middle schools	31.3%		24	384^th of 552 public middle schools	30.4%	16		42.0	37.0	32.0	44.0	36.0	38.0		38.0	49.0	12.0	15.0	17.0	25.0	$6,089	$470	$14	$955	$5,212	$393	$5,605
Pistor Middle School	4.0mi	Public	6-8	5455 S Cardinal Ave	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-5400	579	44	13.1	58.2%	31 (5.4%)	9 (1.6%)	473 (81.7%)	5 (0.9%)	50 (8.6%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.6%)	7.7	527^th of 536 public middle schools	1.7%		5.5	551^st of 552 public middle schools	0.2%	24				17.0	20.0	12.0	16.0					8.0	7.0	7.0		$00			$00
Wakefield Middle School	4.1mi	Public	6-8	101 W 44th St	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-6280	295	21	13.9	48.5%	29 (9.8%)	3 (1.0%)	243 (82.4%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	48.7	224^th of 536 public middle schools	58.2%		57.7	194^th of 552 public middle schools	64.9%	30				48.0	54.0	41.0	48.0				38.0	28.0	25.0	31.0		$00			$00
Las Puertas Community School	4.6mi	Public, Charter	6-10	100 W 37th St	Tucson	85752	Pima County	StrengthBuilding Partners	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 546-9296	40	5	7.4	80.0%	1 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (60.0%)	1 (2.5%)	14 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																$00			$00
Utterback Middle School	4.6mi	Public	6-8	3233 S Pinal Vis	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-3500	270	22	12.3	68.1%	20 (7.4%)	24 (8.9%)	216 (80.0%)	5 (1.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	17.6	438^th of 536 public middle schools	18.3%					(n/a)				30.0	22.0	19.0	24.0						23.0	11.0		$00			$00
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	5.2mi	Public	5-8	5385 E Littletown Rd	Tucson	85756	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4900	435	22	19.4	56.8%	26 (6.0%)	27 (6.2%)	358 (82.3%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	14.5	468^th of 536 public middle schools	12.7%		15.7	475^th of 552 public middle schools	13.9%	7				17.0	31.0	20.0	23.0							4.0	$7,924	$712	$56	$1,480	$6,594	$562	$7,156
Valencia Middle School	5.9mi	Public	6-8	4400 W Irvington Rd	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-4500	520	36	14.4	59.0%	33 (6.3%)	19 (3.7%)	421 (81.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	8.9	518^th of 536 public middle schools	3.4%		11.7	518^th of 552 public middle schools	6.2%					16.0	22.0	17.0	19.0					7.0	9.0	8.0		$00			$00
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	6.0mi	Public	3-8	4850 W Jeffrey Rd	Tucson	85757	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-3900	215	20	10.8	74.9%	10 (4.7%)	3 (1.4%)	100 (46.5%)	1 (0.5%)	95 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)								(n/a)							18.0							8.0		$00			$00

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