Middle · Arizona

Imagine Surprise Middle

Charter

Imagine Surprise Middle, a public middle school in Surprise, Arizona: grades 6–8, 248 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Imagine Middle at Surprise Inc. (88372).

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
248
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
12.4
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in Arizona

Median 18.1 · 208 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of middle schools in Arizona

Median 496 · 216 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arizona's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arizona: 40%

37%proficient

+6.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Arizona

Median 33% · 200 middle schools compared

236 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Arizona: 34%

23%proficient

+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Arizona

Median 23% · 176 middle schools compared

239 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Imagine Middle at Surprise Inc. (88372).

Location

Address
14850 N 156TH Ave, Surprise, AZ 85379
Phone
(623)344-1770
City or town
Surprise

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–869618.354%32%
6–1053—63%—
5–895226.150%32%
5–878221.143%24%
5–873121.254%36%
7–873219.559%50%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 040044102658