Mountain Trail Middle School
Public · Grades 5–8 · 835 students
Explorer Middle School
22401 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85050
Grades
5–8
Middle
Students
607
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
19.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Paradise Valley Unified District (4241)
Maricopa County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 206 Arizona middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Arizona middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Explorer Middle School
Explorer Middle School is a public middle school in Phoenix, Arizona, serving grades 5–8. It is part of Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). The school is located in a large city in Maricopa County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 607 students were enrolled, with about 19.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Arizona middle school (18.1 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 206 Arizona middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 5–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 5–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 607 students
- Students per teacher
- 19.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Paradise Valley Unified District (4241)
- County
- Maricopa County
- NCES school ID
- 040593001230
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.