Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Willie & Coy Payne Junior High, Queen Creek, AZ

Willie & Coy Payne Junior High is a public middle school in Queen Creek, part of Chandler Unified District #80 (4242). It enrolled 1,171 students in 2024-25, with 20.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Willie & Coy Payne Jr. High".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,171
Teachers (FTE): 58.0
Students per teacher: 20.2
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.6 higher than the district figure of 17.6. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.2

District17.6

Arizona17.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 7655 S Higley Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Phone: (480)224-2400
District: Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)
County: Maricopa County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 040187002478

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Direct certification: 93Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)

Santan Junior High School 1,085 students
Bogle Junior High School 1,007 students
Arizona College Prep Middle School 907 students
John M Andersen Junior High School 772 students
Willis Junior High School 661 students

Middle schools elsewhere in Queen Creek

Sossaman Middle School Higley Unified School District (4248)
Queen Creek Junior High School Queen Creek Unified District (4245)
Newell Barney College Preparatory School Queen Creek Unified District (4245)

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.