Best Middle Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2777)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
063225004979	1091	Reeds Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	18335 Johnson Rd.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Reeds Creek Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-6006	190	10	19	50.5%	151 (79.5%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (11.6%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.8%)								52.4	43.3	1366	275
060235308283	1092	Visions In Education	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5030 El Camino Ave.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	Visions In Education District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 883-1601	7,009	266	26.3	57.1%	2,976 (42.5%)	565 (8.1%)	2,042 (29.1%)	480 (6.8%)	56 (0.8%)	36 (0.5%)	806 (11.5%)								52.3	58.2	954	138
060994001083	1093	Thomas Page Academy	Public	K-8	1075 Madrone Ave.	Cotati	94931	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 792-4860	447	20	22.3	67.8%	82 (18.3%)	13 (2.9%)	295 (66.0%)	16 (3.6%)	11 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (6.0%)	$6,525							52.3	49.3	1189	96
061647002084	1094	Woodrow Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	601 West Florinda St.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3870	568	26	22	75.7%	89 (15.7%)	25 (4.4%)	405 (71.3%)	19 (3.3%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	$10,518							52.3	46.4	1274	180
060003614188	1095	Paso Verde	Public	K-8	5240 PV Scholars Ln.	Sacramento	95835	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 567-5810	911	39	23.1	51.2%	137 (15.0%)	167 (18.3%)	244 (26.8%)	215 (23.6%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (1.0%)	135 (14.8%)	$7,383							52.2	44.7	1320	225
063432005541	1096	Roosevelt International Middle	Public	6-8	3366 Park Blvd.	San Diego	92103	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-3850	785	38	20.4	60.0%	166 (21.1%)	62 (7.9%)	432 (55.0%)	29 (3.7%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	87 (11.1%)	$8,491							52.2	54.7	1038	58
064098006747	1097	Lemon Grove	Public	K-8	450 Valmore Ave.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1817	304	15	20.2	64.1%	128 (42.1%)	9 (3.0%)	139 (45.7%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	$10,870							52.2	46.7	1266	169
060004807409	1098	George H. Flamson Middle	Public	6-8	2405 Spring St.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1400	671	32	20.8	73.5%	163 (24.3%)	5 (0.7%)	487 (72.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)								52.1	48.8	1204	106
062199007434	1099	Shoreline Middle	Public	6-8	855 17th Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Live Oak Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 475-6565	463	27	17.3	66.5%	136 (29.4%)	14 (3.0%)	276 (59.6%)	11 (2.4%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.7%)	$7,808							52.1	57.8	967	132
060226112569	1100	John Adams Academy - Roseville	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	One Sierra Gate Plaza	Roseville	95678	Placer County	John Adams Academy - Roseville District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 780-6800	1,681	77	21.9	38.8%	1,155 (68.7%)	15 (0.9%)	293 (17.4%)	93 (5.5%)	5 (0.3%)	9 (0.5%)	110 (6.5%)								52.1	55.1	1029	71

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.