Best Middle Schools in California

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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)
063600006162	2031	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-8	200 Phillips Dr.	Sausalito	94965	Marin County	Sausalito Marin City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 332-1024	318	20	15.7	46.5%	85 (26.7%)	87 (27.4%)	82 (25.8%)	32 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.7%)	$26,323							24.9	41.6	1413	618
060169311308	2032	KIPP Academy of Opportunity	Public, Charter	5-8	8500 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	KIPP Academy of Opportunity District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-0125	472	16	29.5	94.7%	0 (0.0%)	212 (44.9%)	255 (54.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)								24.9	21.3	2207	175
062334003555	2033	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	7-8	1407 Sunset Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 673-9286	968	49	19.5	85.4%	64 (6.6%)	13 (1.3%)	856 (88.4%)	21 (2.2%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.8%)	$1,987							24.9	26	1997	36
062271003143	2034	Logan Academy of Global Ecology	Public	K-8	1711 West Montana St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 413-6353	377	23	16.4	94.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,692							24.9	20.5	2242	208
060203610445	2035	Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	31191 Road 180	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-9160	390	15	26.8	44.1%	201 (51.5%)	2 (0.5%)	160 (41.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)								24.9	47.8	1228	807
061455001764	2036	Scandinavian Middle	Public	7-8	3216 North Sierra Vista	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-6510	764	41	18.7	94.9%	26 (3.4%)	46 (6.0%)	520 (68.1%)	147 (19.2%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	15 (2.0%)	$9,522							24.8	21.5	2200	164
063168004904	2037	Raisin City Elementary	Public	K-8	6425 West Bowles Ave.	Raisin City	93652	Fresno County	Raisin City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 233-0128	255	13	20	76.5%	12 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	225 (88.2%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)								24.8	10.1	2703	666
062553003832	2038	Los Arboles Middle	Public	7-8	294 Hillcrest Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 384-3550	396	22	18.2	78.5%	48 (12.1%)	31 (7.8%)	245 (61.9%)	44 (11.1%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.8%)	4 (1.0%)	$4,973							24.8	20.6	2230	192
060141806995	2039	Woodlake Valley Middle	Public	6-8	497 North Palm St.	Woodlake	93286	Tulare County	Woodlake Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-8061	476	26	18.5	91.2%	22 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	445 (93.5%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,799							24.7	20.4	2246	207
061336009814	2040	Dan O. Root Elementary	Public	K-8	820 Harrier Dr.	Suisun City	94585	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 421-4240	724	27	26.8	50.6%	100 (13.8%)	110 (15.2%)	338 (46.7%)	65 (9.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	101 (14.0%)	$5,973							24.7	28.9	1862	178

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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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Educational resources:

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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.