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)
060187012457	2641	Options for Youth-San Bernardino	Public, Charter	7-12	985 South E St. #A	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	Options for Youth-San Bernardino District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 381-6260	910	29	31.7	89.0%	92 (10.1%)	87 (9.6%)	667 (73.3%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	46 (5.1%)								10.6	11.1	2670	29
062271003073	2642	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle	Public	6-8	9301 South Hoover St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 242-5400	435	26	16.9	97.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,492							10.6	6.5	2769	127
062382012615	2643	Maricopa Middle	Public	6-8	955 Stanislaus St.	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Maricopa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 769-8231	77	3	25.6	96.1%	40 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (46.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,113							10.6	7.7	2750	107
061839002263	2644	Beulah Payne P-8 STEAM Academy	Public	K-8	215 West 94th St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5410	604	22	27.2	81.5%	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.6%)	520 (86.1%)	14 (2.3%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)								10.5	19.2	2310	334
060171014369	2645	Adelanto Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	17738 Nevada Ave.	Victorville	92394	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 246-8691	97	7	13	82.5%	3 (3.1%)	20 (20.6%)	65 (67.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)	5 (5.2%)								10.5	8.7	2728	83
063531006013	2646	Willard Intermediate	Public	6-8	1342 North Ross	Santa Ana	92706	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 480-4800	457	29	15.9	79.2%	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	443 (96.9%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,215							10.4	8.1	2743	97
061336001530	2647	Tolenas Academy of Music and Media	Public	K-8	4500 Tolenas Rd.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 421-4350	583	25	23.2	60.9%	45 (7.7%)	99 (17.0%)	304 (52.1%)	63 (10.8%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.4%)	62 (10.6%)	$6,874							10.4	13.1	2586	61
063417008185	2648	Martin Luther King Junior Middle	Public	7-8	1250 North Medical Center Dr.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6350	635	31	20.5	94.3%	9 (1.4%)	53 (8.3%)	556 (87.6%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.1%)	$7,362							10.3	10.6	2686	38
060197013723	2649	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	11336 Bartlett Ave.	Adelanto	92301	San Bernardino County	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 843-6622	471	21	22.7	85.4%	49 (10.4%)	97 (20.6%)	286 (60.7%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.1%)	25 (5.3%)								10.3	10.6	2687	38
060171514217	2650	Vista Norte Public Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	248 East Base Line Rd.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Vista Norte Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 509-5496	631	22	28	76.9%	54 (8.6%)	37 (5.9%)	491 (77.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	7 (1.1%)	33 (5.2%)								10.3	11.3	2659	9

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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.