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)
062100012182	721	Mariposa School of Global Education	Public	K-8	6050 North Calmfield Ave.	Agoura	91301	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 707-7144	342	16	21.3	25.4%	242 (70.8%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (14.3%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.3%)	$6,850							67.9	92.1	233	488
060846002585	722	Woodcrest Junior High	Public	7-8	2725 South Campus Ave.	Ontario	91761	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 923-3455	334	18	18.6	83.8%	23 (6.9%)	11 (3.3%)	276 (82.6%)	16 (4.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	$13,222							67.8	67.4	735	13
061488001822	723	Alamitos Intermediate	Public	7-8	12381 Dale St.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6101	628	25	25	87.3%	18 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	381 (60.7%)	209 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	13 (2.1%)	$12,155							67.8	70.9	670	53
062814004346	724	Spring View Middle	Public	6-8	16662 Trudy Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 846-2891	487	25	19.1	65.3%	171 (35.1%)	6 (1.2%)	243 (49.9%)	29 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.8%)	$5,053							67.7	61.9	853	129
062805008679	725	Melrose Leadership Academy	Public	K-8	4730 Fleming Ave.	Oakland	94619	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2152	656	33	19.6	47.1%	114 (17.4%)	32 (4.9%)	432 (65.9%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (9.9%)	$6,843							67.6	61.9	850	125
062637007076	726	Pleasant Hill Middle	Public	6-8	1 Santa Barbara Rd.	Pleasant Hill	94503	Napa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 256-0791	700	30	23.2	28.1%	252 (36.0%)	12 (1.7%)	244 (34.9%)	49 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	140 (20.0%)	$10,380							67.4	69.3	692	34
060962000969	727	Anderson Elementary	Public	K-8	2210 East 130th St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6110	464	19	24.3	64.2%	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.1%)	418 (90.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								67.4	66.7	748	21
063560006065	728	Mission Hill Middle	Public	6-8	425 King St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3860	544	28	19.5	32.7%	296 (54.4%)	7 (1.3%)	186 (34.2%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (6.8%)								67.4	75.5	571	157
060225311800	729	Chrysalis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	21945 Old Forty-Four Dr.	Palo Cedro	96073	Shasta County	Chrysalis Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 547-9726	239	10	23.3	36.8%	187 (78.2%)	3 (1.3%)	26 (10.9%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.4%)								67.3	73.5	611	118
061233011062	730	Edward Harris Junior Middle	Public	7-8	8691 Power Inn Rd.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 688-0080	1,192	54	21.9	49.6%	80 (6.7%)	173 (14.5%)	265 (22.2%)	501 (42.0%)	11 (0.9%)	45 (3.8%)	117 (9.8%)	$7,058							67.3	63.8	798	68

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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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