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)
064290011818	971	Robbins Elementary	Public	K-8	17451 Pepper St.	Robbins	95676	Sutter County	Winship-Robbins	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 738-4386	106	8	14.1	82.1%	15 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)								56.6			(n/a)
062025002441	972	Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy	Public	6-8	9009 Park Plaza Dr.	La Mesa	91942	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5810	626	30	21.1	53.0%	208 (33.2%)	41 (6.5%)	289 (46.2%)	33 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (8.1%)	$6,068							56.6	52.2	1104	132
061089013246	973	Pioneer	Public	K-8	1001 Hiett Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 474-4911	955	45	21.1	84.8%	11 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)	883 (92.5%)	49 (5.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	$7,060							56.6	55.4	1023	50
060962000987	974	Laurel Street Elementary	Public	K-8	1321 West Laurel St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6440	389	16	25	55.3%	2 (0.5%)	55 (14.1%)	325 (83.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)								56.6	60	905	69
063255010757	975	Hercules Middle	Public	6-8	1900 Refugio Valley Rd.	Hercules	94547	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1429	590	23	25.5	28.8%	29 (4.9%)	94 (15.9%)	153 (25.9%)	257 (43.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	50 (8.5%)	$6,868							56.5	54	1059	84
060227013114	976	Citizens of the World Charter School Silver Lake	Public, Charter	K-8	110 North Coronado St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Citizens of the World Charter School Silver Lake District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 462-2840	715	41	17.3	55.7%	148 (20.7%)	53 (7.4%)	366 (51.2%)	92 (12.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.1%)								56.5	40.9	1432	456
061821002241	977	Frank M. Wright Middle	Public	6-8	885 North Imperial Ave.	Imperial	92251	Imperial County	Imperial Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 355-3240	1,023	44	23.2	60.6%	75 (7.3%)	7 (0.7%)	919 (89.8%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.0%)								56.5	58.3	953	24
060210111023	978	Santa Rosa Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	27587 La Piedra Rd.	Menifee	92584	Riverside County	Santa Rosa Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 672-2400	1,569	76	20.5	26.8%	588 (37.5%)	59 (3.8%)	735 (46.8%)	81 (5.2%)	7 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	94 (6.0%)								56.4	63.1	818	160
060246014019	979	Yosemite Valley Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3610 East Ashlan Ave	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Yosemite Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 258-0800	2,551	85	30.1	47.8%	1,234 (48.4%)	73 (2.9%)	842 (33.0%)	89 (3.5%)	8 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	296 (11.6%)								56.4	55.8	1015	36
069113610298	980	Aromas	Public	K-8	365 Vega St.	Aromas	95004	Monterey County	Aromas - San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 726-5100	381	17	22.4	47.0%	91 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	263 (69.0%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.2%)	$11,649							56.3	61.2	867	113

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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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