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)
061440007479	951	Circle of Independent Learning	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4700 Calaveras Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 797-0100	401	21	19	33.9%	80 (20.0%)	11 (2.7%)	87 (21.7%)	197 (49.1%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (2.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$10,107							57.4	47.7	1234	283
060741000682	952	Capay Joint Union Elementary	Public	K-8	7504 Cutting Ave.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Capay Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1222	185	9	20.5	45.9%	106 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)								57.3	18.7	2345	1393
063072004779	953	Weimar Hills	Public	4-8	200 West Weimar Crossroad	Weimar	95736	Placer County	Placer Hills Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 637-4121	398	21	18.6	28.9%	336 (84.4%)	3 (0.8%)	28 (7.0%)	5 (1.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)								57.3	54.8	1036	83
060220512322	954	Magnolia Science Academy 6	Public, Charter	6-8	745 South Wilton Pl.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Magnolia Science Academy 6 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 842-8555	91	7	12.7	93.4%	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.5%)	84 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)								57.3	68.2	715	239
060015310938	955	Granada Elementary	Public	K-8	100 South Granada Ave.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-3600	369	20	18.5	58.5%	14 (3.8%)	6 (1.6%)	263 (71.3%)	70 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$12,602							57.3	39.3	1485	530
063714006296	956	Somis Elementary	Public	K-8	5268 North St.	Somis	93066	Ventura County	Somis Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 386-5711	240	13	18.3	75.8%	51 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	182 (75.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)								57.3	39.8	1468	512
069100612762	957	Charter Alternative Program (CAP)	Public, Charter	K-8	6520 Oak Dell Rd.	El Dorado	95623	El Dorado County	El Dorado County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 622-6984	223	10	21.9	30.0%	146 (65.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (17.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (14.3%)	$8,696							57.2	28.3	1887	930
062353003336	958	Mammoth Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Meridian Blvd.	Mammoth Lakes	93546	Mono County	Mammoth Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 934-9315	229	13	18	64.2%	76 (33.2%)	0 (0.0%)	142 (62.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	$7,660							57	51.9	1112	154
061437008352	959	Shirakawa (George Senior) Elementary	Public	K-8	665 Wool Creek Dr.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 283-6086	633	31	20.3	49.3%	36 (5.7%)	13 (2.1%)	347 (54.8%)	206 (32.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.3%)								57	51.8	1116	157
061524001950	960	Woodrow Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	1221 Monterey Rd.	Glendale	91206	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 244-8145	1,069	48	22.5	59.4%	791 (74.0%)	13 (1.2%)	169 (15.8%)	79 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.4%)	$7,117							57	57.7	971	11

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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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