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)
060015310944	321	Repetto Elementary	Public	K-8	650 South Grandridge Ave.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 570-6240	697	27	26.2	43.9%	18 (2.6%)	7 (1.0%)	227 (32.6%)	406 (58.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.6%)	$11,338							88	94.3	169	152
063513005958	322	Stone Valley Middle	Public	6-8	3001 Miranda Ave.	Alamo	94507	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-5800	580	26	22.5	4.1%	367 (63.3%)	3 (0.5%)	64 (11.0%)	79 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	65 (11.2%)	$6,431							87.9	92.7	214	108
060588000527	323	Brea Junior High	Public	7-8	400 North Brea Blvd.	Brea	92821	Orange County	Brea-Olinda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 990-7500	907	42	21.5	22.1%	215 (23.7%)	18 (2.0%)	346 (38.1%)	280 (30.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.1%)	$5,050							87.9	84.5	384	61
063288010027	324	Colony Oak Elementary	Public	K-8	22241 South Murphy Rd.	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	Ripon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 599-7145	442	18	24.2	22.9%	262 (59.3%)	2 (0.5%)	135 (30.5%)	18 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.2%)	$9,275							87.8	68.6	704	380
063357005180	325	Muscatel Middle	Public	7-8	4201 North Ivar Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Rosemead Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 287-1139	517	26	19.5	75.0%	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	205 (39.7%)	289 (55.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	$7,710							87.8	81.6	451	126
062199010412	326	Ocean Alternative Education Center	Public	K-8	984 Bostwick Ln. Ste. 6	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Live Oak Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 475-0767	84	4	19.3	35.7%	52 (61.9%)	1 (1.2%)	21 (25.0%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.1%)	$7,124							87.8	58.2	958	632
060141406022	327	La Colina Junior High	Public	7-8	4025 Foothill Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-4506	900	41	21.8	41.9%	432 (48.0%)	5 (0.6%)	373 (41.4%)	35 (3.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (5.7%)	$10,904							87.7	88.2	321	6
063438008186	328	Diegueno Middle	Public	7-8	2150 Village Park Way	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-1892	790	32	25	16.5%	526 (66.6%)	4 (0.5%)	164 (20.8%)	18 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (9.5%)	$6,542							87.7	92.9	207	121
061494001901	329	Garvey (Richard) Intermediate	Public	7-8	2720 North Jackson Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3385	591	31	19.1	66.0%	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	187 (31.6%)	386 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$4,361							87.6	91	257	72
063432005499	330	Lewis Middle	Public	6-8	5170 Greenbrier Ave.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 510-4300	971	40	24.1	41.8%	315 (32.4%)	51 (5.3%)	333 (34.3%)	167 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	102 (10.5%)	$7,528							87.6	86.9	340	10

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About our rankings:

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.