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)
062513003740	1801	La Loma Junior High	Public	7-8	1800 Encina Ave.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1906	679	31	21.8	76.3%	166 (24.4%)	20 (2.9%)	416 (61.3%)	16 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	56 (8.2%)	$12,549							30.2	25.3	2035	234
062250002713	1802	Franklin Classical Middle	Public	6-8	540 Cerritos Ave.	Long Beach	90802	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 435-4952	1,095	47	23.1	76.0%	22 (2.0%)	126 (11.5%)	844 (77.1%)	79 (7.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	19 (1.7%)	$7,320							30.2	32.3	1728	74
062547003791	1803	Bell Gardens Intermediate	Public	6-8	5841 Live Oak St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1319	858	42	20.2	75.4%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	852 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$5,381							30.2	30	1819	16
063756006361	1804	Richard L. Graves Middle	Public	6-8	13243 East Los Nietos Rd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 944-0135	495	26	19.3	94.7%	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	478 (96.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$6,529							30.1	26	1996	192
060248413145	1805	Equitas Academy #2	Public, Charter	5-8	2723 West 8th St.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy #2 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5940	388	17	22.4	92.0%	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	380 (97.9%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								30.1	28.4	1884	79
063237004998	1806	Rialto Middle	Public	6-8	1262 West Rialto Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 879-7308	1,087	44	24.6	84.0%	20 (1.8%)	109 (10.0%)	925 (85.1%)	8 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	17 (1.6%)	$7,761							30.1	24.8	2066	260
062271003216	1807	Chester W. Nimitz Middle	Public	6-8	6021 Carmelita Ave.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 887-5400	1,177	60	19.5	95.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,658							30.1	25	2050	243
062250003226	1808	Robinson Academy	Public	K-8	1400 E. 20th St.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 492-6003	729	32	22.8	75.9%	9 (1.2%)	157 (21.5%)	519 (71.2%)	22 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	16 (2.2%)	$8,152							30	31.4	1767	41
061926002312	1809	Jurupa Middle	Public	7-8	8700 Galena St.	Riverside	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 360-2846	1,144	53	21.4	75.2%	102 (8.9%)	16 (1.4%)	983 (85.9%)	22 (1.9%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.4%)	$10,492							30	31.6	1762	47
062169002580	1810	Mable Barron	Public	K-8	6835 Cumberland Pl.	Stockton	95219	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8795	672	27	24.6	56.8%	112 (16.7%)	69 (10.3%)	363 (54.0%)	70 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (8.3%)	$3,738							30	43.1	1371	439

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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.