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)
064158007936	1521	Southport Elementary	Public	K-8	2747 Linden Rd.	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 375-7890	708	33	21.7	50.0%	229 (32.3%)	27 (3.8%)	270 (38.1%)	93 (13.1%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.0%)	73 (10.3%)	$6,140							38.2	50.4	1156	365
062513003748	1522	Roosevelt Junior High	Public	7-8	1330 College Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1930	777	35	22	75.0%	178 (22.9%)	18 (2.3%)	464 (59.7%)	39 (5.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.0%)	68 (8.8%)	$11,836							38.2	32.2	1736	214
060229914157	1523	Blue Oak Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	28050 Rd. 148	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Blue Oak Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7422	342	14	24.4	45.0%	113 (33.0%)	1 (0.3%)	210 (61.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)								38.1	31.3	1769	246
063327005168	1524	Rockford Elementary	Public	K-8	14983 Road 208	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Rockford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-5406	310	14	22.2	62.6%	128 (41.3%)	1 (0.3%)	160 (51.6%)	11 (3.5%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)								38.1	49.4	1184	340
061152001283	1525	Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (Pk-8)	Public	K-8	1212 East Kellwil Way	Duarte	91010	Los Angeles County	Duarte Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 599-5200	482	24	19.9	69.3%	17 (3.5%)	9 (1.9%)	437 (90.7%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$7,695							38.1	44.4	1333	192
062450003671	1526	Robert Randall World Languages	Public	K-8	1300 Edsel Dr.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2662	284	13	22.4	54.2%	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	209 (73.6%)	57 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	$7,076							38.1			(n/a)
061605002005	1527	Greenfield Middle	Public	6-8	1109 Pacheco Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6110	901	44	20.6	95.1%	39 (4.3%)	77 (8.5%)	754 (83.7%)	16 (1.8%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	$7,286							38	31.9	1747	220
063471008973	1528	Washington Manor Middle	Public	6-8	1170 Fargo Ave.	San Leandro	94579	Alameda County	San Lorenzo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 317-5500	582	24	24.5	74.1%	40 (6.9%)	39 (6.7%)	245 (42.1%)	217 (37.3%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	33 (5.7%)	$6,323							38	38.5	1508	20
062142009147	1529	Lennox Middle	Public	6-8	11033 Buford Ave.	Lennox	90304	Los Angeles County	Lennox	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 419-1800	1,250	69	18.2	93.4%	4 (0.3%)	11 (0.9%)	1,222 (97.8%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	$9,571							37.9	34.8	1637	108
060444000402	1530	Mayfair High	Public	7-12	6000 North Woodruff Ave.	Lakewood	90713	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 925-9981	2,578	115	22.5	69.9%	295 (11.4%)	410 (15.9%)	1,469 (57.0%)	294 (11.4%)	5 (0.2%)	26 (1.0%)	77 (3.0%)	$9,216							37.9	45	1312	218

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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.