Best Middle Schools in California

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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)
061995002393	2581	Trinity Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	730 North Highway 96	Willow Creek	95573	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	150	10	14.9	85.3%	51 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (52.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)								12	17.8	2390	191
060230808472	2582	W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2604 Martin Luther King Blvd.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 486-1166	319	18	17.2	98.7%	4 (1.3%)	64 (20.1%)	240 (75.2%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)								12	13.2	2583	1
060003301255	2583	Bryant Middle	Public	6-8	16695 North Bryant Rd.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0240	514	25	20.9	89.3%	64 (12.5%)	7 (1.4%)	427 (83.1%)	3 (0.6%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$6,126							12	17.9	2385	198
061111001228	2584	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	83-089 Highway 111	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 863-3660	538	22	24.6	92.6%	16 (3.0%)	4 (0.7%)	497 (92.4%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	$8,030							12	11.8	2634	50
062088010826	2585	Endeavour Middle	Public	6-8	43755 45th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-8270	779	39	20.1	82.8%	106 (13.6%)	195 (25.0%)	398 (51.1%)	35 (4.5%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.6%)	34 (4.4%)	$8,483							11.9	13.2	2579	6
064258007899	2586	Laytonville Elementary	Public	K-8	150 Ramsey Rd.	Laytonville	95454	Mendocino County	Laytonville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 984-6123	226	12	19.2	68.1%	129 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (20.4%)	6 (2.7%)	26 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.4%)	$13,879							11.9	24.5	2073	513
062580009585	2587	Sunnymead Middle	Public	6-8	23996 Eucalyptus Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4280	1,193	60	20	78.1%	32 (2.7%)	128 (10.7%)	959 (80.4%)	18 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (1.4%)	39 (3.3%)	$7,439							11.9	12.3	2622	35
063441007842	2588	Everett Middle	Public	6-8	450 Church St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6344	504	25	20.5	63.7%	44 (8.7%)	32 (6.3%)	373 (74.0%)	11 (2.2%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.3%)	$6,103							11.9	12.8	2603	15
063255005065	2589	Verde Elementary	Public	K-8	2000 Giaramita St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1408	308	14	22	96.1%	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.8%)	271 (88.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	$6,517							11.8	13.9	2564	25
061932009382	2590	Mountain Vista Middle	Public	6-8	5081 Konocti Rd.	Kelseyville	95451	Lake County	Kelseyville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 279-4060	375	21	17.8	76.0%	156 (41.6%)	1 (0.3%)	179 (47.7%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (6.9%)	$7,570							11.8	13	2593	3

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.