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)
062250002709	451	Cubberley K-8	Public	K-8	3200 Monogram Ave.	Long Beach	90808	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 420-8810	946	42	22.2	27.2%	336 (35.5%)	52 (5.5%)	352 (37.2%)	60 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	143 (15.1%)	$8,136							81.2	76.5	556	105
063474002797	452	SLVUSD Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	325 Marion Ave.	Ben Lomond	95005	Santa Cruz County	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 335-0932	290	12	23.7	22.1%	216 (74.5%)	2 (0.7%)	34 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (13.1%)	$9,079							81.2	88.2	322	130
061296001472	453	Summit Intermediate	Public	6-8	5959 East Ave.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 899-1704	1,101	46	23.8	25.1%	242 (22.0%)	121 (11.0%)	530 (48.1%)	121 (11.0%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (7.4%)	$5,470							81.1	75.2	580	127
060006810543	454	Ranchos Middle	Public	7-8	12455 Road 35 1/2	Madera	93636	Madera County	Golden Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 645-3550	405	18	22.8	40.0%	146 (36.0%)	5 (1.2%)	201 (49.6%)	35 (8.6%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$9,112							81.1	75.7	566	112
060964001007	455	Colina Middle	Public	6-8	1500 East Hillcrest Dr.	Thousand Oaks	91362	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 495-7429	796	38	20.8	26.8%	374 (47.0%)	14 (1.8%)	285 (35.8%)	59 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (7.4%)	$5,824							81.1	81.1	460	5
062256004416	456	Ophir STEAM Academy	Public	K-8	1373 Lozanos Rd.	Newcastle	95658	Placer County	Loomis Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-3495	207	10	20.6	22.7%	167 (80.7%)	1 (0.5%)	27 (13.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$7,539							81	91.2	255	201
060220013471	457	Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach	Public, Charter	6-8	3601 Linden Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 912-7017	236	13	18.1	44.5%	61 (25.8%)	25 (10.6%)	98 (41.5%)	12 (5.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (15.3%)								81	81.7	450	7
060149912628	458	Sierra Expeditionary Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	11603 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Sierra Expeditionary Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-3701	215	9	23.8	23.3%	133 (61.9%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (29.8%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.0%)								81	91.3	253	205
063153004888	459	Meadowbrook Middle	Public	6-8	12320 Meadowbrook Ln.	Poway	92064	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 748-0802	984	46	21.5	25.2%	359 (36.5%)	25 (2.5%)	277 (28.2%)	209 (21.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (11.3%)	$6,905							80.9	85	373	86
062781014524	460	Indigo	Public	K-8	530 Gettysburg Dr.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 225-1881	272	11	24.1	15.1%	86 (31.6%)	8 (2.9%)	81 (29.8%)	67 (24.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.7%)								80.9	75.2	578	118

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.