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)
063105004809	2541	Pleasant View Elementary	Public	K-8	14004 Road 184	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Pleasant View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-6769	413	24	16.8	87.2%	20 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	366 (88.6%)	24 (5.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,536							13.1	12.6	2614	73
061980007085	2542	Central Valley Home	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	1776 Sixth Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 897-6740	125	5	25	85.6%	26 (20.8%)	1 (0.8%)	86 (68.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.0%)	$5,343							13.1	20.9	2221	321
063801006431	2543	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-8	776 South Broadway Ave.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7275	360	14	24.9	89.4%	9 (2.5%)	28 (7.8%)	297 (82.5%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (3.9%)	$7,622							13	14.4	2537	6
060907011174	2544	Toro Canyon Middle	Public	7-8	86150 Avenue 66	Thermal	92274	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 397-2244	982	45	21.7	95.4%	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	968 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$13,114							13	14.6	2530	14
063198004922	2545	Vista Preparatory Academy	Public	6-8	1770 South Jackson St.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Red Bluff Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-7840	549	26	21.1	82.3%	246 (44.8%)	13 (2.4%)	235 (42.8%)	9 (1.6%)	21 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.2%)	$9,312							13	17.7	2393	152
063213004971	2546	McKinley Institute of Technology	Public	6-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2410	331	18	18.6	83.4%	9 (2.7%)	4 (1.2%)	307 (92.7%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)								12.9	20.8	2227	319
063213004968	2547	Hoover Elementary	Public	K-8	701 Charter St.	Redwood City	94063	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2408	648	29	22.6	80.4%	12 (1.9%)	5 (0.8%)	617 (95.2%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)								12.9	26.3	1979	568
060235214076	2548	Team Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	540 East Main St.	Stockton	95202	San Joaquin County	Team Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 462-2282	195	10	18.9	82.1%	4 (2.1%)	46 (23.6%)	138 (70.8%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)								12.9	16.5	2449	99
063645006202	2549	Shandon Elementary	Public	K-8	301 South First St.	Shandon	93461	San Luis Obispo County	Shandon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 238-1782	175	10	17.9	76.6%	28 (16.0%)	3 (1.7%)	143 (81.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								12.9	15.2	2498	51
063801010316	2550	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-8	150 East Mendocino Ave.	Stockton	95204	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7325	348	14	24.1	80.2%	26 (7.5%)	33 (9.5%)	240 (69.0%)	21 (6.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.6%)	$7,845							12.9	22.7	2148	402

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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.

Educational resources:

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

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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