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)
063441005678	2431	Visitacion Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1971 Visitacion Ave.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4590	326	23	13.9	75.5%	4 (1.2%)	33 (10.1%)	171 (52.5%)	71 (21.8%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.1%)	23 (7.1%)	$6,103							16	18	2376	55
060248514376	2432	Elite Public	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	100 Whitney Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Elite Public District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 652-3142	671	37	18.1	61.8%	13 (1.9%)	369 (55.0%)	219 (32.6%)	19 (2.8%)	7 (1.0%)	7 (1.0%)	37 (5.5%)								16	13.1	2584	152
064158012263	2433	Riverbank Elementary	Public	K-8	1100 Carrie St.	West Sacramento	95605	Yolo County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 375-7700	616	35	17.8	93.2%	100 (16.2%)	16 (2.6%)	370 (60.1%)	96 (15.6%)	5 (0.8%)	14 (2.3%)	15 (2.4%)	$7,551							16	11.5	2655	222
060156211906	2434	Mission View Public	Public, Charter	8-12	26334 Citrus St.	Santa Clarita	91355	Los Angeles County	Mission View Public District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 874-1341	238	9	26.2	68.9%	45 (18.9%)	7 (2.9%)	157 (66.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (9.2%)								15.9	5.5	2784	350
062805008680	2435	Urban Promise Academy Middle	Public	6-8	3031 East 18th St.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-5236	367	19	19.4	97.5%	7 (1.9%)	14 (3.8%)	314 (85.6%)	18 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.5%)	$6,994							15.9	16.3	2456	21
063801006404	2436	El Dorado Elementary	Public	K-8	1540 North Lincoln St.	Stockton	95204	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7175	542	22	24.9	86.2%	37 (6.8%)	99 (18.3%)	355 (65.5%)	19 (3.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.8%)	$7,529							15.9	11.6	2644	208
060185213740	2437	ACE Esperanza Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	1665 Santee Dr.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	ACE Esperanza Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 729-3420	221	9	24.2	80.1%	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	207 (93.7%)	8 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								15.8	24.4	2083	354
063237004991	2438	Warren F. Frisbie Middle	Public	6-8	1442 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7887	959	40	23.9	87.2%	15 (1.6%)	79 (8.2%)	848 (88.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	7 (0.7%)	$8,243							15.8	16.4	2452	14
060221813348	2439	PREPA TEC - Los Angeles	Public, Charter	6-8	8001 Santa Fe Ave.	Walnut Park	90255	Los Angeles County	PREPA TEC - Los Angeles District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 800-2739	291	14	20.1	98.3%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	286 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								15.8	14.3	2544	105
063273005087	2440	Monument Middle	Public	6-8	95 Center St.	Rio Dell	95562	Humboldt County	Rio Dell Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 764-3783	98	6	17.7	76.5%	68 (69.4%)	2 (2.0%)	21 (21.4%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)								15.8	14.3	2542	102

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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:

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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.