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)
063021009176	2571	Pinacate Middle	Public	7-8	1990 South A St.	Perris	92570	Riverside County	Perris Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 943-6441	927	43	21.4	95.9%	27 (2.9%)	57 (6.1%)	822 (88.7%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.2%)	$13,497							12.2	12.9	2601	30
063432014499	2572	Logan Memorial Educational Campus	Public, Alternative	K-12	2875 Ocean View Blvd	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-6500	1,037	51	20.4	86.7%	13 (1.3%)	20 (1.9%)	988 (95.3%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.7%)								12.2	11.1	2673	101
061455001770	2573	Tehipite Middle	Public	7-8	630 North Augusta	Fresno	93701	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-3420	481	26	18.6	98.1%	14 (2.9%)	30 (6.2%)	406 (84.4%)	19 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$10,779							12.2	11.4	2657	84
062409009399	2574	Lincoln (Abraham) (Alternative)	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1919 B St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 740-6489	203	8	25	70.0%	80 (39.4%)	6 (3.0%)	90 (44.3%)	9 (4.4%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.9%)								12.1	7.1	2763	189
060163913837	2575	Motivated Youth Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	500 La Terraza Blvd. #150	Escondido	92025	San Diego County	Motivated Youth Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(619) 343-2048	194	9	20.6	73.2%	44 (22.7%)	6 (3.1%)	112 (57.7%)	7 (3.6%)	9 (4.6%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.7%)								12.1	21.9	2184	391
069100808479	2576	William Finch	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	607 East Tehama St.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Glenn County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1683	153	7	23.4	69.9%	63 (41.2%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (49.7%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.5%)	$14,349							12.1	14.8	2517	59
063581013339	2577	Cesar Chavez Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2480 Sebastopol Rd.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3890	853	42	20.4	54.0%	66 (7.7%)	3 (0.4%)	752 (88.2%)	14 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.8%)	$7,234							12.1	15.5	2489	88
060243614343	2578	Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	19740 Grand Ave.	Lake Elsinore	92530	Riverside County	Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 595-4500	428	20	21.4	58.9%	69 (16.1%)	59 (13.8%)	268 (62.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.0%)								12.1	19.6	2293	285
063583006123	2579	Hilliard Comstock Middle	Public	7-8	2750 West Steele Ln.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3885	434	23	19.1	60.4%	32 (7.4%)	7 (1.6%)	348 (80.2%)	22 (5.1%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$11,632							12.1	12	2629	50
062271003168	2580	Edwin Markham Middle	Public	6-8	1650 East 104th St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 568-5500	628	39	16	99.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,312							12	12.6	2611	31

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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.