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)
063636006193	1421	Sequoia Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-7	23958 Avenue 324	Lemon Cove	93244	Tulare County	Sequoia Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-2106	326	17	19.1	43.6%	199 (61.0%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (33.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.2%)	$7,954							41.1	56.1	1008	413
060005201476	1422	Catherine L. Zane Middle	Public	6-8	2155 S St.	Eureka	95501	Humboldt County	Eureka City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 441-2470	433	22	19.3	72.7%	179 (41.3%)	8 (1.8%)	118 (27.3%)	50 (11.5%)	18 (4.2%)	5 (1.2%)	55 (12.7%)								41.1	39.3	1486	64
060985001060	1423	Norco Intermediate	Public	7-8	2711 Temescal Ave.	Norco	92860	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3206	724	28	25.4	70.2%	311 (43.0%)	20 (2.8%)	348 (48.1%)	24 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.3%)	$8,837							41	42	1401	22
060192014108	1424	KIPP Corazon Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8616 Long Beach Blvd.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	KIPP Corazon Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 457-5051	1,056	45	23.7	85.5%	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.9%)	1,031 (97.6%)	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)								41	37.6	1541	117
062250002724	1425	Hoover Middle	Public	6-8	3501 Country Club Dr.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 421-1213	538	25	21.9	62.5%	16 (3.0%)	131 (24.3%)	305 (56.7%)	57 (10.6%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	21 (3.9%)	$8,126							41	26.1	1986	561
060004005118	1426	Riverdale Elementary	Public	4-8	3700 Stathem St.	Riverdale	93656	Fresno County	Riverdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 867-3589	522	27	19.6	87.9%	56 (10.7%)	5 (1.0%)	461 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,724							40.9	49.4	1185	241
062271003180	1427	Menlo Avenue Elementary	Public	K-8	4156 Menlo Ave.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-4291	507	24	21.5	98.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,184							40.8	41	1431	4
060256314579	1428	KIPP Stockton	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	742 Dallas Ave.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	KIPP Stockton District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 888-1686	79	6	13	89.9%	4 (5.1%)	12 (15.2%)	50 (63.3%)	4 (5.1%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.9%)								40.8			(n/a)
062409003627	1429	Foothill Intermediate	Public	6-8	5351 Fruitland Rd.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 741-6130	229	11	20.2	49.3%	160 (69.9%)	2 (0.9%)	34 (14.8%)	3 (1.3%)	10 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.7%)								40.8	28.2	1892	463
062640001486	1430	Ida Jew Academies	Public, Charter	K-8	1966 Flint Ave.	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 223-3750	427	20	21.4	56.2%	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	379 (88.8%)	21 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (3.7%)	$14,109							40.8	54	1058	372

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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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