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)
062637003953	1711	Holbrook Language Academy	Public	K-8	3333 Ronald Way	Concord	94519	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 685-6446	476	15	31.8	48.9%	66 (13.9%)	5 (1.1%)	351 (73.7%)	21 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.3%)	$14,058							32.7	24.3	2084	373
062181002586	1712	Glenwood Elementary	Public	K-8	2005 North Alpine Rd.	Stockton	95215	San Joaquin County	Linden Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 931-3229	377	15	24.6	87.5%	69 (18.3%)	1 (0.3%)	282 (74.8%)	12 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$6,930							32.7	29.7	1829	117
060790011082	1713	Wilson C. Riles Middle	Public	7-8	4747 PFE Rd.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 787-8100	612	34	18.1	63.4%	198 (32.4%)	97 (15.8%)	184 (30.1%)	74 (12.1%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	49 (8.0%)	$6,203							32.7	37	1563	150
064116008424	1714	Charter Home School Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	211 West Tulare Ave.	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 622-3273	164	11	15.6	68.9%	32 (19.5%)	1 (0.6%)	119 (72.6%)	4 (2.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)	$9,619							32.6	24.9	2052	338
063441005626	1715	Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8	Public	K-8	3351 23rd St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5881	585	30	19.3	57.1%	29 (5.0%)	4 (0.7%)	514 (87.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.8%)	$6,103							32.6	40.4	1444	271
060188712399	1716	Nea Community Learning Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1900 Third St.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	Nea Community Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4008	487	24	20.5	33.1%	107 (22.0%)	60 (12.3%)	128 (26.3%)	70 (14.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	118 (24.2%)								32.6	21	2217	501
062271003236	1717	Olive Vista Middle	Public	6-8	14600 Tyler St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3900	968	53	18.2	86.1%	23 (2.4%)	18 (1.9%)	909 (93.9%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.0%)	$10,075							32.6	31.7	1759	42
060011609296	1718	North Fork Elementary	Public	K-8	33087 Road 228	North Fork	93643	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 877-2215	208	11	19.1	76.0%	101 (48.6%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.6%)	$5,367							32.6	20.4	2247	529
063864006483	1719	Hilltop Middle	Public	7-8	44 East J St.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Sweetwater Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 498-2700	885	39	22.5	53.7%	78 (8.8%)	15 (1.7%)	734 (82.9%)	24 (2.7%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.3%)	$7,428							32.6	35.5	1617	102
063867006500	1720	Somerset Middle	Public	6-8	1037 Floyd Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-5300	957	45	21.1	72.1%	236 (24.7%)	37 (3.9%)	526 (55.0%)	74 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.0%)	73 (7.6%)								32.5	37.1	1559	161

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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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