Best Middle Schools in California

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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)
069103013693	2771	San Diego County Court	Public, Alternative	K-12	2801 Meadow Lark Dr.	San Diego	92123	San Diego County	San Diego County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 298-6857	176	20	8.6	98.3%	12 (6.8%)	45 (25.6%)	112 (63.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	$14,751							5.2	5.6	2781	10
069103110650	2772	San Joaquin County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	2707 Transworld Dr.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	San Joaquin County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 468-4847	920	50	18.3	82.3%	104 (11.3%)	111 (12.1%)	561 (61.0%)	54 (5.9%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	80 (8.7%)	$11,338							4.9	5.2	2795	23
061995002389	2773	Hoopa Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	11500 State Highway 96	Hoopa	95546	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	398	20	19.8	78.1%	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	377 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)								4.9	5	2798	25
069103410658	2774	Santa Barbara County Community	Public	5-12	4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 967-5307	9	2	4.3	66.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$29,687							4.8			(n/a)
069103013682	2775	San Diego County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	6401 Linda Vista Rd. Rm. 216	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 290-5852	437	43	10.1	91.1%	32 (7.3%)	30 (6.9%)	350 (80.1%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.4%)	$16,261							4.8	8.7	2731	44
062958012221	2776	Oak Tree Community Day	Public	K-8	38136 35th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-1548	71	8	8.9	88.7%	4 (5.6%)	35 (49.3%)	28 (39.4%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	$383							4.7	5.9	2778	2
062958011305	2777	Yellen Learning Center	Public	K-8	37015 Goldenview Way	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 456-1600	59	12	5	98.3%	3 (5.1%)	31 (52.5%)	23 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$660							4.6	5.6	2780	3

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