Best Middle Schools in California for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 2575)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060162000029	1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7745	1,010	39	25.8	29.8%	39 (3.9%)	19 (1.9%)	111 (11.0%)	799 (79.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	37 (3.7%)	$6,926							100.0%	100.0%	0.00%
062271013971	2	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public	6-12	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 753-4470	467	20	23.6	35.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,885							99.9%	99.9%	0.01%
060263007580	3	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,289	52	24.9	38.7%	83 (6.4%)	12 (0.9%)	234 (18.2%)	921 (71.5%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (2.3%)	$10,961							99.9%	99.9%	0.03%
062223007743	4	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 North Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8312	266	9	29.1	45.5%	44 (16.5%)	11 (4.1%)	48 (18.0%)	134 (50.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	26 (9.8%)	$10,658							99.8%	99.8%	0.02%
063213007422	5	North Star Academy	Public	3-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2411	519	19	27.2	9.4%	259 (49.9%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (12.1%)	120 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (14.6%)								99.8%	99.9%	0.09%
062013002408	6	La Canada High	Public	7-12	4463 Oak Grove Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-4205	1,993	83	24.1	5.3%	920 (46.2%)	12 (0.6%)	255 (12.8%)	604 (30.3%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	197 (9.9%)	$11,158							99.8%	99.5%	0.24%
060001914370	7	Cottonwood Creek	Public	K-8	2400 Central Pkwy.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 833-3333	1,037	47	22.1	6.5%	33 (3.2%)	8 (0.8%)	42 (4.1%)	918 (88.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.3%)								99.7%	99.6%	0.12%
061473010985	8	Robert C. Fisler Elementary	Public	K-8	1350 Starbuck St.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-2890	895	33	27.1	27.7%	33 (3.7%)	8 (0.9%)	67 (7.5%)	756 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (3.2%)	$5,561							99.7%	99.6%	0.12%
063417005380	9	Richardson PREP High Middle	Public	6-8	455 South K St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6438	602	25	23.7	86.5%	27 (4.5%)	25 (4.2%)	527 (87.5%)	16 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	$8,397							99.7%	97.8%	1.81%
062886004472	10	Orinda Intermediate	Public	6-8	80 Ivy Dr.	Orinda	94563	Contra Costa County	Orinda Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 258-3090	832	45	18.3	3.4%	485 (58.3%)	8 (1.0%)	68 (8.2%)	153 (18.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (13.6%)	$8,046							99.6%	99.1%	0.55%

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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.