Best Middle Schools in California for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 626)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
062259007306	1	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle	Public	6-8	4112 Cerritos Ave.	Los Alamitos	90720	Orange County	Los Alamitos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 816-3320	1,004	41	24.7	18.3%	412 (41.0%)	27 (2.7%)	317 (31.6%)	146 (14.5%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	94 (9.4%)	$4,787							99.8%	91.3%	8.52%
061111001231	2	Palm Desert Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	74-200 Rutledge Way	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 862-4320	1,347	50	26.9	60.3%	482 (35.8%)	26 (1.9%)	670 (49.7%)	94 (7.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	69 (5.1%)	$9,712							99.7%	74.2%	25.46%
060149512247	3	Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	830 North La Brea Ave.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 671-5578	195	10	19.5	44.1%	0 (0.0%)	168 (86.2%)	20 (10.3%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)								99.5%	89.2%	10.32%
062271003027	4	Robert Frost Middle	Public	6-8	12314 Bradford Pl.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 832-6900	1,384	60	23	53.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,006							99.4%	90.8%	8.54%
060003204955	5	Parras (Nick G.) Middle	Public	6-8	200 North Lucia	Redondo Beach	90277	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-8616	1,049	37	28.5	13.5%	500 (47.7%)	30 (2.9%)	219 (20.9%)	140 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	159 (15.2%)	$9,142							99.2%	93.8%	5.40%
060780006909	6	Creekside Middle	Public	6-8	19722 Center St.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 247-0665	760	35	21.8	32.5%	176 (23.2%)	28 (3.7%)	132 (17.4%)	308 (40.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	110 (14.5%)	$5,697							99.0%	91.4%	7.68%
062271013968	7	Girls Academic Leadership Academy Dr. Michelle King School STEM	Public	6-12	2328 St. James Place	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 900-4532	758	37	20.6	38.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,662							98.9%	95.5%	3.42%
063348008495	8	Freedom Middle	Public	7-8	11445 Noriega Rd.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6044	698	32	21.8	32.2%	328 (47.0%)	21 (3.0%)	287 (41.1%)	33 (4.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.2%)	$10,028							98.7%	72.0%	26.70%
061296011095	9	Day Creek Intermediate	Public	6-8	12345 Coyote Dr.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 803-3300	1,219	53	22.9	39.2%	267 (21.9%)	62 (5.1%)	412 (33.8%)	383 (31.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (7.5%)	$5,493							98.6%	97.0%	1.55%
060188012013	10	American Indian Public Charter School II	Public, Charter	K-8	171 12th St.	Oakland	94607	Alameda County	American Indian Public Charter School II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 893-8701	625	17	36.6	67.4%	22 (3.5%)	282 (45.1%)	55 (8.8%)	245 (39.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.7%)								98.4%	86.2%	12.16%

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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.