Best Middle Schools in California for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1535)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
063432009437	1	Mt. Everest Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4350 Mt. Everest Blvd.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(619) 605-8700	213	12	17.9	22.5%	105 (49.3%)	5 (2.3%)	39 (18.3%)	38 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.7%)	$9,276							99.9%	98.2%	1.70%
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%	0.06%
063213007422	3	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%
063025013937	4	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	123	4	27.4	12.2%	78 (63.4%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.8%)	21 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.1%)	$6,238							99.7%	99.7%	0.06%
062223007743	5	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							99.7%	99.8%	0.15%
063315013103	6	Riverside STEM Academy	Public	5-12	4466 Mt.Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7308	669	25	26.8	47.2%	169 (25.3%)	26 (3.9%)	281 (42.0%)	151 (22.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (5.8%)	$7,377							99.6%	98.8%	0.83%
062532003782	7	Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet	Public	6-8	148 West Duarte Rd.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-2700	431	19	22.8	63.3%	34 (7.9%)	21 (4.9%)	302 (70.1%)	56 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$8,028							99.5%	58.9%	40.67%
060176611314	8	Renaissance Arts Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2558 North San Fernando Rd.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Renaissance Arts Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 259-5700	454	28	16.3	64.5%	114 (25.1%)	37 (8.1%)	239 (52.6%)	47 (10.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)								99.5%	98.2%	1.32%
063147004881	9	Corte Madera	Public	4-8	4575 Alpine Rd.	Portola Valley	94028	San Mateo County	Portola Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 851-1777	273	22	12.1	6.6%	183 (67.0%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (11.7%)	18 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (13.6%)	$27,075							99.4%	98.6%	0.85%
060243913939	10	The New School of San Francisco	Public, Charter	K-7	940 Filbert St	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	The New School of San Francisco District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 401-6063	439	22	19.9	33.7%	154 (35.1%)	25 (5.7%)	165 (37.6%)	49 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.6%)								99.3%	93.6%	5.72%

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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.