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)
060016000936	2601	Coarsegold Elementary	Public	K-8	45426 Road 415	Coarsegold	93614	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-4842	321	17	19.3	74.5%	154 (48.0%)	2 (0.6%)	105 (32.7%)	5 (1.6%)	22 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.0%)	$7,275							11.6	17.1	2426	175
063384005231	2602	Rosa Parks Elementary	Public	K-8	2250 68th Ave.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5327	744	31	23.6	86.6%	31 (4.2%)	101 (13.6%)	301 (40.5%)	222 (29.8%)	10 (1.3%)	38 (5.1%)	41 (5.5%)	$8,660							11.6	15.1	2505	97
063843006455	2603	Sunnyside Elementary	Public	K-8	21644 Avenue 196	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Sunnyside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-1741	302	17	17.9	90.7%	15 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	284 (94.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,673							11.6	11.6	2645	42
062637003969	2604	Riverview Middle	Public	6-8	205 Pacifica Ave.	Bay Point	94565	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 458-3216	751	27	27.4	81.5%	18 (2.4%)	70 (9.3%)	555 (73.9%)	47 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	53 (7.1%)	$12,201							11.6	13.6	2571	33
060190610666	2605	Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	149 North White Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 275-7190	396	18	22.2	92.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	395 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								11.5	17.5	2409	196
060168711767	2606	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	500 30th St.	San Diego	92102	San Diego County	King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 744-3828	236	16	14.5	97.0%	3 (1.3%)	4 (1.7%)	223 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)								11.5	11.5	2648	42
060166112929	2607	eCademy Charter at Crane	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1100 Cahill Ave.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	eCademy Charter at Crane District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 669-3410	147	8	19.3	68.0%	42 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (58.5%)	9 (6.1%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.4%)								11.5	15.6	2488	119
060170312785	2608	Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	2360 El Camino Ave.	Sacramento	95821	Sacramento County	Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-1788	473	14	34.2	83.7%	26 (5.5%)	86 (18.2%)	281 (59.4%)	14 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	60 (12.7%)								11.4	10.4	2695	87
063462005788	2609	Kingswood K-8	Public	K-8	5700 Primrose Dr.	Citrus Heights	95610	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5246	555	26	21.3	77.3%	143 (25.8%)	62 (11.2%)	260 (46.8%)	27 (4.9%)	6 (1.1%)	6 (1.1%)	51 (9.2%)	$8,298							11.3	14.5	2533	76
060263000189	2610	Sycamore Junior High	Public	7-8	1801 East Sycamore St.	Anaheim	92805	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 999-3616	1,238	55	22.4	92.6%	29 (2.3%)	13 (1.1%)	1,145 (92.5%)	23 (1.9%)	18 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.6%)	$11,993							11.3	11.7	2639	29

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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.
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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.