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)
062100002528	141	Arthur E. Wright Middle	Public	6-8	4029 North Las Virgenes Rd.	Calabasas	91302	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 880-4614	638	27	23.6	28.2%	409 (64.1%)	11 (1.7%)	73 (11.4%)	60 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	83 (13.0%)								95.3	93.3	195	54
060186000060	142	Albany Middle	Public	6-8	1259 Brighton Ave.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 558-3600	827	43	19.1	29.5%	209 (25.3%)	38 (4.6%)	135 (16.3%)	267 (32.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	168 (20.3%)	$9,071							95.2	95.6	132	10
060177000049	143	Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	1250 Fernside Blvd.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4018	922	41	22.3	24.1%	291 (31.6%)	21 (2.3%)	116 (12.6%)	298 (32.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (20.8%)	$14,652							95.2	95.9	121	22
060223312016	144	University Preparatory Academy Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	2315 Canoas Garden Ave.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	University Preparatory Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 723-1839	713	38	18.5	30.6%	47 (6.6%)	137 (19.2%)	140 (19.6%)	337 (47.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	48 (6.7%)								95.2	91.7	244	100
061473008241	145	Beechwood Elementary	Public	K-8	780 Beechwood Ave.	Fullerton	92835	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-2850	921	37	24.9	29.2%	187 (20.3%)	11 (1.2%)	270 (29.3%)	379 (41.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (7.7%)	$5,847							95.2	92.1	236	91
060191310405	146	Charter School of Morgan Hill	Public, Charter	K-8	9530 Monterey Rd.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Charter School of Morgan Hill District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 463-0618	654	33	19.8	8.6%	296 (45.3%)	6 (0.9%)	201 (30.7%)	71 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	78 (11.9%)								95.1	97.7	65	81
060846010299	147	Canyon Hills Junior High	Public	7-8	2500 Madrugada Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 464-9938	1,007	38	26.7	27.7%	141 (14.0%)	21 (2.1%)	322 (32.0%)	484 (48.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (3.5%)	$9,421							95.1	93.8	181	34
060962001003	148	Willowbrook Middle	Public	6-8	2601 North Wilmington Ave.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 604-2706	297	8	39	87.5%	2 (0.7%)	41 (13.8%)	252 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								95.1	82.9	414	266
060474007267	149	Willard Middle	Public	6-8	2425 Stuart St.	Berkeley	94705	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6330	578	36	16.1	24.9%	251 (43.4%)	61 (10.6%)	112 (19.4%)	64 (11.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (15.1%)	$9,414							95.1	95	149
061308006167	150	Olympus Junior High	Public	7-8	2625 La Croix Dr.	Roseville	95661	Placer County	Eureka Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 782-1667	412	22	19	18.0%	209 (50.7%)	6 (1.5%)	68 (16.5%)	69 (16.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	55 (13.3%)	$10,019							95.1	94.9	159	9

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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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