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)
061111011714	2231	Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle	Public	6-8	43-495 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 238-9710	397	19	20.9	79.6%	63 (15.9%)	6 (1.5%)	289 (72.8%)	17 (4.3%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	$9,771							20.6	27.2	1948	283
062271003129	2232	Joseph Le Conte Middle	Public	6-8	1316 North Bronson Ave.	Hollywood	90028	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 308-1700	653	37	17.6	94.8%	39 (6.0%)	17 (2.6%)	555 (85.0%)	31 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$11,329							20.6	20.9	2219	13
061626002030	2233	Kermit McKenzie Intermediate	Public	4-8	4710 West Main St.	Guadalupe	93434	Santa Barbara County	Guadalupe Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 343-1951	579	30	19	90.0%	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	564 (97.4%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,340							20.6	24.1	2099	134
063132004840	2234	Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design	Public	7-12	725 West Franklin Ave.	Pomona	91766	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4521	631	33	19.3	88.4%	9 (1.4%)	8 (1.3%)	589 (93.3%)	21 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$3,896							20.6	23.9	2105	129
061785002198	2235	Charles Blackstock Junior High	Public	6-8	701 East Bard Rd.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 488-3644	1,317	58	22.7	88.4%	220 (16.7%)	8 (0.6%)	1,012 (76.8%)	49 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.1%)	$9,448							20.5	16.6	2445	210
060907011969	2236	Bobby Duke Middle	Public	7-8	85-358 Bagdad Ave.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-0139	708	35	20.1	93.2%	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	697 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$13,369							20.5	18.9	2336	100
062664004032	2237	Silverado Middle	Public	6-8	1133 Coombsville Rd.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3688	768	37	20.9	79.6%	155 (20.2%)	6 (0.8%)	567 (73.8%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (2.9%)	$6,796							20.5	22	2179	58
063060004749	2238	Hillview Junior High	Public	6-8	333 Yosemite Dr.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2380	922	42	22.1	79.4%	40 (4.3%)	171 (18.5%)	564 (61.2%)	76 (8.2%)	2 (0.2%)	21 (2.3%)	48 (5.2%)	$7,011							20.5	20.6	2238
060195614359	2239	Southern California Flex Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8560 Aliento Rd.	Lucerne Valley	92356	San Bernardino County	Southern California Flex Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(800) 868-6192	544	32	16.9	66.5%	111 (20.4%)	87 (16.0%)	294 (54.0%)	16 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	27 (5.0%)								20.5	18.6	2349	110
062271007523	2240	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	891	51	17.3	97.2%	11 (1.2%)	83 (9.3%)	788 (88.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	$10,322							20.5	15.7	2484	244

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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.