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)
060184411208	481	New West Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	1905 Armacost Ave.	Los Angeles	90025	Los Angeles County	New West Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 943-5444	998	52	19.2	19.8%	531 (53.2%)	43 (4.3%)	222 (22.2%)	93 (9.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (10.5%)								79.6	81	466	15
063441005661	482	Rooftop Elementary	Public	K-8	443 Burnett Ave.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5692	570	23	24.4	29.6%	188 (33.0%)	63 (11.1%)	147 (25.8%)	47 (8.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	121 (21.2%)	$6,103							79.6	76.1	559	77
060903007961	483	Reyburn Intermediate	Public	7-8	2901 DeWolf Ave.	Clovis	93737	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-4500	1,695	68	24.9	57.5%	332 (19.6%)	62 (3.7%)	715 (42.2%)	494 (29.1%)	11 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (4.5%)	$5,824							79.6	84.4	386	97
063288005111	484	Ripon Elementary	Public	K-8	509 West Main St.	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	Ripon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 599-4225	459	21	21.6	29.6%	193 (42.0%)	7 (1.5%)	191 (41.6%)	19 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	46 (10.0%)	$9,604							79.5	74.5	593	109
061296001471	485	Etiwanda Intermediate	Public	6-8	6925 Etiwanda Ave.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 899-1701	1,105	43	25.4	35.3%	200 (18.1%)	124 (11.2%)	472 (42.7%)	217 (19.6%)	6 (0.5%)	7 (0.6%)	77 (7.0%)	$5,181							79.4	81.9	440	45
062211002618	486	Andrew N. Christensen Middle	Public	6-8	5757 Haggin Oaks Ave.	Livermore	94551	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4702	620	27	22.7	20.0%	264 (42.6%)	7 (1.1%)	170 (27.4%)	128 (20.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (7.7%)	$7,202							79.3	80	485	1
060142806993	487	Wiseburn Middle	Public	6-8	5504 West 135th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Wiseburn Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-2101	975	37	26.5	37.0%	123 (12.6%)	155 (15.9%)	545 (55.9%)	64 (6.6%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	78 (8.0%)	$6,257							79.3	86	354	133
060238514024	488	Redding School of the Arts	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Inspiration Pl.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Redding School of the Arts District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 247-6933	629	29	21.8	31.0%	374 (59.5%)	8 (1.3%)	82 (13.0%)	29 (4.6%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	123 (19.6%)								79.3	64.6	782	294
060480000461	489	Morrill Middle	Public	6-8	1970 Morrill Ave.	San Jose	95132	Santa Clara County	Berryessa Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 923-1930	663	31	21.6	32.4%	28 (4.2%)	13 (2.0%)	199 (30.0%)	395 (59.6%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	21 (3.2%)	$12,095							79.3	80.4	479	10
063525005970	490	Fairmont Elementary	Public	K-8	3095 North Greenwood Ave.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-6120	697	31	22.6	45.6%	293 (42.0%)	3 (0.4%)	266 (38.2%)	92 (13.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.9%)	$10,540							79.2	75.1	581	91

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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.