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)
060912005748	2651	Huron Middle	Public	6-8	16875 Fourth St.	Huron	93234	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 945-2926	347	19	18.2	97.7%	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	337 (97.1%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$8,251							10.3	11.2	2662	11
069101013814	2652	Valley Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	253 East Ross Ave.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	Imperial County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 312-5525	219	12	18.7	96.8%	5 (2.3%)	2 (0.9%)	210 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$6,370							10.2	7.2	2762	110
060004507093	2653	Price Intermediate	Public	6-8	1212 Marin St.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Orland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1225	443	24	18.4	88.0%	103 (23.3%)	1 (0.2%)	320 (72.2%)	8 (1.8%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$10,805							10.2	17.7	2397	256
060171013193	2654	El Mirage	Public	K-8	19250 St. Anthony Ave.	Adelanto	92301	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 530-7676	122	6	20	81.1%	11 (9.0%)	6 (4.9%)	95 (77.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.4%)								10.2	9.5	2714	60
060002712094	2655	Keith McCarthy Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1405 Education Way	Lake Elsinore	92530	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 253-7777	470	23	20.6	72.6%	104 (22.1%)	26 (5.5%)	310 (66.0%)	10 (2.1%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	12 (2.6%)	$8,011							10.1	18.1	2370	285
062949004550	2656	Rolling Hills Middle	Public	6-8	130 Herman Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6341	610	29	21	97.7%	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	588 (96.4%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								10.1	9.8	2710	54
060242714316	2657	Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14466 Main St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	313	15	21	86.3%	66 (21.1%)	16 (5.1%)	214 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.1%)								10.1	9.1	2723	66
060243311072	2658	Community Collaborative Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5715 Skvarla Ave.	McClellan	95652	Sacramento County	Community Collaborative Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-5161	699	43	16.3	85.3%	351 (50.2%)	57 (8.2%)	227 (32.5%)	11 (1.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	40 (5.7%)								10.1	15.1	2504	154
063697206781	2659	Lakeview Leadership Academy	Public	7-12	12484 Tamarisk Rd.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3400	1,042	53	19.7	82.8%	86 (8.3%)	171 (16.4%)	700 (67.2%)	23 (2.2%)	4 (0.4%)	7 (0.7%)	48 (4.6%)	$6,165							10	12.6	2612	47
060250214438	2660	Options For Youth - Duarte Inc	Public, Charter	7-12	3130 East Colorado Blvd.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Options For Youth - Duarte Inc District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 204-2500	3,385	116	29.3	86.6%	381 (11.3%)	442 (13.1%)	2,244 (66.3%)	82 (2.4%)	6 (0.2%)	16 (0.5%)	176 (5.2%)								10	14.1	2554	106

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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.