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)
060216009697	371	Vineyard Junior High	Public	7-8	6440 Mayberry	Alta Loma	91737	San Bernardino County	Alta Loma Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 484-5120	688	28	24.9	34.6%	173 (25.1%)	41 (6.0%)	331 (48.1%)	98 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (6.4%)	$7,415							85.7	83.9	397	26
063441005657	372	Presidio Middle	Public	6-8	450 30th Ave.	San Francisco	94121	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8435	980	44	22.2	35.0%	226 (23.1%)	28 (2.9%)	151 (15.4%)	372 (38.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	200 (20.4%)	$6,103							85.6	85.5	363	9
062637001967	373	Diablo View Middle	Public	6-8	300 Diablo View Ln.	Clayton	94517	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 672-0898	502	22	22.7	14.3%	222 (44.2%)	19 (3.8%)	104 (20.7%)	64 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	91 (18.1%)	$10,985							85.6	79.4	505	132
062250002755	374	Rogers Middle	Public	6-8	365 Monrovia Ave.	Long Beach	90803	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 434-7411	778	31	24.9	31.7%	324 (41.6%)	46 (5.9%)	262 (33.7%)	56 (7.2%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	83 (10.7%)	$7,827							85.5	90.4	273	101
063828010707	375	Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	17555 Tuolumne Rd.	Tuolumne	95379	Tuolumne County	Summerville Union High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 928-4228	139	9	15.3	33.8%	97 (69.8%)	1 (0.7%)	24 (17.3%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.4%)								85.4	84.9	374	1
064251006956	376	Arroyo Seco Junior High	Public	7-8	27171 North Vista Delgado Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 296-0991	1,240	52	24	15.5%	448 (36.1%)	41 (3.3%)	504 (40.6%)	154 (12.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	89 (7.2%)	$9,524							85.4	85.6	361	15
064161006861	377	San Benancio Middle	Public	6-8	43 San Benancio Rd.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Washington Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 484-1172	260	14	18.5	11.5%	142 (54.6%)	1 (0.4%)	77 (29.6%)	26 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	$5,297							85.2	80.5	476	99
060175613146	378	River Islands Technology Academy II	Public, Charter	K-8	1175 Marina Dr.	Lathrop	95330	San Joaquin County	River Islands Technology Academy II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 229-4700	975	39	24.9	34.8%	133 (13.6%)	53 (5.4%)	343 (35.2%)	354 (36.3%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	82 (8.4%)								85.2	77.2	545	167
060220108292	379	Grove	Public, Charter	7-12	200 Nevada St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Grove District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 798-7831	247	17	14.1	23.9%	119 (48.2%)	9 (3.6%)	73 (29.6%)	23 (9.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.9%)								85.1	77.4	541	162
060247705457	380	Sebastopol Independent Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1111 Gravenstein Hwy. N	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Sebastopol Independent Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 824-9700	284	16	18.2	35.6%	218 (76.8%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (11.3%)	10 (3.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.7%)								85.1	85.5	362	18

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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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