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)
064215006908	1131	Johnson Middle	Public	6-8	13603 Edwards St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7244	558	30	18.8	90.0%	36 (6.5%)	8 (1.4%)	345 (61.8%)	150 (26.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.3%)	$5,995							51.2	51.4	1124	7
060962007272	1132	Davis Middle	Public	6-8	621 West Poplar St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6020	456	17	26.1	94.5%	1 (0.2%)	48 (10.5%)	403 (88.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)								51.2	43.5	1358	226
061314001493	1133	George V. LeyVa Intermediate	Public	7-8	1865 Monrovia Dr.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4993	547	33	16.7	38.8%	16 (2.9%)	15 (2.7%)	279 (51.0%)	215 (39.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (3.1%)	$6,752							51.1	49.6	1178	45
062940004532	1134	Pacific Union Elementary	Public	K-8	2065 East Bowles Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Pacific Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-2533	345	20	17.2	89.6%	37 (10.7%)	1 (0.3%)	301 (87.2%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,757							51.1	51	1136	2
062922012389	1135	Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary	Public	K-8	3101 Dunkirk Dr.	Oxnard	93035	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1584	885	40	22.2	73.2%	30 (3.4%)	6 (0.7%)	814 (92.0%)	18 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.8%)	$3,853							51.1	52	1107	28
064098008669	1136	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-8	400 Sunset Ave.	Oak View	93022	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 649-6600	371	14	26.4	64.4%	182 (49.1%)	0 (0.0%)	174 (46.9%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$6,501							51.1	57	986	150
063360003508	1137	George A. Buljan Middle	Public	6-8	100 Hallissy Dr.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1720	872	40	21.8	72.1%	394 (45.2%)	40 (4.6%)	282 (32.3%)	82 (9.4%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	66 (7.6%)								51.1	57.4	976	161
060639009338	1138	Tevis Junior High	Public	7-8	3901 Pin Oak Park Blvd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-7211	842	40	21.2	71.9%	191 (22.7%)	60 (7.1%)	495 (58.8%)	49 (5.8%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.7%)	38 (4.5%)	$10,929							51	53.4	1072	66
062271002873	1139	Luther Burbank Middle	Public	6-8	6460 North Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90042	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 340-4400	866	52	16.5	85.7%	35 (4.0%)	13 (1.5%)	773 (89.3%)	29 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.8%)	$10,223							51	52.9	1084	55
069102311877	1140	Twin Ridges Home Study Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	111 New Mohawk Rd.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 478-1815	220	11	20.3	37.7%	166 (75.5%)	3 (1.4%)	24 (10.9%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.0%)	$8,688							50.9	46.5	1271	131

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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.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.