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Richardson PREP High Middle

Public Grades 6-8

37^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 99% of California middle schools

Summary

Richardson PREP High Middle is a standout public middle school serving grades 6-8 with 583 students in San Bernardino, California, and it consistently ranks among the very best schools in the state despite being located within the San Bernardino City Unified district, which faces significant challenges.

The school's academic results are exceptional, with student proficiency in English and Math more than double the district average and far exceeding state averages. This excellence is sustained across all student groups, and the school's remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 4.1%—compared to nearly 30% for the district—highlights a strong culture of engagement. While the school's per-student spending is slightly higher than some neighbors, the dramatic performance gap suggests factors like instructional quality and school model are key drivers. For over a decade, Richardson PREP High Middle has maintained this elite status, proving its success is sustainable.

The contrast with nearby middle schools is striking. While Curtis Middle and Martin Luther King Junior Middle rank in the bottom 15% of California schools, Richardson PREP ranks in the top 1%. This shows that the "PREP Academy" model, also seen at the high-performing Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy, can achieve outstanding results in the same community, making Richardson PREP a compelling example of what is possible in urban public education.

583

Students ?

22.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,138

Per pupil spending ?

88%

Free/discounted lunch ?

455 South K St.
San Bernardino, CA 92410-2607

(909) 388-6438

District: San Bernardino City Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.2%

African American:

4.8%

White:

4.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 90th percentile in 2013 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (82% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school82%

District avg28%

California avg41%

37^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From top 7% (2015) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 10Middle Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified

1200^th of 1,543San Bernardino City Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.3	37 of 2761	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	97.8	61 of 2783	97.8%	★★★★★
2023	96.3	113 of 2781	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	94.8	147 of 2740	94.6%	★★★★★
2019	96.7	83 of 2715	96.9%	★★★★★
2018	98.0	30 of 2480	98.8%	★★★★★
2017	96.4	73 of 2508	97.1%	★★★★★
2016	93.5	132 of 2497	94.7%	★★★★★
2015	91.8	180 of 2477	92.7%	★★★★★
2013	82.8	248 of 2379	89.6%	★★★★☆
2012	90.4	72 of 2259	96.8%	★★★★★
2011	88.7	122 of 2236	94.5%	★★★★★
2010	95.3	17 of 2179	99.2%	★★★★★
2009	94.9	18 of 2063	99.1%	★★★★★
2008	95.4	26 of 2005	98.7%	★★★★★
2007	94.9	40 of 1999	98.0%	★★★★★
2006	93.0	68 of 1804	96.2%	★★★★★
2005	90.7	110 of 1777	93.8%	★★★★★
2004	91.5	95 of 1769	94.6%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	99.9	2 of 600	99.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	92.2	5 of 733	99.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.6	42 of 2533	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	50 of 2551	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	94.3	145 of 2531	94.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.6	175 of 2509	93.0%	★★★★★
2019	94.4	116 of 2380	95.1%	★★★★★
2018	97.0	33 of 2262	98.5%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.8	6 of 2395	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	99.8	6 of 2388	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.4	12 of 2374	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.2	16 of 2359	99.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.3	13 of 2213	99.4%	★★★★★
2018	99.8	6 of 2072	99.7%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.8	9 of 2542	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	99.7	9 of 2579	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.1	17 of 2531	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	99.1	21 of 2458	99.1%	★★★★★
2019	99.4	16 of 2369	99.3%	★★★★★
2018	99.7	8 of 2230	99.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.9	43 of 2534	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	97.5	66 of 2552	97.4%	★★★★★
2023	96.7	85 of 2538	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	95.8	108 of 2527	95.7%	★★★★★
2019	97.9	44 of 2407	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	27 of 2273	98.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	95.5	15 of 1602	99.1%	★★★★★
2018	95.6	11 of 1496	99.3%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)100th percentile~ school

African American (2018)100th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)100th percentile~ school

Asian (2022)99th percentile+5 vs school

White (2019)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy86%+38 vs state

Mathematics84%+47 vs state

Science64%+32 vs state

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by a student
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

This was my first middle school and I wish I could go back. Some of my greatest friends were there. Unfortunately I moved away. This was a great school and it scores really well and all my teaches were encouraging. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Richardson PREP High Middle	Public	6-8	455 South K St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6438	583	26	22.3	88.0%	26 (4.5%)	28 (4.8%)	497 (85.2%)	19 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	98.3	37^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.7%		97.8	61^st of 2783 public middle schools	97.8%	24																		64.4	64.4			85.0	87.5	86.6	86.4			81.9	80.2	90.9	84.3	$24,138	$4,765	$19,373
Colton Middle	Public	7-8	670 West Laurel St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5009	870	40	21.9	92.8%	16 (1.8%)	16 (1.8%)	830 (95.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	15.8	2403^rd of 2761 public middle schools	13.0%		19.2	2291^st of 2783 public middle schools	17.7%	112																		11.7	11.7				26.1	26.7	26.4				11.3	12.8	12.1	$23,488	$4,835	$18,653
Martin Luther King Junior Middle	Public	7-8	1250 North Medical Center Dr.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6350	581	30	19.6	97.1%	7 (1.2%)	35 (6.0%)	521 (89.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.4%)	11.2	2584^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.4%		10.3	2654^th of 2783 public middle schools	4.6%	70																		8.2	8.2				21.3	19.3	20.4				10.9	7.5	9.3	$22,916	$5,476	$17,440
Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary	Public	4-6	1250 West 14th St.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-2353	338	16	21.0	96.2%	6 (1.8%)	14 (4.1%)	311 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)								(n/a)																	22.0		22.0	33.3	40.7	20.9			32.8	27.9	25.2	9.4			21.9	$22,466	$4,670	$17,796
William G. Jehue Middle	Public	6-8	1500 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-7377	1,444	57	25.4	87.1%	23 (1.6%)	70 (4.8%)	1,310 (90.7%)	16 (1.1%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	18 (1.2%)	36	1619^th of 2761 public middle schools	41.4%		29.6	1822^nd of 2783 public middle schools	34.5%	203																		20.0	20.0			37.6	40.4	52.0	43.6			24.2	20.3	22.1	22.1	$19,139	$3,093	$16,046
Arrowview Middle	Public	6-8	2299 North G St.	San Bernardino	92405	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8109	917	45	20.4	96.7%	20 (2.2%)	59 (6.4%)	812 (88.5%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	15 (1.6%)	27.9	1900^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.2%		27.5	1921^st of 2783 public middle schools	31.0%	21	1.6	4.8	11.7	6.5	8.1	16.7	24.3	17.5	4.8	20.6	12.6	14.4	0.0	2.4	13.6	5.8		19.8	19.8			21.7	37.8	40.0	35.5			12.1	18.7	22.2	18.8	$22,460	$4,828	$17,632
Curtis Middle	Public	7-8	1050 North Delrosa Dr.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6332	679	34	19.6	97.1%	16 (2.4%)	56 (8.2%)	591 (87.0%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	15.2	2431^st of 2761 public middle schools	12.0%		16.6	2416^th of 2783 public middle schools	13.2%	15																		11.5	11.5				22.5	25.8	24.2				12.3	13.1	12.7	$23,247	$4,919	$18,328
Warren F. Frisbie Middle	Public	6-8	1442 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7887	1,000	40	24.8	87.8%	8 (0.8%)	71 (7.1%)	902 (90.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	8 (0.8%)	18.3	2303^rd of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%		15.8	2444^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.2%	141																		11.5	11.5			28.8	40.9	22.0	30.1			15.0	13.6	7.8	11.9	$20,462	$3,420	$17,042
Terrace Hills Middle	Public	7-8	22579 DeBerry St.	Grand Terrace	92313	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5022	852	39	21.8	79.5%	66 (7.7%)	75 (8.8%)	669 (78.5%)	24 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	10 (1.2%)	18	2316^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.1%		19	2296^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.5%	20																		14.5	14.5				23.8	26.6	25.1				16.7	15.3	16.0	$24,080	$5,080	$19,000
Joe Baca	Public	7-8	1640 South Lilac Ave.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5014	705	39	18.1	91.8%	20 (2.8%)	32 (4.5%)	641 (90.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	17	2356^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.7%		17.4	2373^rd of 2783 public middle schools	14.7%	17		6.5	0.0	3.4		12.9	3.6	8.5		9.7	10.7	10.2		0.0	3.6	1.7		14.7	14.7				22.2	25.9	24.1				16.9	12.2	14.5	$23,854	$4,959	$18,895

Frequently Asked Questions about Richardson PREP High Middle

What district is Richardson PREP High Middle in?

San Bernardino City Unified

What is the racial makeup of Richardson PREP High Middle?

Students at Richardson PREP High Middle are 85% Hispanic, 5% African American, 4% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Richardson PREP High Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 583 students attended Richardson PREP High Middle.

Is Richardson PREP High Middle a good school?

Yes! Richardson PREP High Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 37^th of 2761 California middle schools.

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