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Best Middle Schools in Kings County, CA

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Schools

4,129

Students

Districts

Top rankedLiberty Middle832^nd of 2,740 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

John Muir Middle up 450 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Woodrow Wilson Junior High 18 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Parkview Middle	Public	5-8	11075 C St.	Armona	93202	Kings County	Armona Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 583-5020	443	22	20.5	83.3%	35 (7.9%)	21 (4.7%)	365 (82.4%)	11 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.0%)	26.4	1971^st of 2740 public middle schools	28.1%		20.8	2193^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.6%	222	16.7	17.5	17.1	41.7	34.8	37.3	37.9	37.8	27.1	15.0	29.1	15.5	21.6	$16,389	$554	$15,835
John Muir Middle	Public	6-8	707 Letts Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8888	754	39	19.3	90.7%	32 (4.2%)	20 (2.7%)	694 (92.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	29	1869^th of 2740 public middle schools	31.8%		18	2319^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.0%	450		28.3	28.3		27.4	33.3	33.6	31.5		19.9	20.6	33.6	24.8	$17,674	$1,245	$16,429
Woodrow Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	601 West Florinda St.	Hanford	93232	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3870	505	28	18.0	76.2%	71 (14.1%)	21 (4.2%)	383 (75.8%)	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	56.5	1013^th of 2740 public middle schools	63.0%		54.2	1069^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.3%	56		29.2	29.2			53.4	48.9	51.3			39.6	42.6	41.0	$17,913	$1,283	$16,630
John F. Kennedy Junior High	Public	7-8	1000 East Florinda St.	Hanford	93232	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3850	531	25	21.2	82.9%	45 (8.5%)	23 (4.3%)	431 (81.2%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	43.8	1369^th of 2740 public middle schools	50.0%		46.1	1291^st of 2761 public middle schools	53.2%	78		19.2	19.2			48.3	48.2	48.3			26.8	38.3	32.7	$17,191	$1,302	$15,889
Liberty Middle	Public	7-8	1000 Liberty Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 924-6860	636	33	19.4	81.3%	94 (14.8%)	16 (2.5%)	458 (72.0%)	29 (4.6%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.8%)	29 (4.6%)	64	832^nd of 2740 public middle schools	69.6%		61.2	875^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.3%	43		30.8	30.8			57.6	62.4	59.9			39.9	43.6	41.7	$16,527	$613	$15,914
Lemoore University Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	6-8	450 Marsh Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 924-6890	155	7	22.1	61.9%	46 (29.7%)	2 (1.3%)	75 (48.4%)	13 (8.4%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)	63.5	845^th of 2740 public middle schools	69.2%		64.8	791^st of 2761 public middle schools	71.4%	54		37.3	37.3		39.6	67.8	61.4	57.3		31.3	48.3	39.7	40.2	$17,936	$173	$17,763
Bridges Academy	Public	6-8	1200 West Cinnamon Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 925-7040	1	1	1.0	—	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Pioneer Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	101 West Pioneer Way	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Pioneer Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 584-0112	550	24	22.8	45.1%	148 (26.9%)	23 (4.2%)	322 (58.5%)	28 (5.1%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.8%)	57.6	984^th of 2740 public middle schools	64.1%		54.1	1074^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.1%	90		33.3	33.3		53.5	61.0	56.6	56.9		30.5	35.0	35.7	33.6	$13,685	$110	$13,575
Reef-Sunset Middle	Public	6-8	608 North First Ave.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-4128	554	27	20.7	95.5%	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	540 (97.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.1	2624^th of 2740 public middle schools	4.2%		9.5	2629^th of 2761 public middle schools	4.8%	5		7.4	7.4		18.9	18.9	18.5	18.8		3.8	11.9	10.6	8.9	$19,157	$1,078	$18,079

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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.

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