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Best Middle Schools in Kings County, CA

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Schools

4,129

Students

Districts

Top rankedLemoore University Elementary Charter791^st of 2,761 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

John F. Kennedy Junior High up 321 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Woodrow Wilson Junior High 18 students per teacher

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					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/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	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%)	20.8	2193^rd of 2761 public middle schools	20.6%		21.7	2190^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.3%	3	16.8	15.2	16.1	38.9	24.4	29.9	34.6	31.9	33.6	13.2	16.3	20.0	20.8	$23,912	$23,358	$554
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%)	18	2319^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.0%		18	2347^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.7%	28		7.3	7.3		24.8	34.2	24.3	27.7		17.4	18.7	11.8	16.0	$22,481	$21,236	$1,245
Woodrow Wilson Junior High	Public	7-8	601 West Florinda St.	Hanford	93230	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%)	54.2	1069^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.3%		52.3	1097^th of 2783 public middle schools	60.6%	28		27.9	27.9			49.6	48.5	49.0			37.0	36.2	36.6	$21,143	$19,860	$1,283
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%)	46.1	1291^st of 2761 public middle schools	53.2%		35.3	1612^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.1%	321		16.6	16.6			48.6	49.8	49.2			26.7	36.7	31.8	$19,680	$18,378	$1,302
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%)	61.2	875^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.3%		62.9	821^st of 2783 public middle schools	70.5%	54		22.4	22.4			61.5	59.9	60.7			37.8	38.2	38.0	$20,865	$20,252	$613
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%)	64.8	791^st of 2761 public middle schools	71.4%		55.4	1003^rd of 2783 public middle schools	64.0%	212		30.9	30.9		59.5	71.2	61.8	64.6		32.4	44.2	26.4	34.5	$24,123	$23,950	$173
Bridges Academy	Public	6-8	1200 West Cinnamon Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 924-6800	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%)	54.1	1074^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.1%		63.1	815^th of 2783 public middle schools	70.7%	259		22.6	22.6		60.4	58.2	50.2	55.9		35.9	32.5	27.5	31.7	$19,810	$19,700	$110
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%)	9.5	2629^th of 2761 public middle schools	4.8%		11	2629^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.5%			6.9	6.9		13.9	16.2	19.3	16.5		8.7	9.0	8.6	8.8	$21,042	$19,964	$1,078

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