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Best Middle Schools in Merced County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

9,677

Students

Districts

Top rankedWinton Middle1246^th of 2,740 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Gustine Middle up 314 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bellevue Senior Elementary 15.2 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)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)				CSA Spanish Listening (2026)				CSA Spanish Writing (2026)				CSA Spanish Reading (2026)				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	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 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Bryant Middle	Public	6-8	16695 North Bryant Rd.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0240	487	22	21.8	87.9%	56 (11.5%)	7 (1.4%)	416 (85.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	9.5	2612^th of 2740 public middle schools	4.7%		9.8	2621^st of 2761 public middle schools	5.1%	9																	10.7	10.7	19.1	20.1	19.5	19.5	9.3	7.8	8.7	8.7	$22,665	$19,892	$2,773
Delhi Middle	Public	7-8	16881 West Schendel Ave.	Delhi	95315	Merced County	Delhi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 656-2050	367	21	17.5	86.6%	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	340 (92.6%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17.8	2314^th of 2740 public middle schools	15.5%		18	2311^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.3%	3		7.7	1.6	5.0		32.1	7.9	21.3		20.5	6.4	14.2		7.7	0.0	4.3	13.6	13.6		32.6	27.3	30.0		22.1	7.4	14.9	$21,875	$20,730	$1,145
Mitchell Intermediate	Public	7-8	1753 Fifth St.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6124	744	31	23.8	75.9%	97 (13.0%)	15 (2.0%)	577 (77.6%)	37 (5.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.6%)	33	1714^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.4%		38.9	1520^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.9%	194																	19.4	19.4		45.1	41.8	43.5		23.5	22.7	23.1	$19,052	$17,048	$2,004
Atwater Senior Academy	Public	6-8	1800 Juniper Ave.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6515	5	1	4.9	—	0 (0.0%)	2 (40.0%)	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																						23.1				0.0
Bellevue Senior Elementary	Public	7-8	1020 East Bellevue Rd.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6140	178	12	15.2	93.8%	8 (4.5%)	5 (2.8%)	161 (90.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	33	1713^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.5%		33.1	1712^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.0%	1																	21.2	21.2		39.8	48.8	44.4		20.5	21.2	20.8	$14,567	$12,890	$1,677
Gustine Middle	Public	6-8	28075 Sullivan Rd.	Gustine	95322	Merced County	Gustine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 854-5030	370	19	18.9	84.6%	25 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	336 (90.8%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	21.3	2160^th of 2740 public middle schools	21.2%		14.1	2474^th of 2761 public middle schools	10.4%	314																	31.0	31.0	29.3	20.0	29.8	26.2	13.2	12.6	23.0	16.3	$21,762	$19,944	$1,818
Hilmar Middle	Public	6-8	7528 North Scholar Way	Hilmar	95324	Merced County	Hilmar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 632-8847	542	28	19.6	66.4%	276 (50.9%)	1 (0.2%)	250 (46.1%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	30.6	1806^th of 2740 public middle schools	34.1%		33.2	1707^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.2%	99																	25.0	25.0	32.7	39.0	44.7	39.0	15.5	22.1	24.5	20.9	$16,737	$15,746	$991
Livingston Middle	Public	6-8	101 F St.	Livingston	95334	Merced County	Livingston Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 394-5450	809	36	22.7	76.3%	26 (3.2%)	4 (0.5%)	676 (83.6%)	98 (12.1%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22.4	2113^th of 2740 public middle schools	22.9%		22.5	2130^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.9%	17	4.4	0.0	4.9	3.2	11.6	14.0	11.5	12.3	7.3	19.3	3.3	9.6	0.0	0.0	4.9	1.6	23.0	23.0	35.9	28.1	30.5	31.7	18.3	17.5	16.0	17.3	$21,642	$21,130	$512
Los Banos Junior High	Public	7-8	1750 San Luis St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-0867	938	44	21.4	84.3%	61 (6.5%)	13 (1.4%)	839 (89.4%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	27	1948^th of 2740 public middle schools	28.9%		25.8	1964^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.9%	16																	14.2	14.2		39.6	41.7	40.6		20.2	19.0	19.6	$28,480	$27,200	$1,280
Creekside Junior High	Public	7-8	1401 Prairie Springs Dr.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-1005	812	41	19.8	84.6%	93 (11.5%)	11 (1.4%)	690 (85.0%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.7%)	14.8	2443^rd of 2740 public middle schools	10.8%		15.9	2400^th of 2761 public middle schools	13.1%	43																	8.0	8.0		31.4	23.3	27.5		18.4	10.3	14.4	$27,238	$26,056	$1,182
Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle	Public	7-8	601 Mercy Ave.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6330	624	21	30.1	58.5%	112 (17.9%)	32 (5.1%)	360 (57.7%)	75 (12.0%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	35 (5.6%)	30	1833^rd of 2740 public middle schools	33.1%		43	1391^st of 2761 public middle schools	49.6%	442																	15.5	15.5		33.1	48.2	40.6		21.5	24.4	22.9	$22,126	$21,182	$944
Herbert Hoover Middle	Public	7-8	800 East 26th St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6631	629	21	29.6	87.3%	102 (16.2%)	19 (3.0%)	459 (73.0%)	19 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.3%)	24.2	2032^nd of 2740 public middle schools	25.8%		25.8	1967^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.8%	65																	18.9	18.9		39.2	32.8	36.1		18.9	17.1	18.0	$21,503	$20,524	$979
Rudolph Rivera Middle	Public	7-8	945 Buena Vista Dr.	Merced	95348	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6680	608	21	28.7	81.7%	60 (9.9%)	45 (7.4%)	368 (60.5%)	106 (17.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.1%)	17	2349^th of 2740 public middle schools	14.3%		26.5	1942^nd of 2761 public middle schools	29.7%	407																	14.2	14.2		28.9	31.2	30.1		17.2	10.9	13.9	$23,442	$22,562	$880
Tenaya Middle	Public	7-8	760 West Eighth St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6687	607	22	27.2	91.6%	21 (3.5%)	35 (5.8%)	504 (83.0%)	27 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.0%)	15.2	2424^th of 2740 public middle schools	11.5%		18.4	2299^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.7%	125																	15.6	15.6		26.3	28.7	27.5		11.6	12.8	12.2	$23,430	$22,158	$1,272
Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Public	6-8	161 South Plainsburg Rd.	Planada	95365	Merced County	Planada Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 382-0768	305	17	17.4	89.8%	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (98.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47	1277^th of 2740 public middle schools	53.4%		42.4	1416^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.7%	139																	33.7	33.7	37.9	46.9	53.0	46.3	23.9	31.3	37.6	31.2	$22,091	$944	$21,147
Weaver Middle	Public	6-8	3076 East Childs Ave.	Merced	95341	Merced County	Weaver Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 723-2174	1,073	48	22.1	93.7%	83 (7.7%)	40 (3.7%)	744 (69.3%)	165 (15.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	33 (3.1%)	27.8	1920^th of 2740 public middle schools	29.9%		30.8	1804^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.7%	116																	15.3	15.3	29.2	35.1	35.4	33.3	16.9	31.4	29.2	26.1	$21,757	$19,880	$1,877
Winton Middle	Public	6-8	6300 North Cypress Ave.	Winton	95388	Merced County	Winton	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6189	579	25	22.7	92.1%	39 (6.7%)	4 (0.7%)	499 (86.2%)	33 (5.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48	1246^th of 2740 public middle schools	54.5%		47.3	1256^th of 2761 public middle schools	54.5%	10																	26.3	26.3	46.2	47.5	45.2	46.3	37.5	35.7	32.3	35.2	$21,373	$20,082	$1,291

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