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Best Middle Schools in Stanislaus County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

16,635

Students

Districts

Top rankedHickman Middle544^th of 2,761 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Denair Middle up 483 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Waterford Junior 17.7 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 (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 (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	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
Emilie J. Ross Middle	Public	6-8	7448 Fox Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 883-4425	458	21	21.9	61.1%	192 (41.9%)	2 (0.4%)	255 (55.7%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47.9	1241^st of 2761 public middle schools	55.1%		45.7	1286^th of 2783 public middle schools	53.8%	45																		19.4	19.4			36.9	48.6	47.9	44.5			33.6	43.3	32.7	36.3	$23,718	$21,404	$2,314
Cardozo Middle	Public	6-8	3525 Santa Fe St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-2591	544	28	19.4	82.5%	87 (16.0%)	3 (0.6%)	427 (78.5%)	6 (1.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	21.5	2169^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.4%		20.6	2235^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.7%	66	3.3	7.0	7.7	6.3	13.3	23.3	7.7	15.2	6.7	32.6	7.7	17.0	0.0	4.7	12.8	6.3		12.9	12.9			32.5	36.1	34.4	34.4			13.8	16.3	10.3	13.3	$22,306	$20,824	$1,482
Oakdale Junior High	Public	7-8	400 Maag Ave.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 847-2294	780	35	22.0	38.3%	401 (51.4%)	9 (1.2%)	331 (42.4%)	16 (2.1%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.2%)	45.3	1319^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.2%		54.5	1029^th of 2783 public middle schools	63.0%	290																		33.7	33.7				43.8	45.9	44.9				25.9	25.5	25.7	$20,324	$19,678	$646
Waterford Junior	Public	7-8	12916 Bentley St.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-2382	260	15	17.7	93.8%	60 (23.1%)	2 (0.8%)	181 (69.6%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	47.9	1236^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.2%		56	992^nd of 2783 public middle schools	64.4%	244																		27.6	27.6				44.4	41.5	42.9				37.5	32.3	34.8	$5,875	$3,784	$2,091
Lucille Whitehead Intermediate	Public	4-6	119 North Reinway Ave.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1080	355	14	25.5	88.7%	82 (23.1%)	7 (2.0%)	251 (70.7%)	7 (2.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)								(n/a)																	19.3		19.3	41.1	19.5	24.4			27.9	42.3	12.5	18.3			23.8	$7,080	$4,614	$2,466
Turlock Junior High	Public	6-8	3951 North Walnut Rd.	Turlock	95382	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(350) 206-3550	1,294	60	21.5	72.4%	404 (31.2%)	34 (2.6%)	674 (52.1%)	120 (9.3%)	9 (0.7%)	13 (1.0%)	40 (3.1%)	41.4	1453^rd of 2761 public middle schools	47.4%		33.9	1674^th of 2783 public middle schools	39.8%	221																		25.0	25.0				43.2	43.4	43.3				28.3	26.9	27.6	$16,041	$15,260	$781
Marvin A. Dutcher Middle	Public	6-8	1441 Colorado Ave.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-8817	810	37	21.7	63.6%	150 (18.5%)	3 (0.4%)	620 (76.5%)	18 (2.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.0%)	46.6	1279^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.7%		40	1461^st of 2783 public middle schools	47.5%	182																		30.3	30.3			39.2	50.6	55.6	50.3			19.7	27.1	24.0	24.5	$16,826	$15,918	$908
Mae Hensley Junior High	Public	7-8	1806 Moffet Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1820	636	28	23.1	93.1%	68 (10.7%)	10 (1.6%)	523 (82.2%)	25 (3.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	26.5	1939^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.8%		26.3	1986^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.6%	47																		15.2	15.2				35.5	39.0	37.2				18.7	17.4	18.1	$20,694	$18,950	$1,744
Blaker-Kinser Junior High	Public	7-8	1601 Kinser Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1810	603	28	21.4	90.4%	48 (8.0%)	8 (1.3%)	520 (86.2%)	21 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38.6	1532^nd of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		33.6	1683^rd of 2783 public middle schools	39.5%	151																		28.0	28.0				50.0	45.6	47.7				17.2	15.1	16.1	$24,139	$21,920	$2,219
Cesar Chavez Junior High	Public	7-8	2701 Eastgate Blvd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1830	685	31	21.8	86.7%	50 (7.3%)	11 (1.6%)	546 (79.7%)	67 (9.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	29.8	1835^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.5%		29.4	1838^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.0%	3																		16.5	16.5				39.6	37.9	38.8				24.9	16.1	20.6	$23,228	$20,816	$2,412
Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	10001 Crows Landing Rd.	Turlock	95313	Stanislaus County	Chatom Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 664-8515	166	7	23.3	72.3%	47 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	116 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	43.4	1386^th of 2761 public middle schools	49.8%		33.5	1690^th of 2783 public middle schools	39.3%	304																		27.4	27.4			46.3	38.9	50.0	45.3			29.1	14.8	33.9	26.3	$20,016	$18,622	$1,394
Denair Middle	Public	6-8	3701 Lester Rd.	Denair	95316	Stanislaus County	Denair Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 632-2510	298	16	18.1	68.5%	112 (37.6%)	3 (1.0%)	161 (54.0%)	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	31.7	1766^th of 2761 public middle schools	36.0%		20.4	2249^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.2%	483	7.7	3.6	13.0	7.8	7.7	21.4	13.0	14.3	23.1	14.3	17.4	18.2	7.7	3.6	34.8	14.3		28.1	28.1			34.0	39.1	39.8	37.7			18.1	20.7	19.4	19.4	$19,078	$17,000	$2,078
Norman N. Glick Middle	Public	5-8	400 Frazine Rd.	Modesto	95357	Stanislaus County	Empire Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 577-3945	602	29	20.6	80.6%	105 (17.4%)	23 (3.8%)	414 (68.8%)	35 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	18 (3.0%)	38.7	1528^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		28.7	1868^th of 2783 public middle schools	32.9%	340																		21.7	21.7				50.0	47.4	48.7				20.3	18.8	19.6	$1,651	$338	$1,313
Hickman Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	13306 Fourth St.	Hickman	95323	Stanislaus County	Hickman Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1816	141	7	20.6	36.2%	80 (56.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (34.8%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	76.8	544^th of 2761 public middle schools	80.3%		69.9	690^th of 2783 public middle schools	75.2%	146																		43.6	43.6			57.7	68.8	64.1	63.3			53.9	43.8	41.0	46.8	$20,864	$20,684	$180
Barbara Spratling Middle	Public	6-8	5277 Washington Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Keyes Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 664-3833	239	11	21.0	90.0%	13 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	204 (85.4%)	17 (7.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	37.4	1560^th of 2761 public middle schools	43.5%		28.7	1872^nd of 2783 public middle schools	32.7%	312																		26.8	26.8			21.9	33.8	52.4	36.6			18.4	15.6	43.9	26.4	$26,872	$25,464	$1,408
La Loma Junior High	Public	7-8	1800 Encina Ave.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1906	705	35	20.3	76.3%	178 (25.2%)	13 (1.8%)	439 (62.3%)	20 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.1%)	44 (6.2%)	35.3	1636^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.7%		30.2	1805^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.1%	169																		22.6	22.6				40.4	36.2	38.3				25.7	26.0	25.8	$25,664	$23,438	$2,226
Mark Twain Junior High	Public	7-8	707 Emerald Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1918	658	30	21.5	93.6%	20 (3.0%)	10 (1.5%)	540 (82.1%)	43 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (5.9%)	19.9	2228^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.3%		18.9	2304^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.2%	76																		11.4	11.4				30.9	29.7	30.3				14.0	18.1	16.1	$25,836	$23,214	$2,622
Roosevelt Junior High	Public	7-8	1330 College Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1930	818	38	21.7	74.7%	165 (20.2%)	28 (3.4%)	476 (58.2%)	47 (5.7%)	5 (0.6%)	8 (1.0%)	89 (10.9%)	41.6	1445^th of 2761 public middle schools	47.7%		38.2	1526^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.2%	81																		26.5	26.5				43.8	41.0	42.3				30.6	25.4	27.9	$24,010	$21,852	$2,158
Evelyn Hanshaw Middle	Public	7-8	1725 Las Vegas St.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1794	650	33	19.8	93.2%	19 (2.9%)	9 (1.4%)	574 (88.3%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.3%)	22.9	2113^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%		18.1	2340^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.9%	227																		14.6	14.6				27.0	28.6	27.9				22.4	20.7	21.5	$26,976	$24,536	$2,440
Yolo Junior High	Public	6-8	901 Hoyer Rd.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2984	738	38	19.4	74.3%	77 (10.4%)	12 (1.6%)	607 (82.2%)	15 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.3%)	27.2	1922^nd of 2761 public middle schools	30.4%		26.1	1992^nd of 2783 public middle schools	28.4%	70	5.4	4.6	0.0	3.3	5.4	6.8	12.2	8.2	8.1	18.2	7.3	11.5	5.4	2.3	4.9	4.1		18.2	18.2			35.2	37.1	32.7	35.1			28.9	21.1	6.2	18.9	$22,408	$20,082	$2,326
Creekside Middle	Public	7-8	535 Peregrine Dr.	Patterson	95363	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 892-4710	907	45	20.3	79.1%	63 (6.9%)	41 (4.5%)	706 (77.8%)	36 (4.0%)	4 (0.4%)	13 (1.4%)	44 (4.9%)	20.7	2196^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.5%		20.9	2223^rd of 2783 public middle schools	20.1%	27		6.1	7.1	6.7		30.3	19.1	24.0		24.2	9.5	16.0		6.1	11.9	9.3		14.6	14.6				30.9	33.0	31.9				15.4	12.9	14.2	$20,849	$19,938	$911
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus	Public	6-8	5041 Toomes Rd.	Salida	95368	Stanislaus County	Salida Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 545-1633	673	37	18.0	79.8%	107 (15.9%)	18 (2.7%)	466 (69.2%)	45 (6.7%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	28 (4.2%)	41.7	1443^rd of 2761 public middle schools	47.7%		40.4	1445^th of 2783 public middle schools	48.1%	2																		26.5	26.5			43.0	52.2	33.5	42.7			25.9	36.3	21.6	27.7	$33,105	$31,334	$1,771
Prescott Junior High	Public	7-8	2243 West Rumble Rd.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 529-9892	746	36	20.5	74.3%	104 (13.9%)	26 (3.5%)	408 (54.7%)	113 (15.1%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	82 (11.0%)	37.9	1546^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.0%		36.4	1582^nd of 2783 public middle schools	43.2%	36																		24.1	24.1				41.8	39.0	40.5				28.8	23.8	26.4	$20,115	$19,396	$719
Elizabeth Ustach Middle	Public	6-8	2701 Kodiak Dr.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 552-3000	1,016	50	20.4	56.3%	255 (25.1%)	17 (1.7%)	510 (50.2%)	145 (14.3%)	7 (0.7%)	13 (1.3%)	69 (6.8%)	60.3	901^st of 2761 public middle schools	67.4%		66.7	753^rd of 2783 public middle schools	72.9%	148																		37.2	37.2			44.6	48.1	46.2	46.4			33.7	44.2	51.8	43.8	$19,647	$18,950	$697
Somerset Middle	Public	6-8	1037 Floyd Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-5300	947	45	20.8	74.0%	242 (25.6%)	34 (3.6%)	499 (52.7%)	85 (9.0%)	4 (0.4%)	11 (1.2%)	72 (7.6%)	38.3	1536^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.4%		32.5	1724^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.1%	188																		25.2	25.2			35.1	39.5	42.9	39.2			28.4	24.6	29.8	27.7	$20,336	$19,662	$674
Daniel J. Savage Middle	Public	6-8	1900 Maid Mariane Ln.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 552-3300	906	43	21.3	52.6%	262 (28.9%)	31 (3.4%)	437 (48.2%)	90 (9.9%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.8%)	76 (8.4%)	54.2	1067^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.4%		58.4	922^nd of 2783 public middle schools	66.9%	145																		27.9	27.9			51.8	47.0	51.0	49.9			41.0	31.4	34.4	35.4	$20,931	$20,262	$669

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