Middle Schools in Moraga Elementary

The Moraga Elementary area has one listed middle school: Joaquin Moraga Intermediate, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 658 students. In 2025–26, 82% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 72% in math, and 71% in science. The school was slightly above district results in ELA and science, and slightly below in math. Its clearest strength is that results were well above state figures in every subject: by 33 points in ELA, 34 points in math, and 35 points in science.

There is no second middle school listed for a local top-to-bottom comparison, so the clearest contrasts are within the school. ELA had the highest schoolwide proficiency rate, while science had the largest lead over the state; science’s larger gap reflects the lower state result, not a higher school score. Grade 8 math is the most notable internal dip: 65% proficiency, compared with 79% in grade 7 and 72% in grade 6—a 13-point spread from the highest to lowest grade. Even so, grade 8 math was 29 points above the state result and slightly above the district’s grade 8 rate. Across all grades, the school was 1 point above the district in ELA and 2 points above in science, but 2 points below in math.

Scores dipped slightly from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while state results rose, narrowing the school’s average lead over the state from 36 to 34 points. SchoolDigger reports the school at the 97th percentile statewide in each of the three years shown; its numerical rank moved from 91 of 2,783 to 70 of 2,761, then to 88 of 2,703. SchoolDigger also lists a district rank of 39 out of 968, the 96th percentile, and five stars. Chronic absenteeism was 5% in 2025–26, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 4%. The school’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 21.6, and 6% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible.