Best Middle Schools in California

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 2760)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
2032	Ocala Middle	Public	6-8	2800 Ocala Ave.	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8350	377	24	15.7	79.3%	5 (1.3%)	5 (1.3%)	289 (76.7%)	71 (18.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	$23,405			$2,722			$20,683	24.5	27.5	1922	110		060231000116
2033	Andros Karperos	Public	K-8	1700 Camino de Flores	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-4440	1,181	56	21.1	83.7%	175 (14.8%)	8 (0.7%)	473 (40.1%)	445 (37.7%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (6.1%)								24.5	32.8	1709	324		064347011377
2034	UCLA Community K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	700 South Mariposa Ave.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 480-3750	887	47	18.8	97.3%	21 (2.4%)	19 (2.1%)	751 (84.7%)	89 (10.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	$23,119			$5,356			$17,763	24.5	23.9	2091	57		062271012524
2035	Silverado Middle	Public	6-8	1133 Coombsville Rd.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3688	673	36	18.8	79.9%	128 (19.0%)	5 (0.7%)	506 (75.2%)	18 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	$16,187			$1,642			$14,545	24.5	20.5	2242	207		062664004032
2036	Murray Middle	Public	6-8	200 East Drummond Ave.	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1820	643	30	21.6	56.1%	279 (43.4%)	43 (6.7%)	234 (36.4%)	32 (5.0%)	9 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	42 (6.5%)	$14,084			$1,030			$13,054	24.5	33.8	1677	359		063680006238
2037	Albert Einstein Middle	Public	7-8	9325 Mirandy Dr.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5310	579	25	23	73.2%	127 (21.9%)	90 (15.5%)	216 (37.3%)	66 (11.4%)	7 (1.2%)	16 (2.8%)	57 (9.8%)	$22,614			$3,397			$19,217	24.4	26	1997	40		063384005219
2038	San Juan Choices Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	4425 Laurelwood Way	Sacramento	95864	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 979-8378	246	17	14.6	45.1%	122 (49.6%)	29 (11.8%)	63 (25.6%)	13 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	14 (5.7%)	$18,205			$1,052			$17,153	24.4	36.2	1588	450		063462008284
2039	Eagle Peak Middle	Public	5-8	8601 West Rd.	Redwood Valley	95470	Mendocino County	Ukiah Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 472-5250	552	27	20.6	77.0%	226 (40.9%)	0 (0.0%)	260 (47.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.2%)	$22,579			$2,653			$19,926	24.4	28.7	1870	169		064030007172
2040	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Public	6-8	644 East 56th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1800	829	49	17	97.7%	7 (0.8%)	66 (8.0%)	742 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	$26,590			$5,145			$21,445	24.4	20.5	2245	205		062271007523
2041	Fletcher Walker Elementary	Public	K-8	Fourth and Greenwood Sts.	Westwood	96137	Lassen County	Westwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 256-3295	128	6	21.1	76.6%	88 (68.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	$15,370			$1,272			$14,098	24.3	43.6	1353	688		064230006922

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 9, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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