Best Middle Schools in California

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2155)	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	Average Standard Score (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
060162000029	1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles	ABC Unified	No	No	No	No	(562) 229-7745	1,009	39	25.7	25.0%	40 (4.0%)	15 (1.5%)	151 (15.0%)	770 (76.3%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	25 (2.5%)	99.8	99.7	2	1	R5
060263007580	2	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange	Anaheim Union High	No	No	No	No	(714) 220-3055	1,250	43	29	35.7%	103 (8.2%)	12 (1.0%)	233 (18.6%)	874 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	23 (1.8%)	99.7	99.7	1	1	R5
062271013971	3	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public, Magnet	6-12	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	Yes	No	No	(818) 753-4470	271	10	27.1	25.1%	130 (48.0%)	10 (3.7%)	25 (9.2%)	106 (39.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	99.7			(n/a)	R5
062223007743	4	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin	Lodi Unified	No	No	No	No	(209) 953-8330	259	10	25.5	41.7%	55 (21.2%)	5 (1.9%)	63 (24.3%)	117 (45.2%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	99.6	99.4	3	1	R5
063025013937	5	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Magnet, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	Yes	No	No	(707) 778-4750	110	4	25	26.4%	68 (61.8%)	1 (0.9%)	26 (23.6%)	10 (9.1%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	99.5	99.4	4	1	R5
063315013103	6	Riverside STEM Academy	Public	5-12	4466 Mt.Vernon Ave	Riverside	92507	Riverside	Riverside Unified	No	No	No	No	(951) 788-7308	663	25	26.5	31.5%	223 (33.6%)	49 (7.4%)	204 (30.8%)	146 (22.0%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.1%)	32 (4.8%)	99.5	99.3	7	1	R5
063213007422	7	North Star Academy	Public, Magnet	3-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo	Redwood City Elementary	No	Yes	No	No	(650) 482-2411	533	19	27.7	8.1%	253 (47.5%)	3 (0.6%)	96 (18.0%)	117 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	62 (11.6%)	99.5	99.3	6	1	R5
060297009302	8	Rancho Learning Center (Alternative)	Public, Alternative	1-12	150 S. Third Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles	Arcadia Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(626) 821-6629	87	4	21.2	28.7%	23 (26.4%)	4 (4.6%)	18 (20.7%)	40 (46.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	99.5			(n/a)	R5
061029001142	9	Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara	Cupertino Union	No	No	No	No	(408) 252-3755	1,191	53	22.4	4.6%	72 (6.0%)	6 (0.5%)	23 (1.9%)	1,044 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	42 (3.5%)	99.4	99.2	9		R5
061734012565	10	Accelerated Achievement Academy	Public	4-8	1151 Buena Vista Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito	Hollister	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 636-4460	173	7	24.7	41.6%	48 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (60.7%)	13 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	99.3	99.4	5	5	R5

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