Best Middle Schools in California

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2017 vs 2016)
ID	Rank (of 2508)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Fulltime Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2017)	Average Standard Score (2016)	Rank (2016)	Rank Change From 2016	SchoolDigger Rating (2017)
060162000029	1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles	ABC Unified	No	No	No	No	(562) 229-7745	1,011	40	25.2	21.3 %	37 (3.7 %)	19 (1.9 %)	123 (12.2 %)	805 (79.6 %)	4 (0.4 %)	5 (0.5 %)	18 (1.8 %)	99.7	99	3	2
060263007580	2	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange	Anaheim Union High	No	No	No	No	(714) 220-3055	1,208	40	30.2	34.9 %	121 (10.0 %)	21 (1.7 %)	211 (17.5 %)	818 (67.7 %)	4 (0.3 %)	5 (0.4 %)	28 (2.3 %)	99.7	99.1	2
069103511442	3	Bullis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	102 W. Portola Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara	Santa Clara County Office Of Education	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-4939	744	39	19	0.7 %	239 (32.1 %)	4 (0.5 %)	32 (4.3 %)	326 (43.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	143 (19.2 %)	99.5	99.3	1	2
063315013103	4	Riverside STEM Academy	Public, Alternative	5-12	4466 Mount Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside	Riverside Unified	No	No	No	No	(951) 788-7308	577	22	26.2	26.7 %	240 (41.6 %)	34 (5.9 %)	153 (26.5 %)	109 (18.9 %)	2 (0.3 %)	7 (1.2 %)	32 (5.5 %)	99.4			(n/a)
062223007743	5	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin	Lodi Unified	No	No	No	No	(209) 953-8330	272	10	27.2	41.5 %	60 (22.1 %)	8 (2.9 %)	57 (21.0 %)	138 (50.7 %)	2 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (2.6 %)	99.4	98.6	9	4
061734012565	6	Accelerated Achievement Academy	Public	4-8	1151 Buena Vista Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito	Hollister	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 636-4460	139	6	23.1	54.0 %	26 (18.7 %)	1 (0.7 %)	92 (66.2 %)	6 (4.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.7 %)	13 (9.4 %)	99.3	98.3	14	8
063513010759	7	Windemere Ranch Middle	Public	6-8	11611 E. Branch Pkwy.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(925) 479-7400	1,245	48	25.9	2.5 %	128 (10.3 %)	11 (0.9 %)	47 (3.8 %)	990 (79.5 %)	2 (0.2 %)	2 (0.2 %)	65 (5.2 %)	99.3	98.8	7
061029001142	8	Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara	Cupertino Union	No	No	No	No	(408) 252-3755	1,317	58	22.7	2.6 %	99 (7.5 %)	6 (0.5 %)	19 (1.4 %)	1,176 (89.3 %)	3 (0.2 %)	1 (0.1 %)	13 (1.0 %)	99.3	98.7	8
061440001669	9	William Hopkins Junior High	Public	7-8	600 Driscoll Rd.	Fremont	94539	Alameda	Fremont Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 656-3500	1,017	39	26	3.7 %	48 (4.7 %)	3 (0.3 %)	12 (1.2 %)	938 (92.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.1 %)	15 (1.5 %)	99.1	98.6	10	1
063025013937	10	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	48	2	24	58.3 %	16 (33.3 %)	1 (2.1 %)	26 (54.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (10.4 %)	99.1			(n/a)

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