Best Middle Schools in California

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018 vs 2017)
ID	Rank (of 2535)	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 (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Rank (2017)	Rank Change From 2017	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)
060263007580	1	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange	Anaheim Union High	No	No	No	No	(714) 220-3055	1,204	41	29.3	34.1%	105 (8.7%)	20 (1.7%)	221 (18.4%)	821 (68.2%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	30 (2.5%)	99.7	99.7	2	1
060162000029	2	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	25.4	20.2%	42 (4.2%)	15 (1.5%)	137 (13.6%)	789 (78.0%)	4 (0.4%)	5 (0.5%)	19 (1.9%)	99.7	99.7	1	1
062271013971	3	Millikan Sci Technical Engr and Math (STEM) Magnet	Public, Magnet, Alternative	6-12	5041 Sunnyslope Ave.	Sherman Oaks	91423	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	Yes	No	No	(818) 528-1662	179	7	25.5	29.1%	101 (56.4%)	3 (1.7%)	25 (14.0%)	47 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	99.6			(n/a)
062223007743	4	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin	Lodi Unified	No	No	No	No	(209) 953-8330	269	10	27.1	43.9%	57 (21.2%)	5 (1.9%)	58 (21.6%)	136 (50.6%)	2 (0.7%)		11 (4.1%)	99.4	99.4	5	1
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	98	4	23.5	30.6%	57 (58.2%)	2 (2.0%)	27 (27.6%)	5 (5.1%)		1 (1.0%)	6 (6.1%)	99.4	99.1	10	5
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	47.5%	35 (25.2%)	1 (0.7%)	90 (64.7%)	5 (3.6%)		1 (0.7%)	7 (5.0%)	99.4	99.3	6
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	519	20	25.9	8.9%	256 (49.3%)	4 (0.8%)	116 (22.4%)	90 (17.3%)		3 (0.6%)	50 (9.6%)	99.3	98.8	14	7
063315013103	8	Riverside STEM Academy	Public, Alternative	5-12	4466 Mount Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside	Riverside Unified	No	No	No	No	(951) 788-7308	641	25	25.6	25.4%	241 (37.6%)	41 (6.4%)	185 (28.9%)	131 (20.4%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.6%)	31 (4.8%)	99.3	99.4	4	4
069103511442	9	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	825	35	23.7	0.7%	228 (27.6%)	10 (1.2%)	36 (4.4%)	387 (46.9%)		1 (0.1%)	163 (19.8%)	99.3	99.5	3	6
061029001142	10	Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara	Cupertino Union	No	No	No	No	(408) 252-3755	1,309	56	23.5	2.7%	102 (7.8%)	8 (0.6%)	23 (1.8%)	1,149 (87.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	24 (1.8%)	99.2	99.3	8	2

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