Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2699)	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 (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
064214011705	321	Twelve Bridges Middle	Public	6-8	770 W.view Dr.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	No	No	No	(916) 434-5270	796	34	23.3	19.1%	536 (67.3%)	21 (2.6%)	138 (17.3%)	65 (8.2%)	10 (1.3%)	8 (1.0%)	18 (2.3%)	$10,714							87.1	86.1	320	1	R4
062025002432	322	La Mesa Arts Academy	Public	4-8	4200 Parks Ave.	La Mesa	91942	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	No	No	No	(619) 668-5730	1,085	43	25.4	35.3%	542 (50.0%)	53 (4.9%)	338 (31.2%)	54 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	93 (8.6%)	$6,138							87.1	82.5	390	68	R4
064015006640	323	Hewes Middle	Public	6-8	13232 Hewes Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	No	No	No	(714) 730-7348	1,003	36	27.8	24.3%	506 (50.4%)	6 (0.6%)	339 (33.8%)	94 (9.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (5.5%)	$10,066							87.1	88.4	269	54	R4
060183213743	324	Kairos Public School Vacaville Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	129 Elm St.	Vacaville	95688	Solano County	Kairos Public School Vacaville Academy District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-7234	584	25	23.7	9.9%	339 (58.0%)	14 (2.4%)	107 (18.3%)	43 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	78 (13.4%)								87.1			(n/a)	R4
060245810461	325	Oakland School for the Arts	Public, Charter	6-12	530 18th St.	Oakland	94612	Alameda County	Oakland School for the Arts District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 873-8800	749	40	18.7	13.5%	317 (42.3%)	141 (18.8%)	121 (16.2%)	54 (7.2%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	109 (14.6%)								87.1			(n/a)	R4
060238711393	326	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego	Public, Charter	6-8	6525 Estrella Ave.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(619) 644-1300	404	17	24.1	26.5%	174 (43.1%)	21 (5.2%)	127 (31.4%)	21 (5.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (14.6%)								87			(n/a)	R4
062418003643	327	McCabe Elementary	Public	K-8	701 W. McCabe Rd.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	McCabe Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 352-5443	1,365	56	24.3	29.7%	138 (10.1%)	6 (0.4%)	1,166 (85.4%)	45 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.7%)	$8,370							87	88	277	50	R4
060197810975	328	Stone Bridge	Public, Charter	K-8	1680 Los Carneros Way	Napa	94558	Napa County	Stone Bridge District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 252-5522	269	10	26.9	4.5%	206 (76.6%)	4 (1.5%)	28 (10.4%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (7.8%)								87			(n/a)	R4
063846006465	329	Sunnyvale Middle	Public	6-8	1080 Mango Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	No	No	No	(408) 522-8288	1,211	57	21.2	24.7%	350 (28.9%)	12 (1.0%)	315 (26.0%)	419 (34.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	109 (9.0%)	$11,882							86.8	88.6	265	64	R4
060846008808	330	Robert O. Townsend Junior High	Public	7-8	15359 Ilex Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(909) 591-2161	1,074	40	26.7	30.9%	237 (22.1%)	37 (3.4%)	474 (44.1%)	279 (26.0%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (3.7%)	$9,352							86.8	84.6	345	15	R4

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