California Middle School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on 10/24/2022.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 2737)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
062031002449	41	M. H. Stanley Middle	Public	6-8	3455 Sch St.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 927-3530	1,085	59	18.4	4.1%	695 (64.1%)	7 (0.6%)	91 (8.4%)	117 (10.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	171 (15.8%)	$12,258							98.3	97.5	26	15
060202211873	42	Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	777 Aileen St.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 384-1415	563	24	23.4	8.5%	274 (48.7%)	4 (0.7%)	134 (23.8%)	91 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	56 (9.9%)								98.3	93.3	51	9
068450013996	43	Beacon Park	Public	K-8	200 Cultivate	Irvine	92618	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-8400	938	35	26.7	13.6%	182 (19.4%)	10 (1.1%)	69 (7.4%)	568 (60.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	108 (11.5%)	$6,153							98.2			(n/a)
063147004881	44	Corte Madera	Public	4-8	4575 Alpine Rd.	Portola Valley	94028	San Mateo County	Portola Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 851-1777	255	23	11	6.3%	171 (67.1%)	1 (0.4%)	33 (12.9%)	17 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.9%)	$27,075							98.2	98.1	23	21
061440001670	45	John M. Horner Middle	Public	6-8	4350 Irvington Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 656-4000	1,527	64	23.6	13.8%	81 (5.3%)	9 (0.6%)	153 (10.0%)	1,248 (81.7%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	28 (1.8%)	$6,921							98.2			(n/a)
061308007707	46	Willma Cavitt Junior High	Public	7-8	7200 Fuller Dr.	Granite Bay	95746	Placer County	Eureka Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 791-4152	348	16	21.9	4.9%	224 (64.4%)	4 (1.1%)	30 (8.6%)	50 (14.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.6%)	$10,173							98.1	94.3	46
063441007841	47	Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary	Public	K-8	3630 Divisadero St.	San Francisco	94123	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 749-3516	645	32	20.4	18.6%	170 (26.4%)	44 (6.8%)	69 (10.7%)	213 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	148 (22.9%)								98			(n/a)
063153013729	48	Design 39 Campus	Public	K-8	17050 Del Sur Ridge Rd.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 679-6639	1,193	50	23.7	6.5%	466 (39.1%)	7 (0.6%)	100 (8.4%)	477 (40.0%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.5%)	134 (11.2%)	$6,327							98			(n/a)
061719002172	49	Crocker Middle	Public	6-8	2600 Ralston Ave.	Hillsborough	94010	San Mateo County	Hillsborough City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 342-6331	441	35	12.4	2.5%	244 (55.3%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.2%)	141 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.1%)	$20,943							98	98.1	24	25
061029009356	50	Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	K-8	12211 Titus Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 253-4696	607	26	23	6.6%	139 (22.9%)	3 (0.5%)	27 (4.4%)	354 (58.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	80 (13.2%)	$7,781							97.9			(n/a)

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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 24, 2022, 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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