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)
060204214265	2551	Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5075 Bradley Rd.	Orcutt	93455	Santa Barbara County	Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(805) 623-1111	204	12	16.7	67.6%	39 (19.1%)	1 (0.5%)	148 (72.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.9%)								9.5			(n/a)	R0
063801011782	2552	John C. Fremont Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-8	2021 E. Flora St.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(209) 933-7385	891	22	40.5	78.5%	29 (3.3%)	40 (4.5%)	758 (85.1%)	34 (3.8%)	15 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	12 (1.3%)	$7,051							9.5	8	2363	189	R0
063583006124	2553	Lawrence Cook Middle	Public	7-8	2480 Sebastopol Rd.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 890-3875	459	19	24.2	74.1%	39 (8.5%)	3 (0.7%)	381 (83.0%)	18 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.6%)	$11,521							9.5			(n/a)	R0
060003501547	2554	Farmersville Junior High	Public	7-8	650 N. Virginia St.	Farmersville	93223	Tulare County	Farmersville Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(559) 747-0764	403	19	21.5	95.5%	15 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	384 (95.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,178							9.4	7.5	2376	178	R0
062805011909	2555	United for Success Academy	Public	6-8	2101 35th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 535-3880	370	23	16.2	93.2%	4 (1.1%)	60 (16.2%)	259 (70.0%)	27 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	14 (3.8%)	$8,010							9.4	8	2366	189	R0
061260013554	2556	Alpha Charter	Public, Magnet, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8920 Elwyn Ave.	Elverta	95626	Sacramento County	Elverta Joint Elementary	Yes	Yes	No	No	(916) 991-4726	86	0	215	62.8%	19 (22.1%)	20 (23.3%)	31 (36.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (16.3%)	$10,581							9.3			(n/a)	R0
062922004507	2557	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-8	301 N. Marquita St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	No	No	Yes	(805) 385-1524	896	39	23.1	88.7%	11 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	882 (98.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$3,922							9.3	8.7	2348	209	R0
062271002966	2558	Charles Drew Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	8511 Compton Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(323) 826-1700	710	34	21.1	91.4%	4 (0.6%)	93 (13.1%)	611 (86.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,951							9.3	12.7	2232	326	R0
060837012830	2559	Center for Alternative Learning	Public	6-12	290 E. Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(530) 891-3092	37	3	13.7	78.4%	12 (32.4%)	2 (5.4%)	19 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.8%)	$10,814							9.3			(n/a)	R0
060187012457	2560	Options for Youth-San Bernardino	Public, Charter	7-12	985-A S. E St.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	Options for Youth-San Bernardino District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(626) 685-9300	795	39	20.3	68.8%	82 (10.3%)	91 (11.4%)	342 (43.0%)	5 (0.6%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	262 (33.0%)								9.3			(n/a)	R0

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