Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2654)	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)
060263000191	971	Walker Junior High	Public	7-8	8132 Walker St.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 220-4051	1,027	43	23.8	54.9%	177 (17.2%)	45 (4.4%)	467 (45.5%)	281 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.8%)	49 (4.8%)	$11,851							56.9	64.1	756	215	R3
062691004066	972	Itliong-Vera Cruz	Public	6-8	31604 Alvarado Blvd.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 489-0700	1,396	52	26.7	39.0%	100 (7.2%)	83 (5.9%)	305 (21.8%)	794 (56.9%)	6 (0.4%)	26 (1.9%)	82 (5.9%)	$9,888							56.9	67.4	695	277	R3
061605003105	973	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Public	6-8	7310 Monitor St.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 837-6120	1,073	46	23.5	89.7%	56 (5.2%)	67 (6.2%)	903 (84.2%)	24 (2.2%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (1.7%)	$7,047							56.8	58.4	879	94	R3
061281001441	974	Mistletoe Elementary	Public	K-8	1225 Mistletoe Ln.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Enterprise Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 224-4160	610	25	24.5	67.5%	390 (63.9%)	12 (2.0%)	88 (14.4%)	28 (4.6%)	17 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (12.3%)	$6,434							56.8	67.1	701	273	R3
061734008147	975	Calaveras Elementary	Public	K-8	1151 Buena Vista Rd. Ste. 100	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 636-4460	493	19	25.9	76.9%	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	475 (96.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	$7,760							56.7	68.5	668	307	R3
063099004798	976	Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts	Public	K-8	700 Temple Ave.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 383-5340	497	24	20.7	61.4%	104 (20.9%)	18 (3.6%)	303 (61.0%)	43 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.4%)	$8,868							56.6	38.1	1414	438	R3
060209911856	977	Ivy Bound Academy of Math Sci and Technical Charter Mid	Public, Charter	5-8	15355 Morrison St.	Sherman Oaks	91403	Los Angeles County	Ivy Bound Academy of Math Sci and Technical Charter Mid Dis	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 808-0158	188	9	20.8	57.4%	113 (60.1%)	6 (3.2%)	51 (27.1%)	7 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.3%)								56.6			(n/a)	R3
061518011203	978	Solorsano Middle	Public	6-8	7121 Grenache Way	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 848-4121	875	38	22.7	57.3%	126 (14.4%)	16 (1.8%)	626 (71.5%)	68 (7.8%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.8%)								56.6	61.4	808	170	R3
061203001332	979	De Anza Magnet	Public	K-8	1530 S. Waterman Ave.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 352-9811	491			70.5%	18 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	460 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$8,472							56.6	61	813	166	R3
063666012799	980	Shiloh Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	6633 Paradise Rd.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Shiloh Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 522-2261	140	8	16.6	72.1%	38 (27.1%)	2 (1.4%)	87 (62.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.6%)	$12,567							56.4	63.1	771	209	R3

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