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)
062805004250	541	Claremont Middle	Public	6-8	5750 College Ave.	Oakland	94618	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 654-7337	485	27	17.8	41.4%	167 (34.4%)	136 (28.0%)	97 (20.0%)	29 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	53 (10.9%)	$6,503							77.2	68.2	677	136	R4
060206803648	542	Temecula Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	35755 Abelia St.	Winchester	92596	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 294-6775	562	22	25.5	10.0%	270 (48.0%)	16 (2.8%)	208 (37.0%)	19 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.5%)								77.1			(n/a)	R4
060146913015	543	Sycamore Valley Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6832 Ave. 280	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Sycamore Valley Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 622-3236	367	13	28.2	37.9%	165 (45.0%)	2 (0.5%)	163 (44.4%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (8.4%)								77.1			(n/a)	R4
063729006309	544	New Brighton Middle	Public	6-8	250 Washburn Ave.	Capitola	95010	Santa Cruz County	Soquel Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 464-5660	704	32	21.7	27.0%	371 (52.7%)	5 (0.7%)	246 (34.9%)	18 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (8.5%)	$8,000							77.1	75.9	507	37	R4
060876000890	545	El Roble Intermediate	Public	7-8	665 N. Mountain Ave.	Claremont	91711	Los Angeles County	Claremont Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 398-0343	1,123	46	24.2	36.2%	393 (35.0%)	59 (5.3%)	464 (41.3%)	116 (10.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (8.0%)	$5,612							77.1	80	441	104	R4
062583003876	546	Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)	Public	K-8	2700 Fountain Oaks Dr.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 201-6400	631	25	25.4	26.0%	251 (39.8%)	6 (1.0%)	290 (46.0%)	44 (7.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.2%)	$5,068							77.1	66.5	710	164	R4
060197611580	547	California Montessori Project-Shingle Springs Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	4645 Buckeye Rd.	Shingle Springs	95682	El Dorado County	CA Montessori Project-Shingle Springs Campus District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 672-3095	465	20	23.4	14.6%	355 (76.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.5%)	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.8%)								77			(n/a)	R4
060216810500	548	Coastal Grove Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1897 S St.	Arcata	95521	Humboldt County	Coastal Grove Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 825-8804	234	15	15.6	59.0%	188 (80.3%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (11.5%)								77			(n/a)	R4
060221314196	549	WISH Community	Public, Charter	K-8	6550 W. 80th St.	Los Angeles	90045	Los Angeles County	WISH Community District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 642-9474	753	35	21.3	20.5%	326 (43.3%)	209 (27.8%)	140 (18.6%)	67 (8.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)								77			(n/a)	R4
060141002500	550	Lammersville Elementary	Public	K-8	16555 W. Von Sosten Rd.	Tracy	95304	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 836-7220	196	10	19.4	48.0%	72 (36.7%)	5 (2.6%)	90 (45.9%)	21 (10.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)								77	72.5	584	34	R4

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