Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2671)	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)
060011609482	1381	Spring Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	46655 Rd. 200	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(559) 868-3343	223	9	24.4	41.3%	174 (78.0%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (11.7%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.1%)	$5,562							41.8	44.5	1232	149	R2
060330010317	1382	Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE)	Public, Alternative	K-12	10801 El Camino Real	Atascadero	93422	San Luis Obispo County	Atascadero Unified	No	No	No	No	(805) 462-4350	130	7	18.7	30.0%	84 (64.6%)	3 (2.3%)	32 (24.6%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.4%)	$10,065							41.7			(n/a)	R2
060006306868	1383	Waterford Junior	Public	7-8	12916 Bentley St.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(209) 874-2382	259	12	21.2	84.9%	81 (31.3%)	5 (1.9%)	166 (64.1%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$11,342							41.7	43.7	1250	133	R2
060985001063	1384	Letha Raney Intermediate	Public	6-8	1010 W. Citron St.	Corona	92882	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(951) 736-3221	743	33	22.3	69.3%	73 (9.8%)	33 (4.4%)	539 (72.5%)	79 (10.6%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	9 (1.2%)	$9,152							41.6	45.6	1193	191	R2
060227413913	1385	Cabrillo Point Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4612 Dehesa Rd.	El Cajon	92019	San Diego County	Cabrillo Point Academy District	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(626) 932-1802	4,466	102	43.7	34.3%	2,408 (53.9%)	119 (2.7%)	1,223 (27.4%)	236 (5.3%)	17 (0.4%)	11 (0.2%)	452 (10.1%)								41.6			(n/a)	R2
061970002373	1386	Navelencia Middle	Public	6-8	22620 E. Wahtoke Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(559) 305-7350	382	14	28.2	86.9%	40 (10.5%)	1 (0.3%)	329 (86.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$7,021							41.6	48.8	1112	274	R2
060015811516	1387	Marvin A. Dutcher Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1441 Colorado Ave.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(209) 667-8817	817	36	22.6	63.5%	182 (22.3%)	7 (0.9%)	595 (72.8%)	10 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	15 (1.8%)	$10,267							41.5	51.1	1057	330	R2
060189404450	1388	Santiago Middle	Public, Charter	7-8	515 N. Rancho Santiago Blvd.	Orange	92869	Orange County	Santiago Middle District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(714) 997-6366	1,031	40	25.7	59.7%	215 (20.9%)	15 (1.5%)	724 (70.2%)	51 (4.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.1%)								41.5			(n/a)	R2
061146001275	1389	Sussman (Edward A.) Middle	Public	6-8	12500 Birchdale Ave.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3572	1,156	47	24.7	77.9%	32 (2.8%)	44 (3.8%)	1,036 (89.6%)	27 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	11 (1.0%)	$12,312							41.5	33.8	1542	153	R2
062361011419	1390	Walter Woodward Elementary	Public	K-8	575 Tannehill Dr.	Manteca	95337	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(209) 858-7430	867	35	24.7	33.6%	275 (31.7%)	37 (4.3%)	317 (36.6%)	179 (20.6%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (1.2%)	47 (5.4%)	$5,510							41.5	40.4	1338	52	R2

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