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)
060744011266	161	Vista del Mar Middle	Public	6-8	1130 Ave. Talega	San Clemente	92673	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 234-5955	683	28	24.2	10.0%	512 (75.0%)	3 (0.4%)	95 (13.9%)	26 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.7%)	$10,418							94.2	96.9	58	103	R5
060015310934	162	Brightwood Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 Brightwood St.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 570-6200	928	35	26.2	38.0%	20 (2.2%)	5 (0.5%)	371 (40.0%)	487 (52.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (4.6%)	$11,523							94.2	92.7	178	16	R5
068450007069	163	Venado Middle	Public	7-8	4 Deerfield Ave.	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-6800	582	26	22.2	22.7%	139 (23.9%)	16 (2.7%)	84 (14.4%)	290 (49.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.6%)	$6,412							94.2	91.7	192	29	R5
060223612768	164	Mission Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	1050 York St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	Mission Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 508-9626	385	17	22.6	81.6%	10 (2.6%)	18 (4.7%)	310 (80.5%)	37 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)								94.1			(n/a)	R5
060987001072	165	Coronado Middle	Public	6-8	550 F Ave.	Coronado	92118	San Diego County	Coronado Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 522-8921	729	30	24.1	10.4%	451 (61.9%)	7 (1.0%)	141 (19.3%)	28 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	96 (13.2%)	$6,462							94.1	95.8	96	69	R5
061422001634	166	Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle	Public	6-8	9101 Brabham Dr.	Huntington Beach	92646	Orange County	Fountain Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 378-4220	744	28	26.5	20.4%	435 (58.5%)	7 (0.9%)	126 (16.9%)	124 (16.7%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	45 (6.0%)	$8,450							94.1	90.4	228	62	R5
064116011529	167	Oak Grove Elementary	Public	K-8	4445 W. Ferguson Ave.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 622-3105	883	31	28.4	28.1%	310 (35.1%)	14 (1.6%)	412 (46.7%)	64 (7.2%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	77 (8.7%)	$6,724							94	95.9	92	75	R5
060190305717	168	Children's Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	6830 Pentz Rd	Paradise	95969	Butte County	Children's Community Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 877-2227	220	10	22	45.0%	184 (83.6%)	4 (1.8%)	9 (4.1%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.2%)								94			(n/a)	R5
061437013199	169	College Connection Academy	Public	7-8	1855 Lucretia Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 347-4827	210	10	21	28.1%	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	64 (30.5%)	140 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)								94	89.5	248	79	R5
060183112751	170	Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School)	Public, Charter	K-8	277 IOOF Ave.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 337-5445	534	22	24.2	47.6%	111 (20.8%)	13 (2.4%)	345 (64.6%)	50 (9.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.1%)								94			(n/a)	R5

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