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)
060162000029	1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 229-7745	1,009	39	25.7	25.0%	40 (4.0%)	15 (1.5%)	151 (15.0%)	770 (76.3%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	25 (2.5%)	$6,926							99.8	99.7	2	1	R5
060263007580	2	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,250	43	29	35.7%	103 (8.2%)	12 (1.0%)	233 (18.6%)	874 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	23 (1.8%)	$10,961							99.7	99.7	1	1	R5
062271013971	3	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public, Alternative	6-11	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 753-4470	271	10	27.1	25.1%	130 (48.0%)	10 (3.7%)	25 (9.2%)	106 (39.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,885							99.7			(n/a)	R5
062223007743	4	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 953-8330	259	10	25.5	41.7%	55 (21.2%)	5 (1.9%)	63 (24.3%)	117 (45.2%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	$10,658							99.6	99.4	3	1	R5
060201312901	5	Yu Ming Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1086 Alcatraz Ave.	Oakland	94608	Alameda County	Yu Ming Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 452-2063	445	27	16.6	14.4%	36 (8.1%)	27 (6.1%)	26 (5.8%)	212 (47.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	143 (32.1%)								99.5			(n/a)	R5
063025013937	6	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	110	4	25	26.4%	68 (61.8%)	1 (0.9%)	26 (23.6%)	10 (9.1%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	$6,238							99.5	99.4	4	2	R5
063315013103	7	Riverside STEM Academy	Public	5-12	4466 Mt.Vernon Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 788-7308	663	25	26.5	31.5%	223 (33.6%)	49 (7.4%)	204 (30.8%)	146 (22.0%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.1%)	32 (4.8%)	$7,377							99.5	99.3	7		R5
063213007422	8	North Star Academy	Public	3-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 482-2411	533	19	27.7	8.1%	253 (47.5%)	3 (0.6%)	96 (18.0%)	117 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	62 (11.6%)								99.5	99.3	6	2	R5
060297009302	9	Rancho Learning Center (Alternative)	Public, Alternative	1-12	150 S. Third Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 821-6629	87	4	21.2	28.7%	23 (26.4%)	4 (4.6%)	18 (20.7%)	40 (46.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$20,372							99.5			(n/a)	R5
060241511442	10	Bullis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	102 W. Portola Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Bullis Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 947-4100	915	39	23.4	1.0%	233 (25.5%)	9 (1.0%)	35 (3.8%)	469 (51.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	167 (18.3%)								99.5			(n/a)	R5

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