Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2021 vs 2019)
ID	Rank (of 891)	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 (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Rank (2019)	Rank Change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)
060162000007	1	Carmenita Middle	Public	7-8	13435 E. 166th St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	No	No	No	(562) 229-7775	697			26.5%	43 (6.2%)	60 (8.6%)	179 (25.7%)	370 (53.1%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	37 (5.3%)	$5,522							99.8	96.6	85	84	R5
060263007580	2	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	No	No	No	(714) 220-3055	1,274			35.0%	91 (7.1%)	12 (0.9%)	254 (19.9%)	892 (70.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	21 (1.6%)	$10,961							99.7	99.7	2		R5
062223007743	3	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	No	No	No	(209) 953-8330	269			37.9%	58 (21.6%)	7 (2.6%)	57 (21.2%)	128 (47.6%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.6%)	$10,658							99.7	99.6	4	1	R5
060241511442	4	Bullis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	102 W. Portola Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Bullis Charter District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-4100	1,039			1.4%	234 (22.5%)	5 (0.5%)	41 (3.9%)	556 (53.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	200 (19.2%)								99.6	99.5	10	6	R5
063025013937	5	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Magnet, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	Yes	No	No	(707) 778-4750	114			24.6%	80 (70.2%)	2 (1.8%)	20 (17.5%)	6 (5.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.4%)	$6,238							99.5	99.5	6	1	R5
062238002674	6	La Entrada Middle	Public	4-8	2200 Sharon Rd.	Menlo Park	94025	San Mateo County	Las Lomitas Elementary	No	No	No	No	(650) 854-3962	715			5.6%	417 (58.3%)	8 (1.1%)	71 (9.9%)	127 (17.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	89 (12.4%)	$12,190							99.3	98.1	31	25	R5
060201312901	7	Yu Ming Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1086 Alcatraz Ave.	Oakland	94608	Alameda County	Yu Ming Charter District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(510) 452-2063	487			15.8%	38 (7.8%)	37 (7.6%)	34 (7.0%)	239 (49.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	137 (28.1%)								99.3	99.5	5	2	R5
061029001142	8	Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	No	No	No	(408) 252-3755	1,188			3.2%	68 (5.7%)	6 (0.5%)	21 (1.8%)	1,036 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	52 (4.4%)	$7,775							99.3	99.4	11	3	R5
063591006150	9	Redwood Middle	Public	6-8	13925 Fruitvale Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Saratoga Union Elementary	No	No	No	No	(408) 867-3042	728			3.3%	178 (24.5%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.3%)	442 (60.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (10.3%)	$8,991							99.2	98.7	19	10	R5
061029011448	10	Sam H. Lawson Middle	Public	6-8	10401 Vista Dr.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	No	No	No	(408) 255-7500	1,136			3.0%	87 (7.7%)	2 (0.2%)	30 (2.6%)	981 (86.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (2.8%)	$7,511							99.2	98.4	25	15	R5

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