Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 2737)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
062409003620	1991	Anna McKenney Intermediate	Public	6-8	1904 Huston	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 741-6187	553	26	21.1	65.8%	189 (34.2%)	19 (3.4%)	264 (47.7%)	26 (4.7%)	9 (1.6%)	5 (0.9%)	41 (7.4%)								25	21.6	719	1272	R1
062547003804	1992	Montebello Intermediate	Public	6-8	1600 Whittier Blvd.	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 721-5111	864			76.7%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	847 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.9%)	$5,833							25	20.2	742	1250	R1
064245006936	1993	Walter F. Dexter Middle	Public	6-8	11532 E. Floral Dr.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 789-3090	747			81.1%	28 (3.7%)	8 (1.1%)	680 (91.0%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.9%)	$5,313							25			(n/a)	R1
062250012117	1994	Lindsey Academy	Public	6-8	5075 Daisy Ave.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 423-6451	712	31	23.2	73.7%	10 (1.4%)	120 (16.9%)	534 (75.0%)	30 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	8 (1.1%)	$8,027							25	21.1	725	1269	R1
060006002208	1995	Emilie J. Ross Middle	Public	6-8	7448 Fox Rd.	Hughson	95326	Stanislaus County	Hughson Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 883-4425	430	20	21.1	65.8%	169 (39.3%)	2 (0.5%)	246 (57.2%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$6,816							25			(n/a)	R1
060006105115	1996	Cardozo Middle	Public	6-8	3525 Santa Fe St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 869-2591	508	27	18.9	71.3%	72 (14.2%)	5 (1.0%)	407 (80.1%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$9,829							25	19.6	751	1245	R1
060177712925	1997	ISANA Achernar Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	310 E. El Segundo Blvd.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	ISANA Achernar Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 764-1234	472	21	22.4	61.7%	2 (0.4%)	153 (32.4%)	307 (65.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.1%)								24.9			(n/a)	R1
062586003893	1998	Twentynine Palms Junior High	Public	7-8	5798 Utah Trail	Twentynine Palms	92277	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 367-9507	449	24	19	57.7%	178 (39.6%)	70 (15.6%)	161 (35.9%)	17 (3.8%)	4 (0.9%)	10 (2.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$7,036							24.9	30.6	606	1392	R1
060962004608	1999	Enterprise Middle	Public	6-8	2600 W. Compton Blvd.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 898-6030	223	12	18.5	89.2%	0 (0.0%)	83 (37.2%)	137 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)								24.9			(n/a)	R1
060006404869	2000	Bartlett Middle	Public	7-8	335 N. G St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 782-7100	518	27	19	93.6%	34 (6.6%)	5 (1.0%)	458 (88.4%)	11 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$5,496							24.9			(n/a)	R1

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