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Rank
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2788
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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
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Per Pupil Expenditures:
Total
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Non-Personnel from Federal Funds
Total from Federal Funds
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Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds
Total from State and Local Funds
Average Standard
Score (
2023
)
Average Standard
Score (
2022
)
Rank (
2022
)
Rank Change from
2022
SchoolDigger Rating (
2023
)
062460003690
1811
Herbert Hoover Middle
Public
7-8
800 E. 26th St.
Merced
95340
Merced County
Merced City Elementary
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(209) 385-6631
614
23
27.1
79.0%
94 (15.3%)
35 (5.7%)
426 (69.4%)
26 (4.2%)
2 (0.3%)
1 (0.2%)
30 (4.9%)
$8,097
30.1
29.6
1797
14
060232813918
1812
California Pacific Charter - San Diego
Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative
K-12
940 S. Coast Dr.
Costa Mesa
92626
Orange County
California Pacific Charter - San Diego District
Yes
(n/a)
Yes
(n/a)
(855) 225-7227
245
39
6.3
58.4%
88 (35.9%)
16 (6.5%)
93 (38.0%)
14 (5.7%)
4 (1.6%)
4 (1.6%)
26 (10.6%)
30
28.9
1828
16
062547003791
1813
Bell Gardens Intermediate
Public
6-8
5841 Live Oak St.
Bell Gardens
90201
Los Angeles County
Montebello Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(562) 927-1319
858
42
20.2
75.4%
1 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
852 (99.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
5 (0.6%)
$5,381
30
27.4
1880
67
064140006846
1814
Palm Avenue Middle
Public
6-8
1017 Palm Ave.
Wasco
93280
Kern County
Wasco Union Elementary
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(661) 758-7130
601
29
20.6
91.3%
16 (2.7%)
15 (2.5%)
567 (94.3%)
3 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
$6,209
30
29.9
1779
35
063441005655
1815
King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle
Public
6-8
350 Girard St.
San Francisco
94134
San Francisco County
San Francisco Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(415) 330-1500
366
20
18
70.2%
8 (2.2%)
56 (15.3%)
124 (33.9%)
146 (39.9%)
0 (0.0%)
7 (1.9%)
25 (6.8%)
$6,103
29.9
37.5
1541
274
062223002657
1816
Lockeford Elementary
Public
K-8
19456 N. Tully Rd.
Lockeford
95237
San Joaquin County
Lodi Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(209) 331-7214
462
20
22.8
73.8%
158 (34.2%)
0 (0.0%)
263 (56.9%)
9 (1.9%)
4 (0.9%)
3 (0.6%)
25 (5.4%)
$10,709
29.9
32.6
1688
128
064030007172
1817
Eagle Peak Middle
Public
5-8
8601 W. Rd.
Redwood Valley
95470
Mendocino County
Ukiah Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(707) 472-5250
539
26
20.6
75.0%
228 (42.3%)
2 (0.4%)
250 (46.4%)
2 (0.4%)
38 (7.1%)
0 (0.0%)
19 (3.5%)
$6,624
29.9
32.4
1694
123
062415013945
1818
Maxwell Middle
Public
6-8
146 N. St.
Maxwell
95955
Colusa County
Maxwell Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(530) 438-2401
83
3
26.1
56.6%
30 (36.1%)
0 (0.0%)
48 (57.8%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (3.6%)
0 (0.0%)
2 (2.4%)
$7,557
29.9
48.2
1228
590
060579000520
1819
Barbara Worth Junior High
Public
7-8
385 D St.
Brawley
92227
Imperial County
Brawley Elementary
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(760) 344-2153
933
44
21
84.8%
14 (1.5%)
10 (1.1%)
899 (96.4%)
5 (0.5%)
1 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (0.4%)
$11,268
29.8
26.6
1918
99
060768000733
1820
Anderson Middle
Public
6-8
1646 W. Ferry St.
Anderson
96007
Shasta County
Cascade Union Elementary
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(530) 378-7060
344
21
16.1
77.3%
193 (56.1%)
5 (1.5%)
69 (20.1%)
20 (5.8%)
29 (8.4%)
1 (0.3%)
27 (7.8%)
$7,105
29.7
26.1
1942
122
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About our rankings:
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 18, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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