Best Middle Schools in California

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018 vs 2017)
ID	Rank (of 2535)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Fulltime Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Rank (2017)	Rank Change From 2017	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)
061632511364	1391	Grandview College Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	795 N. Grandview Ln.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles	Hacienda La Puente Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(626) 933-4901	584	26	22.3	87.7%	6 (1.0%)	12 (2.1%)	514 (88.0%)	41 (7.0%)		1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	40.1	44.5	1266	125
062271013004	1392	KIPP Scholar Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	1729 W. MLK Jr. Blvd.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(323) 292-2272	389	20	19.4	93.3%		192 (49.4%)	186 (47.8%)	1 (0.3%)			10 (2.6%)	40	48.7	1137	255
062271003087	1393	Hollenbeck Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2510 E. Sixth St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(323) 780-3000	1,065	51	21	94.2%	8 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1,047 (98.3%)	3 (0.3%)		1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	40	39.1	1416	23
062781004209	1394	Davis (Caroline) Intermediate	Public	7-8	5035 Edenview Dr.	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara	Oak Grove Elementary	No	No	No	No	(408) 227-0616	670	33	20.3	56.7%	50 (7.5%)	32 (4.8%)	380 (56.7%)	197 (29.4%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	40	41.9	1335	59
063462005814	1395	Will Rogers Middle	Public	6-8	4924 Dewey Dr.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento	San Juan Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(916) 971-7889	732	29	25	65.4%	379 (51.8%)	68 (9.3%)	207 (28.3%)	35 (4.8%)	7 (1.0%)	5 (0.7%)	31 (4.2%)	40	25.6	1820	425
062853004417	1396	Orange Center Elementary	Public	K-8	3530 S. Cherry Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno	Orange Center	No	No	No	Yes	(559) 237-0437	300	14	21.4	94.3%	13 (4.3%)	5 (1.7%)	216 (72.0%)	64 (21.3%)			2 (0.7%)	39.9	22.3	1951	555
060142512419	1397	Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2840 W. 1st St.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange	State Board Of Education - Magnolia Science Academy Santa A	Yes	No	No	Yes	(714) 479-0115	639	31	20.4	79.5%	74 (11.6%)	4 (0.6%)	529 (82.8%)	16 (2.5%)	4 (0.6%)		12 (1.9%)	39.9	54.1	1000	397
069103512865	1398	Sunrise Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1149 E. Julian St.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara	Santa Clara County Office Of Education	Yes	No	No	Yes	(408) 659-4785	188	8	23.2	87.8%	2 (1.1%)		172 (91.5%)	8 (4.3%)	5 (2.7%)		1 (0.5%)	39.8	36.1	1503	105
063117007601	1399	Plumas Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	175 N. Mill Creek	Quincy	95971	Plumas	Plumas Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(530) 283-3851	321	20	16	55.1%	248 (77.3%)	3 (0.9%)	30 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	26 (8.1%)	39.8	35.8	1511	112
061187001327	1400	Lee Vining Elementary	Public	K-8	132 Lee Vining Ave.	Lee Vining	93541	Mono	Eastern Sierra Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 647-6460	97	6	16.1	53.6%	40 (41.2%)		54 (55.7%)		3 (3.1%)			39.8	46	1219	181

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