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)
069113710341	1891	Tenaya Elementary	Public	K-8	19177 Highway 120	Groveland	95321	Tuolumne County	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 962-7846	198	14	14.1	56.6%	138 (69.7%)	6 (3.0%)	42 (21.2%)	2 (1.0%)	9 (4.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,466							27	21.5	724	1167	R2
060004907416	1892	Santa Lucia Middle	Public	6-8	2850 Schhouse Ln.	Cambria	93428	San Luis Obispo County	Coast Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 927-3693	116	9	12.8	79.3%	22 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (78.4%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)								27	34.7	553	1339	R2
060426000385	1893	Beardsley Junior High	Public	7-8	1001 Roberts Ln.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Beardsley Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 392-9254	381	19	19.9	93.2%	144 (37.8%)	22 (5.8%)	196 (51.4%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.4%)	$7,410							27	13	836	1057	R2
063132004845	1894	Harrison Elementary	Public	K-8	425 E. Harrison Ave.	Pomona	91767	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 397-4600	322	14	22.4	95.7%	8 (2.5%)	29 (9.0%)	270 (83.9%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.9%)	$6,180							27			(n/a)	R2
062598003897	1895	Herbert C. Green Middle	Public	5-8	3781 Forni Rd.	Placerville	95667	El Dorado County	Mother Lode Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 622-4668	388	22	18	42.3%	221 (57.0%)	2 (0.5%)	136 (35.1%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	$8,540							26.9			(n/a)	R2
060133211201	1896	Norwood Junior High	Public	7-8	4601 Norwood Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 566-2710	436	25	17.3	72.5%	23 (5.3%)	52 (11.9%)	211 (48.4%)	116 (26.6%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.3%)	22 (5.0%)								26.9			(n/a)	R2
062088008717	1897	Amargosa Creek Middle	Public	6-8	44333 27th St. W.	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 729-6064	883	46	19.1	86.5%	95 (10.8%)	238 (27.0%)	478 (54.1%)	24 (2.7%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.0%)	$8,500							26.9			(n/a)	R2
062271012779	1898	Orchard Academies 2C	Public	6-8	6411 Orchard Ave.	Bell	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 826-3900	365	17	21.4	94.2%	12 (3.3%)	2 (0.5%)	349 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,601							26.9			(n/a)	R2
060327000245	1899	Haven Drive Middle	Public	7-8	341 Haven Dr.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 854-6540	658	33	19.7	96.5%	15 (2.3%)	10 (1.5%)	629 (95.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,940							26.9			(n/a)	R2
063417011106	1900	Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Public	6-8	6650 N. Magnolia Ave.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 386-2050	1,053	48	22.1	82.5%	89 (8.5%)	63 (6.0%)	852 (80.9%)	21 (2.0%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	21 (2.0%)	$6,286							26.9			(n/a)	R2

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