Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2654)	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 (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
063684006269	921	Sinaloa Middle	Public	6-8	601 Royal Ave.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 520-6830	890	38	23.7	36.4%	419 (47.1%)	5 (0.6%)	334 (37.5%)	88 (9.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.7%)	$7,424							59.3	60.2	836	85	R3
063459004084	922	River Glen	Public	K-8	1088 BRd.way	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 535-6240	520	21	24.8	42.9%	56 (10.8%)	6 (1.2%)	437 (84.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$11,483							59.3	72.3	590	332	R3
063384007242	923	Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired	Public	K-8	6251 13th St.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 395-4510	518	24	21.5	32.8%	306 (59.1%)	21 (4.1%)	118 (22.8%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	58 (11.2%)	$6,702							59.3	45.1	1209	286	R3
060285011904	924	Orchard Park	Public	K-8	5150 Live Oak Ave.	Oakley	94561	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 779-7445	724	31	23.3	62.2%	174 (24.0%)	90 (12.4%)	365 (50.4%)	39 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.4%)	45 (6.2%)	$6,552							59.3	56.9	915	9	R3
061662001736	925	Salmon Creek School - A Charter	Public, Charter	2-8	1935 Bohemian Hwy.	Occidental	95465	Sonoma County	Harmony Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 874-1205	191	9	22.4	28.3%	143 (74.9%)	1 (0.5%)	29 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.4%)	$15,171							59.2	50.5	1074	149	R3
060201110711	926	University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands	Public, Charter	K-8	1099 Bedford Dr.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	UNIV Preparation Charter School @ CSU Channel Islands Distr	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 482-4608	726	34	21.5	51.1%	138 (19.0%)	21 (2.9%)	515 (70.9%)	29 (4.0%)	8 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (1.8%)								59.1			(n/a)	R3
062871012315	927	Orcutt Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	500 Dyer St.	Orcutt	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 938-8900	787	34	23.3	27.2%	389 (49.4%)	5 (0.6%)	296 (37.6%)	42 (5.3%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	45 (5.7%)	$7,441							59.1	47.8	1130	203	R3
060015310945	928	William Northrup Elementary	Public	K-8	409 S. Atlantic Blvd.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 943-6620	565	24	23.5	77.5%	12 (2.1%)	8 (1.4%)	302 (53.5%)	233 (41.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,862							59	49.8	1093	165	R3
064212002217	929	Hillview Middle	Public	6-8	40525 Peonza Ln.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 722-9993	932	40	23.1	44.3%	255 (27.4%)	111 (11.9%)	466 (50.0%)	45 (4.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (5.6%)	$9,579							58.9	57.5	898	31	R3
062271014102	930	Maywood Center for Enriched Studies	Public	6-12	5800 King Ave.	Maywood	90270	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 210-1412	1,361	50	27.2	91.0%	22 (1.6%)	4 (0.3%)	1,330 (97.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,148							58.9			(n/a)	R3

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