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)
062961010323	81	Frank S. Greene Junior Middle	Public	6-8	750 N. CA Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 494-8120	821	61	13.3	15.0%	288 (35.1%)	21 (2.6%)	159 (19.4%)	247 (30.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.3%)	93 (11.3%)	$15,049							97.2	96.5	35	46	R5
063441005360	82	Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary	Public	K-8	1541 12th Ave.	San Francisco	94122	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 759-2764	586	22	26.1	34.6%	25 (4.3%)	40 (6.8%)	34 (5.8%)	367 (62.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	116 (19.8%)	$6,103							97.1			(n/a)	R5
061029001127	83	Cupertino Middle	Public	6-8	1650 S. Bernardo Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 245-0303	1,081	55	19.7	14.2%	297 (27.5%)	7 (0.6%)	104 (9.6%)	581 (53.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	85 (7.9%)	$7,688							97.1	96.9	31	52	R5
063459005703	84	Bret Harte Middle	Public	6-8	7050 Bret Harte Dr.	San Jose	95120	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 535-6270	971	48	20.1	12.6%	257 (26.5%)	12 (1.2%)	138 (14.2%)	495 (51.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (6.9%)	$10,757							97.1	97.2	30	54	R5
064128009654	85	South Pointe Middle	Public	6-8	20671 Larkstone Dr.	Walnut	91789	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 595-8171	876	37	23.8	25.6%	32 (3.7%)	7 (0.8%)	180 (20.5%)	609 (69.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	44 (5.0%)	$6,250							97.1			(n/a)	R5
063441005639	86	Lawton Alternative Elementary	Public	K-8	1570 31st Ave.	San Francisco	94122	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 759-2832	597	25	24	45.2%	36 (6.0%)	19 (3.2%)	35 (5.9%)	426 (71.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	77 (12.9%)	$6,103							97.1			(n/a)	R5
062970004610	87	Palos Verdes Intermediate	Public	6-8	2161 Via Olivera	Palos Verdes Estates	90274	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 544-4816	707	32	21.7	6.9%	367 (51.9%)	16 (2.3%)	85 (12.0%)	162 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (10.6%)	$5,757							97			(n/a)	R5
063525008474	88	Quail Lake Environmental Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	4087 N. Quail Lake Dr.	Clovis	93619	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 524-6720	583	24	23.8	28.0%	221 (37.9%)	8 (1.4%)	199 (34.1%)	113 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.9%)	$8,325							97			(n/a)	R5
063438005575	89	Earl Warren Middle	Public	7-8	155 Stevens St.	Solana Beach	92075	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 755-1558	531	22	24.5	18.3%	351 (66.1%)	3 (0.6%)	96 (18.1%)	26 (4.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.6%)	$7,865							96.8			(n/a)	R5
068450013238	90	Jeffrey Trail Middle	Public	7-8	155 Visions	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-5000	989	41	24.1	16.8%	177 (17.9%)	20 (2.0%)	106 (10.7%)	606 (61.3%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	75 (7.6%)	$5,257							96.8			(n/a)	R5

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