Best Middle Schools in California

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 2671)	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)
060309000242	1871	Arena Elementary	Public	K-8	20 Sch St.	Point Arena	95468	Mendocino County	Arena Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 882-2131	238	13	18.2	75.6%	74 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	130 (54.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	$12,251							27.7	28.6	1686	185	R1
063459005731	1872	Muwekma Ohlone Middle	Public	6-8	850 N. Second St.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(408) 535-6267	687	36	19	73.7%	37 (5.4%)	15 (2.2%)	552 (80.3%)	57 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.3%)	$13,500							27.6	23.7	1846	26	R1
062994004692	1873	Woodrow Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	300 S. Madre St.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(626) 396-5800	454	18	25.6	71.8%	45 (9.9%)	43 (9.5%)	331 (72.9%)	22 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$9,573							27.6	30.8	1620	253	R1
062955013957	1874	Desert Learning Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	2248 E. Ramon Rd.	Palm Springs	92264	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 778-0487	218	13	17.1	70.6%	56 (25.7%)	15 (6.9%)	130 (59.6%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.5%)	$17,298							27.6	20	1985	111	R1
063636006193	1875	Sequoia Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-7	23958 Ave. 324	Lemon Cove	93244	Tulare County	Sequoia Union Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(559) 564-2106	322	16	20.1	45.0%	200 (62.1%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (32.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	$7,954							27.6	60.6	826	1049	R1
060150114258	1876	Olive Grove Charter - Buellton	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	240 E. Highway 246	Buellton	93427	Santa Barbara County	Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(805) 623-1111	83	7	11.3	26.5%	50 (60.2%)	1 (1.2%)	27 (32.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)								27.5			(n/a)	R1
062778009962	1877	Mountain Shadows Middle	Public	7-8	30401 Reservoir Ave.	Nuevo	92567	Riverside County	Nuview Union	No	No	No	Yes	(951) 928-3836	380	16	24.5	75.3%	64 (16.8%)	2 (0.5%)	302 (79.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	$10,926							27.5	38.8	1393	484	R1
061233010292	1878	Samuel Jackman Middle	Public	7-8	7925 Kentwal Dr.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(916) 393-2352	1,010	49	20.6	89.9%	45 (4.5%)	185 (18.3%)	453 (44.9%)	252 (25.0%)	6 (0.6%)	24 (2.4%)	45 (4.5%)	$6,878							27.4	24.9	1801	77	R1
063720006298	1879	Altimira Middle	Public	6-8	17805 Arnold Dr.	Sonoma	95476	Sonoma County	Sonoma Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 935-6020	468	25	18.9	75.6%	115 (24.6%)	1 (0.2%)	326 (69.7%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.2%)	$10,321							27.4	30.7	1627	252	R1
069113511725	1880	March Middle	Public	6-8	15800 Indian Ave.	Moreno Valley	92551	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(951) 490-0430	775	37	20.9	86.2%	28 (3.6%)	116 (15.0%)	600 (77.4%)	16 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.5%)	$12,224							27.4	24.5	1817	63	R1

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