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)
062271002987	1151	Emerson Community Charter	Public, Charter	6-8	1650 Selby Ave.	Los Angeles	90024	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 234-3100	573	24	24.3	55.7%	162 (28.3%)	119 (20.8%)	247 (43.1%)	42 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,340							49.6	46.9	1156	5	R3
061005001106	1152	Traweek Middle	Public	6-8	1941 E. Rowland Ave.	West Covina	91723	Los Angeles County	Covina-Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 974-7400	807	36	22.3	71.0%	59 (7.3%)	18 (2.2%)	631 (78.2%)	80 (9.9%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	$7,509							49.5	44.8	1215	63	R3
060141406024	1153	La Cumbre Junior High	Public	7-8	2255 Modoc Rd.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 687-0761	533	26	20.5	89.5%	49 (9.2%)	4 (0.8%)	471 (88.4%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$12,527							49.5	56.4	928	225	R3
062781004209	1154	Davis (Caroline) Intermediate	Public	7-8	5035 Edenview Dr.	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 227-0616	596	29	20.7	58.6%	39 (6.5%)	29 (4.9%)	366 (61.4%)	146 (24.5%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	10 (1.7%)	$13,236							49.5	40	1350	196	R3
063588006141	1155	Hill Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	9665 Jeremy St.	Santee	92071	San Diego County	Santee	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 956-5000	754	30	25.1	42.0%	416 (55.2%)	2 (0.3%)	214 (28.4%)	25 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (12.6%)	$9,380							49.5	63.7	763	392	R3
063432005541	1156	Roosevelt International Middle	Public	6-8	3366 Park Blvd.	San Diego	92103	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 362-3850	989	47	20.8	68.4%	201 (20.3%)	87 (8.8%)	609 (61.6%)	28 (2.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	58 (5.9%)	$8,491							49.5	44.5	1229	73	R3
060003701550	1157	Ferndale Elementary	Public	K-8	164 Shaw Ave.	Ferndale	95536	Humboldt County	Ferndale Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 786-5300	326	18	18.1	56.7%	229 (70.2%)	2 (0.6%)	73 (22.4%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,978							49.4	54.9	958	199	R3
063488005894	1158	San Marcos Middle	Public	6-8	650 W. Mission Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 290-2500	1,132			52.3%	126 (11.1%)	17 (1.5%)	909 (80.3%)	73 (6.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,737							49.4	51.2	1054	104	R3
069113410216	1159	Helm Elementary	Public	K-8	13883 S. Lassen Ave.	Helm	93627	Fresno County	Golden Plains Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 866-5683	111	5	22.2	97.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,398							49.3	63.5	768	391	R3
060238813152	1160	California Connections Academy @ Ripon	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	580 N. Wilma Ave. Ste. G	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	California Connections Academy @ Ripon District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 253-1208	1,360	43	31.7	45.7%	469 (34.5%)	88 (6.5%)	423 (31.1%)	71 (5.2%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	301 (22.1%)								49.3			(n/a)	R3

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