Best Middle Schools in California for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the California Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 2458)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060162000029	1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	Public	7-12	16800 Shoemaker Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 229-7745	1,013	39	25.9	31.8%	44 (4.3%)	21 (2.1%)	121 (11.9%)	792 (78.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	31 (3.1%)	$6,926							100.0%	100.0%	0.00%
062223007743	2	Elkhorn	Public	4-8	10505 N. Davis Rd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 953-8312	270	10	27	43.0%	55 (20.4%)	9 (3.3%)	59 (21.9%)	123 (45.6%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	20 (7.4%)	$10,658							99.9%	99.9%	0.03%
062271013971	3	Science Academy STEM Magnet	Public	6-12	5525 Vineland Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 753-4470	443	19	23.9	32.5%	180 (40.6%)	8 (1.8%)	42 (9.5%)	186 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.9%)	$8,885							99.9%	99.9%	0.02%
060263007580	4	Oxford Academy	Public	7-12	5172 Orange Ave.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Anaheim Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 220-3055	1,289	51	25.4	36.3%	76 (5.9%)	14 (1.1%)	237 (18.4%)	927 (71.9%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (2.0%)	$10,961							99.8%	99.9%	0.09%
063486005885	5	Huntington Middle	Public	6-8	1700 Hntngtn Dr.	San Marino	91108	Los Angeles County	San Marino Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 299-7060	624	30	20.6	6.9%	135 (21.6%)	4 (0.6%)	32 (5.1%)	369 (59.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (13.0%)	$10,756							99.8%	99.5%	0.34%
062574003851	6	Joaquin Moraga Intermediate	Public	6-8	1010 Camino Pablo	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 376-7206	632	32	19.6	4.4%	337 (53.3%)	7 (1.1%)	50 (7.9%)	120 (19.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	115 (18.2%)	$6,952							99.8%	97.6%	2.13%
062013002408	7	La Canada High	Public	7-12	4463 Oak Grove Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 952-4205	2,024	85	23.7	5.4%	952 (47.0%)	17 (0.8%)	240 (11.9%)	620 (30.6%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (9.5%)	$11,158							99.7%	99.4%	0.30%
060176611314	8	Renaissance Arts Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2558 N. San Fernando Rd.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Renaissance Arts Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 259-5700	505	28	17.7	66.9%	132 (26.1%)	38 (7.5%)	263 (52.1%)	57 (11.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)								99.7%	98.9%	0.73%
061029001142	9	Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 252-3755	1,104	53	20.9	9.5%	49 (4.4%)	7 (0.6%)	17 (1.5%)	949 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	80 (7.2%)	$7,775							99.6%	99.7%	0.07%
063025013937	10	Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	120	5	26	20.0%	77 (64.2%)	2 (1.7%)	20 (16.7%)	8 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	11 (9.2%)	$6,238							99.6%	99.6%	0.01%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 24, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.