Best Middle Schools in California for Military Connected Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

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, Military Connected students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (Military Connected vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 197)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
063438013861	1	Pacific Trails Middle	Public	7-8	5975 Village Center Loop Rd.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 350-0253	867	33	26.5	13.6%	347 (40.0%)	11 (1.3%)	90 (10.4%)	334 (38.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	79 (9.1%)	$5,633							99.5%	99.2%	0.32%
061296011095	2	Day Creek Intermediate	Public	6-8	12345 Coyote Dr.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 803-3300	1,165	48	24	38.2%	289 (24.8%)	57 (4.9%)	406 (34.8%)	340 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (6.2%)	$5,493							99.0%	97.4%	1.60%
064015012571	3	Orchard Hills	Public	K-8	11555 Culver Dr.	Irvine	92602	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 430-2078	1,351	48	28.2	14.0%	245 (18.1%)	20 (1.5%)	137 (10.1%)	849 (62.8%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	92 (6.8%)	$9,678							98.5%	97.0%	1.49%
063438008307	4	Carmel Valley Middle	Public	7-8	3800 Mykonos Ln.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	San Dieguito Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 481-8221	797	33	24.4	15.6%	329 (41.3%)	8 (1.0%)	116 (14.6%)	265 (33.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	77 (9.7%)	$6,391							98.0%	98.6%	0.60%
063153002667	5	Mesa Verde Middle	Public	6-8	8375 Entreken Way	San Diego	92129	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 538-5478	1,073	47	22.8	10.4%	369 (34.4%)	17 (1.6%)	124 (11.6%)	420 (39.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	137 (12.8%)	$6,734							97.5%	97.9%	0.46%
063432005536	6	Pershing Middle	Public	6-8	8204 San Carlos Dr.	San Diego	92119	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 362-3550	772	32	24.4	26.0%	390 (50.5%)	45 (5.8%)	205 (26.6%)	53 (6.9%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	68 (8.8%)	$8,415							97.0%	83.6%	13.35%
060987001072	7	Coronado Middle	Public	6-8	550 F Ave.	Coronado	92118	San Diego County	Coronado Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 522-8921	632	33	19.1	8.1%	358 (56.6%)	10 (1.6%)	182 (28.8%)	17 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (9.7%)	$6,462							96.4%	93.3%	3.19%
068450007375	8	Sierra Vista Middle	Public	7-8	2 Liberty	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-6600	1,097	44	24.9	18.4%	189 (17.2%)	21 (1.9%)	92 (8.4%)	698 (63.6%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	89 (8.1%)	$5,515							95.9%	98.8%	2.84%
060744011233	9	Ladera Ranch Middle	Public	6-8	29551 Sienna Pkwy.	Ladera Ranch	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 234-5922	1,284	56	22.9	9.3%	842 (65.6%)	16 (1.2%)	133 (10.4%)	154 (12.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	137 (10.7%)	$9,640							95.4%	97.6%	2.20%
062301003512	10	Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate	Public	7-8	16430 Woodbrier Dr.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 902-4261	785	29	26.6	52.9%	168 (21.4%)	13 (1.7%)	543 (69.2%)	37 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	20 (2.5%)	$6,517							94.9%	77.9%	17.02%

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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 18, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.