Best Middle Schools in California for African American 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, African American 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.

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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 (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 637)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
063360013046	1	Barbara Chilton Middle	Public	6-8	4501 Bob Doyle Dr.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 771-1870	1,136	48	23.6	10.9%	510 (44.9%)	35 (3.1%)	176 (15.5%)	298 (26.2%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.5%)	109 (9.6%)								99.8%	92.3%	7.58%
060149512247	2	Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	830 N. La Brea Ave.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 671-5578	204	6	34	60.8%	0 (0.0%)	176 (86.3%)	26 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)								99.7%	86.7%	13.01%
061221001389	3	El Segundo Middle	Public	6-8	332 Center St.	El Segundo	90245	Los Angeles County	El Segundo Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 615-2690	794	36	21.8	9.4%	376 (47.4%)	31 (3.9%)	184 (23.2%)	70 (8.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	130 (16.4%)	$8,702							99.5%	93.2%	6.28%
063153002667	4	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							99.4%	97.2%	2.15%
062781004216	5	Herman (Leonard) Intermediate	Public	5-8	5955 Blossom Ave.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 226-1886	720	33	21.9	13.2%	154 (21.4%)	25 (3.5%)	258 (35.8%)	210 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	64 (8.9%)	$11,499							99.2%	91.2%	8.05%
062994013343	6	Sierra Madre Middle	Public	6-8	160 N. Canon Ave.	Sierra Madre	91024	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 396-5910	582	24	23.8	40.5%	212 (36.4%)	39 (6.7%)	155 (26.6%)	127 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.2%)	$8,284							99.1%	90.4%	8.62%
064251011320	7	Rio Norte Junior High	Public	7-8	28771 Rio Norte Dr.	Santa Clarita	91354	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 295-3700	1,090	46	23.7	11.9%	461 (42.3%)	49 (4.5%)	227 (20.8%)	293 (26.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	55 (5.0%)	$10,609							98.9%	91.4%	7.48%
060142806993	8	Richard Henry Dana Middle	Public	6-8	5504 W. 135th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Wiseburn Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 725-4700	956	37	26	38.3%	116 (12.1%)	154 (16.1%)	559 (58.5%)	45 (4.7%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.7%)	73 (7.6%)	$6,257							98.7%	84.8%	13.96%
062271002960	9	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle	Public	6-8	28014 Montereina Dr.	Rancho Palos Verdes	90275	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 241-1900	1,403	63	22.4	57.2%	133 (9.5%)	230 (16.4%)	765 (54.5%)	194 (13.8%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (0.7%)	70 (5.0%)	$9,105							98.6%	85.3%	13.30%
060175613146	10	River Islands Technology Academy II	Public, Charter	K-8	1175 Marina Dr.	Lathrop	95330	San Joaquin County	River Islands Technology Academy II District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 229-4700	1,019	42	24.2	30.2%	171 (16.8%)	59 (5.8%)	366 (35.9%)	329 (32.3%)	5 (0.5%)	7 (0.7%)	82 (8.0%)								98.4%	82.2%	16.24%

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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

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.