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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
High Desert	0.0mi	Public	5-8	3620 Antelope Woods Rd.	Acton	93510	Los Angeles County	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 269-0310	307	14	21.6	71.3%	112 (36.5%)	6 (2.0%)	179 (58.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	25.1	1994^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.8%		26.8	1963^rd of 2783 public middle schools	29.5%	31	20.2	15.1	17.8	28.6	29.9	36.1	34.3	32.2	17.9	22.4	22.9	12.3	18.9	$10,596	$4,710	$5,886
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy	7.3mi	Public	6-8	39221 22nd St. West	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-3075	952	42	22.7	75.3%	46 (4.8%)	187 (19.6%)	659 (69.2%)	24 (2.5%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	26 (2.7%)	15.4	2417^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.5%		17.1	2390^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.1%	27		12.8	12.8		23.0	25.4	27.2	25.4		12.1	13.7	10.3	11.9	$25,534	$24,300	$1,234
Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Technical Magnet Academy	7.4mi	Public	6-8	36555 Sunny Ln.	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-5866	948	44	21.5	89.7%	36 (3.8%)	125 (13.2%)	754 (79.5%)	9 (0.9%)	8 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.6%)	17	2353^rd of 2761 public middle schools	14.8%		19.1	2295^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.5%	58		10.7	10.7		26.6	30.5	33.2	30.5		8.2	8.5	12.7	10.0	$25,741	$24,618	$1,123
Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy	8.1mi	Public	6-8	38060 20th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 537-6101	747	38	19.4	90.2%	25 (3.3%)	130 (17.4%)	562 (75.2%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	18 (2.4%)	15.6	2409^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.7%		10.9	2639^th of 2783 public middle schools	5.2%	230		8.8	8.8		22.1	26.1	31.0	26.5		16.1	8.3	12.3	12.4	$31,172	$29,844	$1,328
Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet Academy	8.8mi	Public	6-8	3243 East Ave. R-8	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 273-0847	822	40	20.7	89.3%	33 (4.0%)	119 (14.5%)	643 (78.2%)	8 (1.0%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.6%)	15.2	2429^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.0%		15	2477^th of 2783 public middle schools	11.0%	48		7.5	7.5		22.7	34.7	25.1	27.8		7.7	13.9	8.8	10.3	$27,163	$26,118	$1,045
Hillview Middle	8.9mi	Public	6-8	40525 Peonza Ln.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 722-9993	1,100	45	24.6	53.0%	214 (19.5%)	108 (9.8%)	648 (58.9%)	60 (5.5%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (5.6%)	55.9	1009^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.5%		53.8	1046^th of 2783 public middle schools	62.4%	37		32.5	32.5		87.5	53.3	43.9	52.4		78.4	32.7	31.7	36.2	$19,669	$18,596	$1,073
Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy	10.8mi	Public	6-8	37315 60th St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 533-7400	813	37	22.0	83.0%	20 (2.5%)	144 (17.7%)	618 (76.0%)	13 (1.6%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.2%)	21.2	2177^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.2%		21.2	2210^th of 2783 public middle schools	20.6%	33		14.4	14.4		25.5	34.6	28.0	29.5		23.7	15.6	13.4	17.6	$27,343	$26,104	$1,239
Joe Walker Middle	11.3mi	Public	6-8	5632 West Ave. L-8	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-3258	781	33	23.7	59.2%	201 (25.7%)	95 (12.2%)	405 (51.9%)	21 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.2%)	37	1584^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.6%		40.7	1437^th of 2783 public middle schools	48.4%	147		24.5	24.5		97.0	39.9	39.1	42.0		75.8	23.8	21.7	25.1	$19,593	$18,604	$989
Endeavour Middle	12.9mi	Public	6-8	43755 45th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-8270	805	40	20.3	81.7%	94 (11.7%)	225 (28.0%)	410 (50.9%)	27 (3.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.2%)	9.4	2636^th of 2761 public middle schools	4.5%		11.9	2591^st of 2783 public middle schools	6.9%	45		11.3	11.3		15.5	20.1	16.9	17.4		5.6	8.8	3.1	5.8	$4,064	$1,696	$2,368
New Vista Middle	13.4mi	Public	6-8	753 East Avenue K-2	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 726-4271	835	46	18.1	91.3%	38 (4.6%)	312 (37.4%)	450 (53.9%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.4%)	7.6	2690^th of 2761 public middle schools	2.6%		9.1	2692^nd of 2783 public middle schools	3.3%	2		4.4	4.4		14.0	14.4	15.9	14.8		4.1	8.6	3.8	5.6	$8,509	$6,032	$2,477

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