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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
Jessie Nelson Academy	0.0mi	Public	6-8	1951 Cherry Ave.	Signal Hill	90755	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 591-6041	832	32	25.9	80.5%	15 (1.8%)	105 (12.6%)	499 (60.0%)	181 (21.8%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	25 (3.0%)	39.4	1500^th of 2703 public middle schools	44.5%		31.7	1769^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.9%	269	33.6	33.6	40.0	41.4	43.2	41.5	31.9	25.1	24.4	27.1	$21,616	$19,338	$2,278
Washington Middle	0.3mi	Public	6-8	1400 E. 20th St.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 591-7477	849	35	24.5	82.3%	12 (1.4%)	104 (12.2%)	692 (81.5%)	27 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.2%)	26.7	1935^th of 2703 public middle schools	28.4%		21.8	2157^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.9%	222	9.3	9.3	35.6	33.8	34.3	34.5	21.1	26.9	27.8	25.4	$20,225	$18,334	$1,891
Franklin Classical Middle	1.4mi	Public	6-8	540 Cerritos Ave.	Long Beach	90802	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 435-4952	991	42	23.3	87.7%	19 (1.9%)	118 (11.9%)	763 (77.0%)	64 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	21 (2.1%)	30.3	1794^th of 2703 public middle schools	33.6%		28.8	1869^th of 2761 public middle schools	32.3%	75	20.4	20.4	31.1	39.9	43.8	38.5	24.0	24.6	20.8	23.1	$22,678	$20,270	$2,408
Jefferson Leadership Academies	1.7mi	Public	6-8	750 Euclid Ave.	Long Beach	90804	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 438-9904	1,004	41	24.4	79.5%	32 (3.2%)	153 (15.2%)	691 (68.8%)	90 (9.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (3.5%)	46.1	1287^th of 2703 public middle schools	52.4%		54.2	1066^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.4%	221	27.0	27.0	34.0	51.7	63.0	49.7	20.1	32.2	34.8	29.1	$20,928	$19,056	$1,872
Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach	2.3mi	Public, Charter	6-8	3601 Linden Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 912-7017	244	11	22.0	45.1%	51 (20.9%)	38 (15.6%)	104 (42.6%)	15 (6.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (13.5%)								(n/a)
Hughes Middle	2.5mi	Public	6-8	3846 California Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 595-0831	1,214	50	24.1	52.9%	98 (8.1%)	207 (17.1%)	591 (48.7%)	212 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (1.5%)	88 (7.2%)	69.1	700^th of 2703 public middle schools	74.1%		66.3	756^th of 2761 public middle schools	72.6%	56	42.2	42.2	53.1	58.8	61.0	57.6	38.1	47.0	47.9	44.4	$20,789	$18,860	$1,929
Rogers Middle	2.8mi	Public	6-8	365 Monrovia Ave.	Long Beach	90803	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 434-7411	773	28	27.7	32.0%	314 (40.6%)	49 (6.3%)	277 (35.8%)	47 (6.1%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	79 (10.2%)	89.2	273^rd of 2703 public middle schools	89.9%		85.2	368^th of 2761 public middle schools	86.7%	95	55.2	55.2	78.0	74.6	71.9	74.9	71.7	62.3	45.8	60.2	$21,518	$19,894	$1,624
Stanford Middle	2.9mi	Public	6-8	5871 East Los Arcos St.	Long Beach	90815	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 594-9793	1,165	46	25.2	41.9%	308 (26.4%)	130 (11.2%)	478 (41.0%)	138 (11.8%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.5%)	102 (8.8%)	80	462^nd of 2703 public middle schools	82.9%		83.3	410^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.2%	52	43.9	43.9	57.4	68.9	67.9	64.8	54.0	53.4	51.4	52.9	$22,071	$19,986	$2,085
Stephens Middle	3.0mi	Public	6-8	1830 West Columbia St.	Long Beach	90810	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 595-0841	658	36	18.4	76.9%	7 (1.1%)	73 (11.1%)	437 (66.4%)	95 (14.4%)	3 (0.5%)	23 (3.5%)	20 (3.0%)	51.7	1127^th of 2703 public middle schools	58.3%		54	1075^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.1%	52	25.9	25.9	42.5	45.8	56.1	48.0	36.5	34.3	44.2	38.2	$25,005	$22,256	$2,749
Hoover Middle	3.4mi	Public	6-8	3501 Country Club Dr.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 421-1213	505	23	21.9	64.0%	21 (4.2%)	128 (25.3%)	268 (53.1%)	58 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	15 (3.0%)	44.2	1338^th of 2703 public middle schools	50.5%		39.5	1504^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.5%	166	26.0	26.0	40.2	44.8	48.7	44.7	30.8	33.3	33.1	32.5	$27,099	$24,466	$2,633

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