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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
El Sausal Middle	0.0mi	Public	7-8	1155 East Alisal St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7200	1,067	48	22.1	91.7%	10 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1,052 (98.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	32.6	1731^st of 2740 public middle schools	36.8%		32.8	1723^rd of 2761 public middle schools	37.6%	8	27.0	27.0		35.3	37.9	36.6		20.1	31.6	25.7	$31,165	$29,292	$1,873
La Paz Middle	1.6mi	Public	7-8	1300 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7900	1,099	55	20.0	93.4%	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1,092 (99.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20.3	2212^th of 2740 public middle schools	19.3%		22.8	2119^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.3%	93	16.0	16.0		32.5	31.9	32.2		16.6	17.5	17.1	$28,891	$27,100	$1,791
Washington Middle	2.3mi	Public	7-8	560 Iverson St.	Salinas	93901	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7100	1,082	51	21.2	81.7%	62 (5.7%)	9 (0.8%)	977 (90.3%)	19 (1.8%)	9 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	32.9	1719^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.3%		38.6	1531^st of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%	188	26.9	26.9		37.9	39.6	38.7		20.6	27.6	24.0	$30,230	$28,470	$1,760
Harden Middle	2.8mi	Public	7-8	1561 McKinnon St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7300	1,101	52	21.1	82.2%	29 (2.6%)	10 (0.9%)	1,016 (92.3%)	34 (3.1%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	20.8	2181^st of 2740 public middle schools	20.4%		22.1	2150^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.1%	31	21.3	21.3		26.6	32.8	29.7		16.6	18.0	17.3	$29,522	$27,946	$1,576
John Gutierrez Middle	4.1mi	Public	6-8	1031 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-3300	568	29	19.4	80.5%	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	513 (90.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	20.8	2179^th of 2740 public middle schools	20.5%		24.8	2012^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%	167	13.0	13.0	40.8	31.1	30.7	33.7	20.0	18.9	10.0	16.0	$12,197	$10,908	$1,289
Gavilan View Middle	4.3mi	Public	6-8	18250 Van Buren Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7212	556	30	18.5	87.6%	19 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	508 (91.4%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	23.4	2070^th of 2740 public middle schools	24.5%		24.6	2028^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%	42	23.0	23.0	29.1	23.5	35.6	29.5	19.5	21.7	20.9	20.7	$11,092	$9,808	$1,284
Buena Vista Middle	4.9mi	Public	6-8	18250 Tara Dr.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Spreckels Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 455-8936	321	18	17.5	17.4%	121 (37.7%)	0 (0.0%)	163 (50.8%)	16 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	54.1	1076^th of 2740 public middle schools	60.7%		69.4	688^th of 2761 public middle schools	75.1%	388	35.0	35.0	49.4	54.0	42.2	48.7	36.5	48.2	26.5	37.5	$19,621	$19,162	$459
San Benancio Middle	8.4mi	Public	6-8	43 San Benancio Rd.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Washington Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 484-1172	261	12	21.7	10.3%	138 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (28.7%)	26 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.4%)	82.4	426^th of 2740 public middle schools	84.5%		84.8	373^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.5%	53	54.4	54.4	60.5	67.1	57.6	61.6	53.1	63.5	55.4	57.4	$17,191	$16,706	$485
Los Arboles Middle	9.7mi	Public	7-8	294 Hillcrest Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 384-3550	408	23	17.8	75.5%	48 (11.8%)	23 (5.6%)	258 (63.2%)	60 (14.7%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.2%)	6 (1.5%)	33	1715^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.4%		32.8	1722^nd of 2761 public middle schools	37.6%	7	27.1	27.1		42.6	40.4	41.6		24.3	17.5	21.0	$21,565	$19,476	$2,089
North Monterey County Middle	10.0mi	Public	7-8	10301 Seymour St.	Castroville	95012	Monterey County	North Monterey County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 633-3391	624	30	20.8	87.8%	30 (4.8%)	2 (0.3%)	586 (93.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15.4	2416^th of 2740 public middle schools	11.8%		13.1	2513^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.0%	97	12.6	12.6		27.8	26.4	27.1		17.2	11.9	14.5	$19,268	$17,662	$1,606

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