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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 92620

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Schools

2,331

Students

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Top rankedJeffrey Trail Middle69^th of 2,703 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Jeffrey Trail Middle up 48 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Middle schools in ZIP code 92620 include two Sierra Vista Middle and Jeffrey Trail Middle, both in Irvine Unified and serving grades 7–8. In 2025–26, both schools were well above California proficiency rates in ELA, math and science; for example, their average results exceeded the state by 31 points in ELA, 40 in math and 35 in science. The most important area-wide finding is that both schools perform strongly relative to the state in every reported subject.

Jeffrey Trail leads the all-grades results in all three subjects, while Sierra Vista is close behind in ELA and math. Jeffrey Trail’s 2025–26 proficiency was 81% in ELA versus 79% at Sierra Vista, 78.4% in math versus 77.9%, and 73% in science versus 68%—a lead of 2 points, less than 1 point and 6 points, respectively. The exception is eighth-grade math: Sierra Vista scored 79%, about 1 point ahead of Jeffrey Trail. Both schools’ SchoolDigger statewide percentiles were high in 2025–26: 97 for each.

Recent score trends favor Jeffrey Trail: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, it rose 5 points in ELA, 3 in math and 8 in science, while Sierra Vista fell 3, 2 and 3 points, respectively. This reversed the prior year’s all-subject lead for Sierra Vista. SchoolDigger percentiles also shifted: Sierra Vista went from 98 to 97, while Jeffrey Trail rose from 96 to 97. As context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 15% of Sierra Vista enrollment and 18% of Jeffrey Trail enrollment; this is an observed difference, not an explanation for results. Sierra Vista is larger, with 1,282 students versus 1,049, and its student-teacher ratio is 26.1 compared with 24.7 at Jeffrey Trail. These comparisons cover just two schools.

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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	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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	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
Sierra Vista Middle	Public	7-8	2 Liberty	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-6600	1,282	49	26.1	14.7%	188 (14.7%)	16 (1.2%)	103 (8.0%)	859 (67.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	109 (8.5%)	96.4	93^rd of 2703 public middle schools	96.6%		97.8	55^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.0%	38	67.7	67.7	78.5	79.1	78.8	76.6	79.2	77.9	$14,529	$14,288	$241
Jeffrey Trail Middle	Public	7-8	155 Visions	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5000	1,049	42	24.7	18.3%	164 (15.6%)	21 (2.0%)	94 (9.0%)	681 (64.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	85 (8.1%)	97.2	69^th of 2703 public middle schools	97.4%		96	117^th of 2761 public middle schools	95.8%	48	73.4	73.4	79.9	82.3	81.1	78.6	78.2	78.4	$14,890	$14,654	$236

Cities Near Zip Code 92620

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Irvine	0.5 mi	53	64^th
Tustin	2.91 mi	19	368^th
Santa Ana	3.63 mi	93	601^st
Lake Forest	5.3 mi	10	203^rd
Foothill Ranch	5.63 mi	1	57^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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