Summary:
ZIP code 92821 has one listed middle school, Brea Junior High, serving grades 7–8 with 921 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 69% in English language arts, 61% in mathematics, and 53% in science. The most important finding is that the school performed above California’s average in all three subjects, with its largest lead in mathematics.
Brea Junior High is the only school in this list, so there is no local top or bottom school to compare. Against the state, it was ahead by 20 percentage points in English language arts, 23 points in mathematics, and 17 points in science. Mathematics was its strongest subject relative to the state, even though English language arts had the highest school proficiency rate. Its results were much closer to those of Brea-Olinda Unified: the school was about a point higher in English language arts and science, and nearly even in mathematics. Grade-level results also showed stronger seventh-grade than eighth-grade performance in English language arts and mathematics, by 7 and 5 points, respectively.
Across the two reported years, results at Brea Junior High were largely steady: English language arts and science rose by less than a point, while mathematics fell by about a point. Its lead over the state narrowed by about 2 points in mathematics and 3 in science, as state results improved faster. SchoolDigger gives the school four stars and ranks it 299th of 2,703 California schools (89th percentile) for 2025–2026; its rank has varied, from 325th in 2023–2024 to 289th in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 10% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 9%. For context, 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 20.2 that year. With just one school listed, local school-to-school patterns cannot be assessed.
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