Summary:
ZIP code 95242 has two middle schools in Lodi Unified: Lodi Middle and Millswood Middle, and both serve grades 7–8. In 2025–2026, both schools were below the state average in all three reported subjects, making the most important area-wide finding that neither school matched state results in English language arts (ELA), math or science.
Millswood Middle stands out at the top in all-grades results, while Lodi Middle is lower in each subject. Millswood scored 39% in ELA, 33% in math and 25% in science, compared with Lodi Middle’s 32%, 27% and 17%—advantages of 7, 6 and 8 percentage points, respectively. Both schools remain below the state, but Millswood is closer; its math score is also 3 points above the district average, while Lodi Middle is below the district in all three subjects. Grade results add an important qualification: Millswood’s seventh-grade ELA score of 44% is 13 points above Lodi Middle’s 31%, but in eighth-grade ELA their scores are much closer, at 34% and 33%.
Recent trends favor Millswood: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its scores rose by 1 point in ELA, 5 in math and 3 in science, while Lodi Middle’s fell by 6, 1 and 4 points. The two-school gap with the state widened overall, especially in ELA and science, although it narrowed slightly in math. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings are 44th percentile with 2 stars for Millswood and 28th percentile with 1 star for Lodi; these rankings are separate from test scores. The schools have similar enrollment and student–teacher ratios (19.8 at Lodi and 19.9 at Millswood). Their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 79% and 70%, respectively—context about the schools, not an explanation for score differences.
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