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The highest-performing public middle schools in math in Orange County, California

85 public middle schools in Orange County, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in math, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state math standard. Sierra Vista Middle leads the list at 80.1%, against a median of 48.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Orange County, California

Top % Proficient (Math)

80.1%

Median % Proficient (Math)

48.4%

BEST IN MATH · ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Math)
1	Sierra Vista Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	1,282	80.1%
2	Ladera Ranch Middle	Ladera Ranch, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	1,064	76.5%
3	Lakeside Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	629	75.8%
4	Jeffrey Trail Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	1,049	75.0%
5	Rancho San Joaquin Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	860	74.7%
6	Thurston Middle	Laguna Beach, CA	Laguna Beach Unified	Middle	524	74.7%
7	Arroyo Vista Middle	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	329	74.4%
8	Masuda (Kazuo) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	768	73.9%
9	Esencia Middle	Rancho Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	349	73.5%
10	Sarah McGarvin Intermediate	Westminster, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	717	73.3%
11	Hilton D. Bell Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	632	71.3%
12	Fulton (Harry C.) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	753	70.7%
13	Bernice Ayer Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	919	69.0%
14	Venado Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	506	68.8%
15	Fred Newhart Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	1,105	67.9%
16	Las Flores Middle	Las Flores, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	593	67.9%
17	Vista del Mar Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	499	66.9%
18	Yorba Linda Middle	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	818	66.2%
19	Don Juan Avila Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	863	66.1%
20	El Rancho Charter	Anaheim, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	1,144	65.6%
21	Oak Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	998	65.2%
22	Aliso Viejo Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	803	65.0%
23	Isaac L. Sowers Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	771	64.1%
24	La Paz Intermediate	Mission Viejo, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	713	62.8%
25	Mesa View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	817	62.4%
26	Pioneer Middle	Tustin, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	971	62.1%
27	D. Russell Parks Junior High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	854	61.9%
28	Brea Junior High	Brea, CA	Brea-Olinda Unified	Middle	921	61.8%
29	Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	690	60.0%
30	South Lake Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	652	59.8%
31	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	1,153	59.1%
32	Kraemer Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	889	59.1%
33	Donald S. Jordan Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	551	58.8%
34	Carl Hankey Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	181	58.5%
35	Ethel Dwyer Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	884	58.5%
36	Niguel Hills Middle	Laguna Niguel, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	693	57.9%
37	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	1,018	57.7%
38	Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	566	56.2%
39	Horace Ensign Intermediate	Newport Beach, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	875	53.9%
40	Hewes Middle	Santa Ana, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	929	53.2%
41	Helen Stacey Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Westminster	Middle	947	52.6%
42	James Irvine Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	532	51.5%
43	Lexington Junior High	Cypress, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	1,188	48.4%
44	Serrano Intermediate	Lake Forest, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	868	47.4%
45	Warner Middle	Westminster, CA	Westminster	Middle	846	47.1%
46	Louis Lake Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	453	45.1%
47	Shorecliffs Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	634	44.9%
48	Marine View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	736	44.6%
49	Orange County School of Computer Science	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	753	43.6%
50	Gordon H. Beatty Middle	Buena Park, CA	Buena Park Elementary	Middle	641	43.2%

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