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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Orange County, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Orange County, California, drawn from 88 qualifying public middle schools. Willard Intermediate leads the list at 97.2%, against a median of 57.0% 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 % FRL

97.2%

Median % FRL

57.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Willard Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	390	97.2%
2	Vista Heritage Global Academy	Santa Ana, CA	Vista Heritage Global Academy District	Middle	369	97.0%
3	Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	584	96.7%
4	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	886	96.4%
5	Valadez Middle School Academy	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	527	95.8%
6	Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	936	95.3%
7	Sycamore Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	1,137	94.7%
8	Leroy L. Doig Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	557	93.7%
9	Ball Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	737	92.7%
10	South Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	1,159	92.1%
11	Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	1,234	91.7%
12	Portola Middle	Orange, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	422	91.5%
13	Izaak Walton Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	458	91.0%
14	Buena Park Middle	Buena Park, CA	Buena Park Elementary	Middle	633	91.0%
15	Brookhurst Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	724	90.9%
16	Johnson Middle	Westminster, CA	Westminster	Middle	505	90.3%
17	Orangeview Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	612	88.9%
18	Yorba Middle	Orange, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	418	88.5%
19	Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	534	88.4%
20	James Irvine Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	532	88.3%
21	Dale Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	1,002	88.2%
22	Alamitos Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	581	86.9%
23	Warner Middle	Westminster, CA	Westminster	Middle	846	86.6%
24	Columbus Tustin Middle	Tustin, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	583	85.6%
25	Donald S. Jordan Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	551	85.5%
26	Washington Middle	La Habra, CA	La Habra City Elementary	Middle	580	85.0%
27	Imperial Middle	La Habra, CA	La Habra City Elementary	Middle	495	83.4%
28	Vista View Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Ocean View	Middle	724	83.1%
29	Nicolas Junior High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	539	82.6%
30	C. E. Utt Middle	Tustin, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	554	82.1%
31	Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	1,005	82.0%
32	Louis Lake Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	453	81.7%
33	Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	485	81.6%
34	Charles W. Tewinkle Middle	Costa Mesa, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	501	80.8%
35	Marco Forster Middle	San Juan Capistrano, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	930	75.1%
36	Los Alisos Intermediate	Mission Viejo, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	595	74.5%
37	Gordon H. Beatty Middle	Buena Park, CA	Buena Park Elementary	Middle	641	73.8%
38	Sarah McGarvin Intermediate	Westminster, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	717	72.7%
39	Spring View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	366	68.0%
40	Santiago Charter Middle	Orange, CA	Santiago Charter Middle District	Middle	1,137	65.9%
41	Helen Stacey Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Westminster	Middle	947	64.9%
42	Walker Junior High	La Palma, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	890	64.0%
43	Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	820	62.6%
44	Cerro Villa Middle	Villa Park, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	747	57.8%
45	Lexington Junior High	Cypress, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	1,188	56.2%
46	Kraemer Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	889	52.9%
47	Carl Hankey Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	181	49.7%
48	Serrano Intermediate	Lake Forest, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	868	48.7%
49	D. Russell Parks Junior High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	854	47.7%
50	Horace Ensign Intermediate	Newport Beach, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	875	47.2%

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