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

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Riverside County, California, drawn from 78 qualifying public middle schools. James Workman Middle leads the list at 97.8%, against a median of 83.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Riverside County, California

Top % FRL

97.8%

Median % FRL

83.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	James Workman Middle	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	1,020	97.8%
2	Painted Hills Middle	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	722	97.2%
3	Nellie N. Coffman Middle	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	914	97.2%
4	Raymond Cree Middle	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	721	97.1%
5	Toro Canyon Middle	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Middle	989	97.1%
6	Desert Springs Middle	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	749	96.7%
7	Bobby Duke Middle	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Middle	648	96.0%
8	Wells Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	768	95.8%
9	Acacia Middle	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Middle	958	94.8%
10	Tomas Rivera Middle	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	1,014	94.8%
11	Pinacate Middle	Perris, CA	Perris Union High	Middle	952	94.7%
12	Badger Springs Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,058	94.5%
13	Sunnymead Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,185	94.2%
14	Indio Middle	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	768	92.7%
15	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	591	92.0%
16	North Mountain Middle	San Jacinto, CA	San Jacinto Unified	Middle	953	91.4%
17	University Heights Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	870	91.4%
18	Nicolet Middle	Banning, CA	Banning Unified	Middle	966	91.1%
19	Monte Vista Middle	San Jacinto, CA	San Jacinto Unified	Middle	893	90.9%
20	Diamond Valley Middle	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Middle	1,123	90.7%
21	Letha Raney Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	537	90.1%
22	Mountain Shadows Middle	Nuevo, CA	Nuview Union	Middle	339	89.4%
23	Rancho Viejo Middle	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Middle	1,040	89.3%
24	Auburndale Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	640	89.2%
25	Loma Vista Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	1,027	89.1%
26	Chemawa Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	885	89.0%
27	Sierra Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	829	88.5%
28	Arizona Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	804	88.3%
29	Landmark Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	849	87.9%
30	Mission Middle	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	Middle	612	87.7%
31	March Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	686	87.2%
32	Dartmouth Middle	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Middle	1,113	87.2%
33	Mountain View Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,114	87.1%
34	Lakeside Middle	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	1,076	86.3%
35	La Quinta Middle	La Quinta, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	709	85.3%
36	Terra Cotta Middle	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Middle	1,026	85.3%
37	Palm Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	999	84.4%
38	Mira Loma Middle	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	Middle	711	84.2%
39	Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle	La Quinta, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	439	84.1%
40	Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Middle	668	83.8%
41	Central Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	621	83.3%
42	Vista Verde Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	900	82.8%
43	Desert Ridge Academy	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	962	81.5%
44	Elsinore Middle	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Middle	947	81.0%
45	Vista Heights Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,419	80.3%
46	Corona Fundamental Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	754	80.1%
47	David A. Brown Middle	Wildomar, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Middle	1,030	78.9%
48	Ysmael Villegas Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	1,136	78.0%
49	Jurupa Middle	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	Middle	1,105	77.1%
50	San Gorgonio Middle	Beaumont, CA	Beaumont Unified	Middle	1,253	75.2%

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