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The highest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Orange County, California

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Orange County, California, drawn from 85 qualifying public middle schools. Ladera Ranch Middle leads the list at 79.8%, against a median of 56.2% 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

79.8%

Median % Proficient

56.2%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Ladera Ranch Middle	Ladera Ranch, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	19.0%	1,064	79.8%
2	Sierra Vista Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	14.7%	1,282	78.4%
3	Esencia Middle	Rancho Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	22.3%	349	78.2%
4	Arroyo Vista Middle	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	19.8%	329	76.7%
5	Rancho San Joaquin Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	22.3%	860	76.7%
6	Hilton D. Bell Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	41.6%	632	75.3%
7	Lakeside Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	23.4%	629	75.2%
8	Sarah McGarvin Intermediate	Westminster, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	72.7%	717	75.1%
9	Fulton (Harry C.) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	23.1%	753	75.0%
10	Masuda (Kazuo) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	35.2%	768	74.8%
11	Vista del Mar Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	16.2%	499	74.3%
12	Las Flores Middle	Las Flores, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	22.3%	593	73.9%
13	Jeffrey Trail Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	18.3%	1,049	73.8%
14	Oak Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	14.5%	998	73.0%
15	Don Juan Avila Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	29.7%	863	73.0%
16	Mesa View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	45.4%	817	70.5%
17	Fred Newhart Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	33.6%	1,105	70.3%
18	El Rancho Charter	Anaheim, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	32.1%	1,144	70.3%
19	Thurston Middle	Laguna Beach, CA	Laguna Beach Unified	Middle	17.7%	524	69.9%
20	Venado Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	20.8%	506	69.0%
21	Yorba Linda Middle	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	34.1%	818	68.7%
22	Bernice Ayer Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	39.4%	919	68.3%
23	Aliso Viejo Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	35.4%	803	68.1%
24	Pioneer Middle	Tustin, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	39.4%	971	68.0%
25	Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	21.3%	690	67.1%
26	Niguel Hills Middle	Laguna Niguel, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	44.6%	693	66.5%
27	D. Russell Parks Junior High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	47.7%	854	66.3%
28	South Lake Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	34.2%	652	65.9%
29	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	22.3%	1,018	64.7%
30	Isaac L. Sowers Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	25.0%	771	63.8%
31	Kraemer Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	52.9%	889	63.5%
32	La Paz Intermediate	Mission Viejo, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	39.7%	713	62.8%
33	Donald S. Jordan Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	85.5%	551	62.6%
34	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	29.1%	1,153	62.5%
35	Brea Junior High	Brea, CA	Brea-Olinda Unified	Middle	37.9%	921	62.5%
36	Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	46.6%	566	61.7%
37	Ethel Dwyer Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	37.1%	884	60.5%
38	Horace Ensign Intermediate	Newport Beach, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	47.2%	875	60.1%
39	Lexington Junior High	Cypress, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	56.2%	1,188	57.4%
40	Marine View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	46.2%	736	57.4%
41	James Irvine Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	88.3%	532	57.2%
42	Carl Hankey Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	49.7%	181	56.5%
43	Helen Stacey Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Westminster	Middle	64.9%	947	56.2%
44	Orange County School of Computer Science	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	42.5%	753	53.9%
45	Serrano Intermediate	Lake Forest, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	48.7%	868	53.9%
46	Louis Lake Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	81.7%	453	52.1%
47	Hewes Middle	Santa Ana, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	40.4%	929	52.0%
48	Warner Middle	Westminster, CA	Westminster	Middle	86.6%	846	50.4%
49	Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	81.6%	485	48.7%
50	Spring View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	68.0%	366	46.8%

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