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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. Sierra Vista Middle leads the list at 79.7%, against a median of 56.1% 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

79.7%

Median % Proficient

56.1%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Sierra Vista Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	14.7%	1,282	79.7%
2	Ladera Ranch Middle	Ladera Ranch, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	19.0%	1,064	79.6%
3	Arroyo Vista Middle	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	19.8%	329	77.6%
4	Esencia Middle	Rancho Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	22.3%	349	77.2%
5	Rancho San Joaquin Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	22.3%	860	76.6%
6	Fulton (Harry C.) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	23.1%	753	76.3%
7	Lakeside Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	23.4%	629	76.2%
8	Hilton D. Bell Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	41.6%	632	75.6%
9	Masuda (Kazuo) Middle	Fountain Valley, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	35.2%	768	75.0%
10	Sarah McGarvin Intermediate	Westminster, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	72.7%	717	74.9%
11	Jeffrey Trail Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	18.3%	1,049	74.8%
12	Vista del Mar Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	16.2%	499	74.1%
13	Las Flores Middle	Las Flores, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	22.3%	593	73.5%
14	Oak Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	14.5%	998	73.0%
15	Thurston Middle	Laguna Beach, CA	Laguna Beach Unified	Middle	17.7%	524	72.8%
16	El Rancho Charter	Anaheim, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	32.1%	1,144	72.0%
17	Fred Newhart Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	33.6%	1,105	71.5%
18	Don Juan Avila Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	29.7%	863	71.2%
19	Venado Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	20.8%	506	71.0%
20	Yorba Linda Middle	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	34.1%	818	70.1%
21	Bernice Ayer Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	39.4%	919	69.9%
22	Mesa View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	45.4%	817	68.2%
23	Aliso Viejo Middle	Aliso Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	35.4%	803	68.1%
24	Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Fountain Valley Elementary	Middle	21.3%	690	67.1%
25	Pioneer Middle	Tustin, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	39.4%	971	67.1%
26	D. Russell Parks Junior High	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton Elementary	Middle	47.7%	854	66.8%
27	Isaac L. Sowers Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	25.0%	771	66.1%
28	South Lake Middle	Irvine, CA	Irvine Unified	Middle	34.2%	652	66.0%
29	Niguel Hills Middle	Laguna Niguel, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	44.6%	693	65.2%
30	La Paz Intermediate	Mission Viejo, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	39.7%	713	64.5%
31	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos Unified	Middle	22.3%	1,018	64.2%
32	Brea Junior High	Brea, CA	Brea-Olinda Unified	Middle	37.9%	921	63.8%
33	Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	46.6%	566	63.5%
34	Kraemer Middle	Placentia, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	52.9%	889	63.2%
35	Donald S. Jordan Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	85.5%	551	62.4%
36	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	29.1%	1,153	62.0%
37	Ethel Dwyer Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach City Elementary	Middle	37.1%	884	61.9%
38	Carl Hankey Middle	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	49.7%	181	60.3%
39	Horace Ensign Intermediate	Newport Beach, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	47.2%	875	60.1%
40	Helen Stacey Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Westminster	Middle	64.9%	947	57.0%
41	Lexington Junior High	Cypress, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	56.2%	1,188	56.6%
42	James Irvine Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	88.3%	532	56.5%
43	Marine View Middle	Huntington Beach, CA	Ocean View	Middle	46.2%	736	56.1%
44	Hewes Middle	Santa Ana, CA	Tustin Unified	Middle	40.4%	929	54.4%
45	Serrano Intermediate	Lake Forest, CA	Saddleback Valley Unified	Middle	48.7%	868	52.9%
46	Orange County School of Computer Science	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	42.5%	753	52.9%
47	Louis Lake Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	81.7%	453	52.1%
48	Warner Middle	Westminster, CA	Westminster	Middle	86.6%	846	50.5%
49	Shorecliffs Middle	San Clemente, CA	Capistrano Unified	Middle	43.8%	634	50.3%
50	Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Middle	81.6%	485	50.0%

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