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

56 public middle schools in Santa Clara County, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Joaquin Miller Middle leads the list at 91.7%, 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

Santa Clara County, California

Top % Proficient

91.7%

Median % Proficient

56.2%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Joaquin Miller Middle	San Jose, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	13.5%	1,067	91.7%
2	John F. Kennedy Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	15.7%	880	90.8%
3	Redwood Middle	Saratoga, CA	Saratoga Union Elementary	Middle	2.5%	709	88.6%
4	Georgina P. Blach Junior High	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos Elementary	Middle	4.4%	388	87.6%
5	Sam H. Lawson Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	15.2%	841	87.1%
6	Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	10.7%	1,002	83.3%
7	Ardis G. Egan Junior High	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos Elementary	Middle	10.1%	517	83.2%
8	Union Middle	San Jose, CA	Union Elementary	Middle	7.8%	1,068	83.0%
9	Ellen Fletcher Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	13.6%	572	82.2%
10	Warren E. Hyde Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	26.3%	800	79.8%
11	Cupertino Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	20.9%	1,067	79.5%
12	Chaboya Middle	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	16.4%	815	78.2%
13	Raymond J. Fisher Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Los Gatos Union Elementary	Middle	5.6%	1,015	77.5%
14	Bret Harte Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	11.9%	862	77.0%
15	Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	16.9%	732	76.4%
16	Thomas Russell Middle	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	Middle	38.8%	761	72.9%
17	Rolling Hills Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Campbell Union	Middle	18.9%	778	70.7%
18	College Connection Academy	San Jose, CA	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	Middle	65.3%	213	69.6%
19	Herman (Leonard) Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Oak Grove Elementary	Middle	31.1%	723	69.0%
20	Sierramont Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	24.8%	742	66.5%
21	Quimby Oak Middle	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	30.5%	857	65.5%
22	Rancho Milpitas Middle	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	Middle	43.7%	693	65.2%
23	Dartmouth Middle	San Jose, CA	Union Elementary	Middle	17.4%	903	64.4%
24	Price Charter Middle	San Jose, CA	Cambrian	Middle	16.7%	959	62.9%
25	Marian A. Peterson Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	22.0%	759	62.1%
26	Sunnyvale Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Sunnyvale	Middle	16.8%	1,053	62.0%
27	Crittenden Middle	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View Whisman	Middle	23.7%	616	58.6%
28	Isaac Newton Graham Middle	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View Whisman	Middle	26.3%	860	58.6%
29	Castillero Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	32.0%	865	53.9%
30	Morrill Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	34.9%	665	53.8%
31	Moreland Middle	San Jose, CA	Moreland	Middle	38.3%	707	51.9%
32	Juan Cabrillo Middle	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	26.1%	796	51.0%
33	Piedmont Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	34.0%	591	50.6%
34	Bernal Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Oak Grove Elementary	Middle	41.9%	675	50.4%
35	Buchser Middle	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	32.2%	711	47.5%
36	Willow Glen Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	36.7%	1,180	43.6%
37	Dolores Huerta Middle	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	37.0%	571	39.5%
38	Brownell Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	56.3%	672	38.8%
39	George V. LeyVa Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	61.7%	486	38.6%
40	Solorsano Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	48.9%	749	37.4%
41	John Muir Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	54.2%	722	36.6%
42	Lewis H. Britton Middle	Morgan Hill, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	Middle	45.1%	637	36.5%
43	Martin Murphy Middle	San Jose, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	Middle	45.5%	466	35.7%
44	Columbia Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Sunnyvale	Middle	30.3%	697	34.0%
45	South Valley Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	55.6%	784	29.8%
46	Herbert Hoover Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	63.0%	910	28.3%
47	August Boeger Middle	San Jose, CA	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Middle	81.9%	397	27.0%
48	Sylvandale Middle	San Jose, CA	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	Middle	74.5%	330	26.2%
49	Ocala Middle	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	79.3%	377	25.6%
50	William Sheppard Middle	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	71.4%	451	24.3%

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