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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Los Angeles, California

Across Los Angeles, California, 34 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Paul Revere Charter Middle leads the list at 73.7%, against a median of 34.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Los Angeles, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

73.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

34.4%

BEST IN READING · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,715	73.7%
2	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,302	63.3%
3	Emerson Community Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	454	60.1%
4	Mark Twain Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	974	58.5%
5	Palms Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,081	55.9%
6	John Adams Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	676	46.3%
7	El Sereno Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	857	45.9%
8	Florence Nightingale Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	773	44.8%
9	Virgil Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	975	43.4%
10	Hollenbeck Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	927	41.2%
11	Katherine Johnson STEM Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	133	40.6%
12	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	438	40.2%
13	Pio Pico Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	253	39.3%
14	Young Oak Kim Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	715	38.8%
15	Belvedere Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	734	37.3%
16	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	457	36.8%
17	Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	792	34.6%
18	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	300	34.2%
19	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	276	34.2%
20	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	829	32.8%
21	Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	572	32.7%
22	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	552	30.9%
23	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	446	29.3%
24	Thomas A. Edison Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	837	28.4%
25	George Washington Carver Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	635	28.4%
26	Samuel Gompers Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	406	26.0%
27	John Muir Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	624	25.0%
28	William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	622	24.6%
29	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	843	24.4%
30	John H. Liechty Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	748	24.4%
31	Charles Drew Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	607	22.6%
32	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	441	21.6%
33	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	456	20.1%
34	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	618	18.3%

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