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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Alameda County, California

46 public middle schools in Alameda County, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. William Hopkins Middle leads the list at 86.5%, against a median of 57.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Alameda County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

86.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

57.5%

BEST IN READING · ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	William Hopkins Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,424	86.5%
2	Harvest Park Middle	Pleasanton, CA	Pleasanton Unified	Middle	1,015	85.2%
3	Piedmont Middle	Piedmont, CA	Piedmont City Unified	Middle	575	84.4%
4	Eleanor Murray Fallon	Dublin, CA	Dublin Unified	Middle	1,683	83.7%
5	Thomas S. Hart Middle	Pleasanton, CA	Pleasanton Unified	Middle	1,129	82.0%
6	John M. Horner Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,574	81.6%
7	Lincoln Middle	Alameda, CA	Alameda Unified	Middle	971	81.0%
8	Willard Middle	Berkeley, CA	Berkeley Unified	Middle	596	80.3%
9	Thornton Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,972	79.0%
10	Albany Middle	Albany, CA	Albany City Unified	Middle	911	77.9%
11	Creekside Middle	Castro Valley, CA	Castro Valley Unified	Middle	754	73.1%
12	Martin Luther King Middle	Berkeley, CA	Berkeley Unified	Middle	851	72.3%
13	Pleasanton Middle	Pleasanton, CA	Pleasanton Unified	Middle	944	68.7%
14	William Mendenhall Middle	Livermore, CA	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	Middle	876	67.4%
15	Wells Middle	Dublin, CA	Dublin Unified	Middle	1,041	66.1%
16	Claremont Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	487	65.8%
17	Centerville Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,495	65.2%
18	Andrew N. Christensen Middle	Livermore, CA	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	Middle	592	63.4%
19	Canyon Middle	Castro Valley, CA	Castro Valley Unified	Middle	1,418	62.4%
20	East Avenue Middle	Livermore, CA	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	Middle	581	61.6%
21	Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle	Berkeley, CA	Berkeley Unified	Middle	462	61.3%
22	Edna Brewer Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	785	60.4%
23	G. M. Walters Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,149	58.7%
24	Itliong-Vera Cruz	Union City, CA	New Haven Unified	Middle	1,097	56.4%
25	Will C. Wood Middle	Alameda, CA	Alameda Unified	Middle	613	55.6%
26	Montera Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	695	54.9%
27	Newark Middle	Newark, CA	Newark Unified	Middle	980	50.9%
28	John Muir Middle	San Leandro, CA	San Leandro Unified	Middle	969	43.8%
29	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Hayward, CA	Hayward Unified	Middle	669	40.8%
30	Bancroft Middle	San Leandro, CA	San Leandro Unified	Middle	948	37.7%
31	Bohannon Middle	San Lorenzo, CA	San Lorenzo Unified	Middle	606	37.6%
32	Washington Manor Middle	San Leandro, CA	San Lorenzo Unified	Middle	500	35.5%
33	Bret Harte Middle	Hayward, CA	Hayward Unified	Middle	465	35.5%
34	Cesar Chavez Middle	Union City, CA	New Haven Unified	Middle	990	35.5%
35	Anthony W. Ochoa Middle	Hayward, CA	Hayward Unified	Middle	405	33.3%
36	Winton Middle	Hayward, CA	Hayward Unified	Middle	582	30.7%
37	Bret Harte Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	337	23.5%
38	Cesar Chavez Middle	Hayward, CA	Hayward Unified	Middle	453	21.0%
39	Urban Promise Academy Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	392	20.9%
40	Roosevelt Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	512	20.8%
41	Elmhurst United Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	729	18.4%
42	Westlake Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	279	16.3%
43	United for Success Academy Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	347	15.8%
44	Edendale Middle	San Lorenzo, CA	San Lorenzo Unified	Middle	483	12.7%
45	West Oakland Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	165	7.7%
46	Frick United Academy of Language Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	392	5.2%

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