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

Across Merced County, California, 16 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle leads the list at 48.3%, against a median of 33.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Merced County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

48.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

33.9%

BEST IN READING · MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	Middle	624	48.3%
2	Mitchell Intermediate	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	Middle	744	46.5%
3	Winton Middle	Winton, CA	Winton	Middle	579	46.3%
4	Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Planada, CA	Planada Elementary	Middle	305	44.9%
5	Bellevue Senior Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	Middle	178	40.0%
6	Hilmar Middle	Hilmar, CA	Hilmar Unified	Middle	542	37.4%
7	Rudolph Rivera Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	Middle	608	36.3%
8	Herbert Hoover Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	Middle	629	34.6%
9	Los Banos Junior High	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	Middle	938	33.1%
10	Weaver Middle	Merced, CA	Weaver Union	Middle	1,073	32.5%
11	Tenaya Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	Middle	607	29.2%
12	Livingston Middle	Livingston, CA	Livingston Union	Middle	809	28.1%
13	Delhi Middle	Delhi, CA	Delhi Unified	Middle	367	25.2%
14	Creekside Junior High	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	Middle	812	22.6%
15	Gustine Middle	Gustine, CA	Gustine Unified	Middle	370	18.5%
16	Bryant Middle	Dos Palos, CA	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	Middle	487	16.2%

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