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

Across Monterey County, California, 18 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Pacific Grove Middle leads the list at 73.9%, against a median of 33.8% 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

Monterey County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

73.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

33.8%

BEST IN READING · MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Pacific Grove Middle	Pacific Grove, CA	Pacific Grove Unified	Middle	439	73.9%	no change
2	Carmel Middle	Carmel, CA	Carmel Unified	Middle	468	72.1%	no change
3	San Benancio Middle	Salinas, CA	Washington Union Elementary	Middle	261	67.3%	no change
4	Buena Vista Middle	Salinas, CA	Spreckels Union Elementary	Middle	321	57.0%	no change
5	Washington Middle	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	Middle	1,082	41.7%	no change
6	Los Arboles Middle	Marina, CA	Monterey Peninsula Unified	Middle	408	37.0%	▲ 4
7	El Sausal Middle	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	Middle	1,067	36.6%	▼ 1
8	Seaside Middle	Seaside, CA	Monterey Peninsula Unified	Middle	521	36.4%	▲ 1
9	Fairview Middle	Gonzales, CA	Gonzales Unified	Middle	426	33.9%	▼ 1
10	Gavilan View Middle	Salinas, CA	Santa Rita Union Elementary	Middle	556	33.6%	▲ 5
11	John Gutierrez Middle	Salinas, CA	Santa Rita Union Elementary	Middle	568	33.5%	▲ 1
12	La Paz Middle	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	Middle	1,099	31.9%	▼ 5
13	Harden Middle	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	Middle	1,101	30.5%	▲ 1
14	Chalone Peaks Middle	King City, CA	King City Union	Middle	854	30.3%	▲ 2
15	Main Street Middle	Soledad, CA	Soledad Unified	Middle	754	25.6%	▼ 4
16	North Monterey County Middle	Castroville, CA	North Monterey County Unified	Middle	624	23.9%	▼ 3
17	Pajaro Middle	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	398	19.8%	▲ 1
18	Vista Verde Middle	Greenfield, CA	Greenfield Union Elementary	Middle	727	19.4%	▼ 1

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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