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

Across Riverside County, California, 78 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Dorothy McElhinney Middle leads the list at 72.8%, against a median of 39.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Riverside County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

72.8%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

39.1%

BEST IN READING · RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Dorothy McElhinney Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,451	72.8%
2	Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate	Eastvale, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	1,228	69.8%
3	Temecula Middle	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	1,012	68.1%
4	Bella Vista Middle	Murrieta, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	1,249	66.0%
5	James L. Day Middle	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	932	65.4%
6	El Cerrito Middle	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	1,218	65.3%
7	Erle Stanley Gardner Middle	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	1,008	63.5%
8	Frank Augustus Miller Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	844	62.9%
9	Vail Ranch Middle	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	765	62.3%
10	Corona Fundamental Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	754	62.0%
11	River Heights Intermediate	Eastvale, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	1,203	61.5%
12	Amelia Earhart Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	743	60.1%
13	Thompson Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,565	59.5%
14	Palm Desert Charter Middle	Palm Desert, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	1,298	57.9%
15	Citrus Hills Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	919	54.6%
16	Warm Springs Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	755	53.9%
17	Shivela Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,282	53.8%
18	Menifee Valley Middle	Menifee, CA	Menifee Union	Middle	941	53.5%
19	Canyon Lake Middle	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Middle	951	53.0%
20	Norco Intermediate	Norco, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	726	50.6%
21	Ysmael Villegas Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	1,136	48.6%
22	Kathryn Newport Middle	Menifee, CA	Menifee Union	Middle	965	48.3%
23	San Gorgonio Middle	Beaumont, CA	Beaumont Unified	Middle	1,253	47.1%
24	Mountain Shadows Middle	Nuevo, CA	Nuview Union	Middle	339	47.1%
25	Matthew Gage Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	840	47.0%
26	Margarita Middle	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley Unified	Middle	731	46.9%
27	Hans Christensen Middle	Menifee, CA	Menifee Union	Middle	369	46.2%
28	John Glenn Middle School of International Studies	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	1,099	44.1%
29	Bell Mountain Middle	Menifee, CA	Menifee Union	Middle	1,066	43.5%
30	James Workman Middle	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	1,020	43.1%
31	Central Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	621	42.6%
32	Vista Verde Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	900	41.2%
33	Letha Raney Intermediate	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Middle	537	41.1%
34	Mountain View Middle	Beaumont, CA	Beaumont Unified	Middle	978	40.9%
35	Vista Heights Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,419	40.9%
36	University Heights Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	870	40.8%
37	Arizona Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	804	40.5%
38	Lakeside Middle	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	1,076	40.1%
39	Sierra Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	829	39.3%
40	Palm Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	999	38.9%
41	Raymond Cree Middle	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	721	38.0%
42	David A. Brown Middle	Wildomar, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Middle	1,030	37.5%
43	Loma Vista Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	1,027	36.6%
44	Ethan A Chase Middle	Menifee, CA	Romoland Elementary	Middle	1,447	36.1%
45	La Quinta Middle	La Quinta, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	709	36.0%
46	Mountain View Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,114	36.0%
47	Mesa View Middle	Calimesa, CA	Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified	Middle	717	35.1%
48	Chemawa Middle	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	Middle	885	34.7%
49	Jurupa Middle	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	Middle	1,105	34.7%
50	Desert Ridge Academy	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	962	34.5%

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