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

56 public middle schools in Santa Clara 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. John F. Kennedy Middle leads the list at 91.0%, against a median of 62.4% 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

Santa Clara County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

91.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

62.4%

BEST IN READING · SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	John F. Kennedy Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	880	91.0%
2	Joaquin Miller Middle	San Jose, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	1,067	89.8%
3	Redwood Middle	Saratoga, CA	Saratoga Union Elementary	Middle	709	89.0%
4	Georgina P. Blach Junior High	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos Elementary	Middle	388	88.1%
5	Ellen Fletcher Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	572	87.8%
6	Ardis G. Egan Junior High	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos Elementary	Middle	517	87.6%
7	Sam H. Lawson Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	841	87.0%
8	Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	1,002	86.8%
9	Warren E. Hyde Middle	Cupertino, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	800	83.6%
10	Union Middle	San Jose, CA	Union Elementary	Middle	1,068	83.3%
11	College Connection Academy	San Jose, CA	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	Middle	213	82.2%
12	Cupertino Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Cupertino Union	Middle	1,067	80.4%
13	Raymond J. Fisher Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Los Gatos Union Elementary	Middle	1,015	79.7%
14	Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	732	78.8%
15	Chaboya Middle	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	815	78.1%
16	Thomas Russell Middle	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	Middle	761	76.9%
17	Rolling Hills Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Campbell Union	Middle	778	76.3%
18	Bret Harte Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	862	75.2%
19	Rancho Milpitas Middle	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	Middle	693	74.2%
20	Herman (Leonard) Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Oak Grove Elementary	Middle	723	73.5%
21	Sierramont Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	742	72.0%
22	Price Charter Middle	San Jose, CA	Cambrian	Middle	959	70.1%
23	Quimby Oak Middle	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	857	69.4%
24	Marian A. Peterson Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	759	67.3%
25	Dartmouth Middle	San Jose, CA	Union Elementary	Middle	903	66.1%
26	Sunnyvale Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Sunnyvale	Middle	1,053	65.6%
27	Crittenden Middle	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View Whisman	Middle	616	65.2%
28	Piedmont Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	591	62.8%
29	Isaac Newton Graham Middle	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View Whisman	Middle	860	62.0%
30	Morrill Middle	San Jose, CA	Berryessa Union Elementary	Middle	665	61.8%
31	Moreland Middle	San Jose, CA	Moreland	Middle	707	59.6%
32	Castillero Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	865	58.2%
33	Juan Cabrillo Middle	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	796	57.8%
34	Bernal Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Oak Grove Elementary	Middle	675	56.6%
35	Buchser Middle	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	711	55.2%
36	Willow Glen Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	1,180	50.8%
37	Dolores Huerta Middle	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara Unified	Middle	571	48.6%
38	George V. LeyVa Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	486	43.7%
39	Martin Murphy Middle	San Jose, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	Middle	466	43.6%
40	Lewis H. Britton Middle	Morgan Hill, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	Middle	637	43.4%
41	John Muir Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	722	42.1%
42	Solorsano Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	749	41.8%
43	Brownell Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	672	40.7%
44	Columbia Middle	Sunnyvale, CA	Sunnyvale	Middle	697	39.2%
45	August Boeger Middle	San Jose, CA	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Middle	397	35.5%
46	Ocala Middle	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	377	34.9%
47	Herbert Hoover Middle	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	Middle	910	34.9%
48	Sylvandale Middle	San Jose, CA	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	Middle	330	33.1%
49	William Sheppard Middle	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	451	32.9%
50	South Valley Middle	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	Middle	784	31.7%

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