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The largest public middle schools in California

This ranking covers the largest public middle schools in California, drawn from 1,379 qualifying public middle schools. Thornton Middle leads the list at 1,972, against a median of 642 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

1,379

California

Top Students

1,972

Median Students

642

LARGEST · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Thornton Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,972
2	Reyburn Intermediate	Clovis, CA	Clovis Unified	Middle	1,785
3	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle	Northridge, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,784
4	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,715
5	Rancho del Rey Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	1,705
6	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	Woodland Hills, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,693
7	Eleanor Murray Fallon	Dublin, CA	Dublin Unified	Middle	1,683
8	Sutter Middle	Folsom, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	1,628
9	Eastlake Middle	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	Middle	1,613
10	Walter Reed Middle	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,580
11	John M. Horner Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,574
12	Thompson Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,565
13	Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,547
14	Washington Academic Middle	Sanger, CA	Sanger Unified	Middle	1,539
15	Culver City Middle	Culver City, CA	Culver City Unified	Middle	1,523
16	Folsom Middle	Folsom, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	1,508
17	Robert Frost Middle	Granada Hills, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,505
18	Oak Valley Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,503
19	Centerville Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,495
20	Bernardo Heights Middle	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	Middle	1,487
21	Hillsdale Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	1,481
22	Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle	Tarzana, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,461
23	Dorothy McElhinney Middle	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,451
24	Katherine L. Albiani Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,447
25	Ethan A Chase Middle	Menifee, CA	Romoland Elementary	Middle	1,447
26	William G. Jehue Middle	Colton, CA	Rialto Unified	Middle	1,444
27	Clark Intermediate	Clovis, CA	Clovis Unified	Middle	1,437
28	William Hopkins Middle	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	Middle	1,424
29	Stephen M. White Middle	Carson, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,423
30	Vista Heights Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,419
31	Canyon Middle	Castro Valley, CA	Castro Valley Unified	Middle	1,418
32	Eleanor J. Toll Middle	Glendale, CA	Glendale Unified	Middle	1,412
33	San Elijo Middle	San Marcos, CA	San Marcos Unified	Middle	1,395
34	Wayne Ruble Middle	Fontana, CA	Fontana Unified	Middle	1,394
35	Marshall Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	1,390
36	Alta Sierra Intermediate	Clovis, CA	Clovis Unified	Middle	1,374
37	Ramona Middle	San Dimas, CA	Bonita Unified	Middle	1,371
38	Richard Henry Dana Middle	San Pedro, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,355
39	John Muir Middle	Burbank, CA	Burbank Unified	Middle	1,353
40	Chaparral Middle	Diamond Bar, CA	Walnut Valley Unified	Middle	1,349
41	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,337
42	Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	Downey, CA	Downey Unified	Middle	1,329
43	Valley View Middle	Simi Valley, CA	Simi Valley Unified	Middle	1,329
44	Gladstone Middle	Covina, CA	Azusa Unified	Middle	1,326
45	Day Creek Intermediate	Etiwanda, CA	Etiwanda Elementary	Middle	1,326
46	Toby Johnson Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,317
47	Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Downey, CA	Downey Unified	Middle	1,304
48	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,302
49	Palm Desert Charter Middle	Palm Desert, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	1,298
50	Turlock Junior High	Turlock, CA	Turlock Unified	Middle	1,294

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