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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Los Angeles, California

34 public middle schools in Los Angeles, California appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Bret Harte Preparatory Middle leads the list at 13.5%, against a median of 25.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Los Angeles, California

Best % Proficient

13.5%

Median % Proficient

25.9%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.4%	456	13.5%
2	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.4%	618	14.1%
3	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	94.6%	441	15.6%
4	John Muir Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.7%	624	15.9%
5	Samuel Gompers Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.1%	406	16.2%
6	Charles Drew Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	99.2%	607	16.4%
7	George Washington Carver Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.3%	635	19.5%
8	John H. Liechty Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.3%	748	19.8%
9	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	93.0%	446	21.1%
10	Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.6%	572	21.6%
11	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.8%	276	22.3%
12	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.6%	843	22.3%
13	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.3%	300	22.8%
14	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.7%	829	23.5%
15	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.6%	552	23.6%
16	Thomas A. Edison Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.7%	837	24.4%
17	William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.4%	622	25.2%
18	Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.2%	792	26.6%
19	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	91.5%	457	27.2%
20	Pio Pico Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	253	27.6%
21	Belvedere Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	95.8%	734	27.6%
22	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.4%	438	27.6%
23	Young Oak Kim Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.6%	715	29.1%
24	Katherine Johnson STEM Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	70.7%	133	34.6%
25	Florence Nightingale Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.3%	773	36.6%
26	Hollenbeck Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	927	38.0%
27	John Adams Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.4%	676	38.3%
28	Virgil Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	975	40.6%
29	El Sereno Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	91.8%	857	41.3%
30	Emerson Community Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	57.9%	454	48.2%
31	Mark Twain Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	57.6%	974	49.3%
32	Palms Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	71.5%	1,081	49.6%
33	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	80.0%	1,302	54.9%
34	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	31.5%	1,715	68.9%

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