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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 11.6%, against a median of 23.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Los Angeles, California

Best % Proficient

11.6%

Median % Proficient

23.2%

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	11.6%
2	John Muir Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.7%	624	11.9%
3	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.4%	618	12.4%
4	Samuel Gompers Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.1%	406	12.9%
5	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	94.6%	441	14.7%
6	Charles Drew Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	99.2%	607	14.8%
7	George Washington Carver Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.3%	635	15.3%
8	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.8%	276	17.2%
9	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.3%	300	18.4%
10	John H. Liechty Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.3%	748	18.7%
11	Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.6%	572	19.2%
12	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	93.0%	446	20.1%
13	Los Angeles Academy Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.7%	829	21.2%
14	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.6%	843	21.9%
15	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	91.5%	457	22.3%
16	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.6%	552	22.4%
17	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.4%	438	23.1%
18	Thomas A. Edison Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.7%	837	23.3%
19	Belvedere Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	95.8%	734	24.3%
20	William Jefferson Clinton Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.4%	622	25.4%
21	Pio Pico Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	253	26.5%
22	Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.2%	792	27.2%
23	Young Oak Kim Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.6%	715	27.2%
24	Katherine Johnson STEM Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	70.7%	133	27.3%
25	Florence Nightingale Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	87.3%	773	33.7%
26	Hollenbeck Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	927	36.4%
27	John Adams Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.4%	676	37.3%
28	Virgil Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	96.0%	975	38.8%
29	El Sereno Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	91.8%	857	39.8%
30	Emerson Community Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	57.9%	454	44.0%
31	Mark Twain Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	57.6%	974	46.2%
32	Palms Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	71.5%	1,081	49.7%
33	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	80.0%	1,302	54.0%
34	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	31.5%	1,715	68.4%

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