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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in the United States · page 40

Ranks 1,951–2,000 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in the United States. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1951	Los Tules Middle	Tulare, CA	Tulare City	Middle	84.9%	569	26.8%
1952	PECOS MIDDLE	PECOS, NM	PECOS	Middle	90.9%	110	26.8%
1953	East Hall Middle School	Gainesville, GA	Hall County	Middle	81.8%	775	26.8%
1954	Garrett Middle School	Garrett, IN	Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp	Middle	57.9%	387	26.8%
1955	Monrovia Middle School	Monrovia, IN	Monroe-Gregg School District	Middle	46.6%	337	26.8%
1956	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	70.3%	300	26.9%
1957	Chestnut Log Middle School	Douglasville, GA	Douglas County	Middle	84.0%	719	26.9%
1958	Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School	DETROIT, MI	Cesar Chavez Academy	Middle	94.5%	615	26.9%
1959	Jurupa Middle	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	Middle	77.1%	1,105	26.9%
1960	Marshfield Junior High	Coos Bay, OR	Coos Bay SD 9	Middle	39.0%	418	26.9%
1961	Trinidad Middle School	TRINIDAD, CO	Trinidad School District #1	Middle	72.7%	172	26.9%
1962	Harrah Middle School	Harrah, OK	HARRAH	Middle	52.6%	479	26.9%
1963	Keppel Academy	Littlerock, CA	Keppel Union Elementary	Middle	75.1%	225	26.9%
1964	Brooklyn Middle STEAM School	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	61.8%	931	26.9%
1965	Durant Intermediate Elementary School	Durant, OK	DURANT	Middle	66.5%	532	26.9%
1966	Portola Middle	Orange, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	91.5%	422	26.9%
1967	Ballinger Junior High School	BALLINGER, TX	BALLINGER ISD	Middle	73.2%	164	26.9%
1968	Hackensack Middle School	Hackensack, NJ	Hackensack School District	Middle	70.7%	1,399	26.9%
1969	DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL	JONESBORO, AR	JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	100%	765	26.9%
1970	KIRTLAND MIDDLE	KIRTLAND, NM	CENTRAL	Middle	100%	372	26.9%
1971	Nichols Junior High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	Middle	84.8%	586	26.9%
1972	Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr	Garden City, KS	Garden City	Middle	80.1%	377	27.0%
1973	Wedgewood Park School	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	Middle	77.6%	541	27.0%
1974	August Boeger Middle	San Jose, CA	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Middle	81.9%	397	27.0%
1975	Herald Whitaker Middle School	Salyersville, KY	Magoffin County	Middle	68.1%	260	27.0%
1976	Community Middle School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	Middle	85.2%	291	27.0%
1977	McLoud Junior High School	McLoud, OK	MCLOUD	Middle	70.9%	244	27.0%
1978	Mary Harper Middle School	DILLEY, TX	DILLEY ISD	Middle	79.6%	181	27.0%
1979	Herschel Jones Middle School	Dallas, GA	Paulding County	Middle	71.7%	728	27.0%
1980	Murray Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	56.1%	643	27.0%
1981	C D Fulkes Middle School	ROUND ROCK, TX	ROUND ROCK ISD	Middle	69.9%	604	27.0%
1982	Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School	SILSBEE, TX	SILSBEE ISD	Middle	64.8%	597	27.0%
1983	WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOL	FORT SMITH, AR	FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	82.8%	711	27.1%
1984	Langston Chapel Middle School	Statesboro, GA	Bulloch County	Middle	100%	718	27.1%
1985	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	Middle	99.2%	854	27.1%
1986	Flagview Intermediate School	Elko, NV	Elko	Middle	34.7%	674	27.1%
1987	Clinch County Middle School	Homerville, GA	Clinch County	Middle	100%	282	27.1%
1988	Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Middle	65.0%	1,002	27.1%
1989	Rancier Middle School	KILLEEN, TX	KILLEEN ISD	Middle	80.0%	735	27.1%
1990	Watson Junior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Widefield School District 3	Middle	51.7%	470	27.1%
1991	Monroe Middle School	Eugene, OR	Eugene SD 4J	Middle	64.0%	519	27.1%
1992	South Bay Elementary	Eureka, CA	South Bay Union Elementary	Middle	84.4%	141	27.1%
1993	Bayfield Middle School	BAYFIELD, CO	Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	Middle	40.3%	283	27.1%
1994	Dale Middle School	Dale, OK	DALE	Middle	42.7%	218	27.1%
1995	MONTICELLO MIDDLE SCHOOL	MONTICELLO, AR	MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	62.1%	327	27.1%
1996	CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL	LAKELAND, FL	POLK	Middle	83.1%	753	27.1%
1997	Nyssa Middle School	Nyssa, OR	Nyssa SD 26	Middle	93.1%	291	27.1%
1998	Teague Middle School	HUMBLE, TX	ALDINE ISD	Middle	83.6%	550	27.1%
1999	Lindsey Academy	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	Middle	80.7%	684	27.1%
2000	Marjorie French Middle School	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	Middle	64.4%	480	27.1%

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