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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in the United States · page 5

Ranks 201–250 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
201	Hilliard Comstock Middle	Santa Rosa, CA	Santa Rosa High	Middle	86.3%	423	11.5%
202	RHODES MIDDLE	SAN ANTONIO, TX	SAN ANTONIO ISD	Middle	96.3%	461	11.5%
203	Jones Valley Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	85.8%	465	11.6%
204	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	97.4%	456	11.6%
205	Ballard Hudson Middle School	Macon, GA	Bibb County	Middle	76.6%	671	11.6%
206	Oliver Middle	Portland, OR	Centennial SD 28J	Middle	98.6%	435	11.6%
207	JAMES L. CAPPS MS	Warr Acres, OK	PUTNAM CITY	Middle	84.5%	938	11.7%
208	Goodwyn Middle School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Middle	82.1%	717	11.7%
209	Kekionga Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	75.3%	527	11.8%
210	WATSON CHAPEL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL	PINE BLUFF, AR	WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT	Middle	67.1%	334	11.8%
211	Mountain Vista Middle	Kelseyville, CA	Kelseyville Unified	Middle	70.4%	405	11.8%
212	Sycamore Junior High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	Middle	94.7%	1,137	11.8%
213	Oak Grove Middle	Concord, CA	Mt. Diablo Unified	Middle	88.0%	681	11.8%
214	Wilkerson Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	88.0%	424	11.8%
215	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	72.2%	493	11.9%
216	Indio Middle	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	92.7%	768	11.9%
217	AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL	Middle	83.3%	180	11.9%
218	John Muir Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	98.7%	624	11.9%
219	Crawford Long Middle School	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Public Schools	Middle	100%	627	11.9%
220	Roncalli Stem Academy	PUEBLO, CO	Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and	Middle	94.3%	247	12.0%
221	Tutt Middle School	Augusta, GA	Richmond County	Middle	100%	617	12.0%
222	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	Middle	91.3%	320	12.0%
223	Smith Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	86.3%	336	12.0%
224	Pillans Middle School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	89.8%	440	12.0%
225	Rusheon Middle School	Bossier City, LA	Bossier Parish	Middle	80.8%	583	12.0%
226	Judson Price Middle School	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Public Schools	Middle	100%	241	12.0%
227	Ellen Ochoa School Number 22	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	Middle	99.7%	613	12.0%
228	Salem Middle School	Lithonia, GA	DeKalb County	Middle	100%	827	12.0%
229	James A Cotten Intermediate School	Willingboro, NJ	Willingboro Public School District	Middle	73.4%	542	12.0%
230	Coalinga Middle	Coalinga, CA	Coalinga-Huron Unified	Middle	79.2%	662	12.1%
231	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	80.7%	517	12.1%
232	Conway Middle	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	67.8%	678	12.1%
233	Central MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	95.7%	1,785	12.1%
234	Frederick Law Olmsted Academy South	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	Middle	78.6%	543	12.1%
235	Mill Creek Middle School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	Middle	73.0%	866	12.1%
236	Reef-Sunset Middle	Avenal, CA	Reef-Sunset Unified	Middle	95.5%	554	12.1%
237	Houck Middle School	Salem, OR	Salem-Keizer SD 24J	Middle	89.0%	830	12.1%
238	Columbia Middle School	Decatur, GA	DeKalb County	Middle	100%	571	12.1%
239	United for Success Academy Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	98.6%	347	12.2%
240	Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy	Palmdale, CA	Palmdale Elementary	Middle	90.2%	747	12.2%
241	Coleman Middle School	Wichita, KS	Wichita	Middle	84.3%	631	12.2%
242	South View Upper Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	Middle	93.1%	664	12.2%
243	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	85.8%	358	12.2%
244	Montgomery Middle	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Middle	93.9%	929	12.2%
245	Mercer Middle School	Garden City, GA	Savannah-Chatham County	Middle	84.6%	512	12.2%
246	Overland Trail Middle School	BRIGHTON, CO	School District 27J	Middle	70.4%	581	12.3%
247	ILTEXAS MSG RAMIREZ MIDDLE	CLEVELAND, TX	INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)	Middle	95.2%	455	12.3%
248	Everett Middle	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	Middle	68.1%	401	12.3%
249	Washington Technology Middle School	SAINT PAUL, MN	Saint Paul Public Schools	Middle	85.4%	693	12.3%
250	Lowery Middle School	Donaldsonville, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	91.3%	277	12.3%

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