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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in California

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in California, drawn from 1,280 qualifying public middle schools. Corte Madera leads the list at 11.3:1, against a median of 21.1:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

1,280

California

Best Students/teacher

11.3:1

Median Students/teacher

21.1:1

LOWEST RATIO · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Corte Madera	Portola Valley, CA	Portola Valley Elementary	Middle	252	11.3:1
2	Del Mar Middle	Tiburon, CA	Reed Union Elementary	Middle	359	11.7:1
3	Bret Harte Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	337	12.3:1
4	Westlake Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	279	12.6:1
5	Robert Louis Stevenson Intermediate	St. Helena, CA	Saint Helena Unified	Middle	257	12.6:1
6	Charles Maclay Middle	Pacoima, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	238	12.9:1
7	Carmel Middle	Carmel, CA	Carmel Unified	Middle	468	13.1:1
8	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	446	13.1:1
9	Fortuna Middle	Fortuna, CA	Fortuna Elementary	Middle	231	13.2:1
10	Beverly Vista Middle	Beverly Hills, CA	Beverly Hills Unified	Middle	687	13.2:1
11	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	300	13.4:1
12	Malibu Middle	Malibu, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	Middle	256	13.5:1
13	Crocker Middle	Hillsborough, CA	Hillsborough City Elementary	Middle	446	13.8:1
14	Ellen Fletcher Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	572	14.0:1
15	Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	Middle	363	14.1:1
16	Holtville Middle	Holtville, CA	Holtville Unified	Middle	257	14.2:1
17	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	276	14.3:1
18	Willard Intermediate	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	Middle	390	14.3:1
19	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	457	14.4:1
20	George V. LeyVa Intermediate	San Jose, CA	Evergreen Elementary	Middle	486	14.5:1
21	High Tech Middle Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech Middle Mesa District	Middle	352	14.5:1
22	Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle	Berkeley, CA	Berkeley Unified	Middle	462	14.6:1
23	Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	732	14.6:1
24	North Tahoe Middle	Tahoe City, CA	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	Middle	301	14.7:1
25	Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle	East Palo Alto, CA	Ravenswood City Elementary	Middle	488	14.8:1
26	Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle	Hawaiian Gardens, CA	ABC Unified	Middle	291	14.8:1
27	Jackson Street Elementary	Yreka, CA	Yreka Union Elementary	Middle	438	14.8:1
28	Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	Middle	1,002	14.9:1
29	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	438	15.0:1
30	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	618	15.0:1
31	Elmhurst United Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	729	15.2:1
32	Roosevelt Middle	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Middle	512	15.3:1
33	John A. Sutter Middle	Canoga Park, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	763	15.3:1
34	Charles W. Tewinkle Middle	Costa Mesa, CA	Newport-Mesa Unified	Middle	501	15.3:1
35	The Studios @ Central	Oroville, CA	Oroville City Elementary	Middle	300	15.3:1
36	Everett Middle	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	Middle	401	15.4:1
37	Adaline E. Kent Middle	Kentfield, CA	Kentfield Elementary	Middle	488	15.4:1
38	Farb Middle	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Middle	443	15.5:1
39	Hillview Middle	Menlo Park, CA	Menlo Park City Elementary	Middle	846	15.5:1
40	Marshall Middle	Pomona, CA	Pomona Unified	Middle	249	15.5:1
41	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	552	15.5:1
42	San Fernando Middle	San Fernando, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	442	15.6:1
43	Mill Valley Middle	Mill Valley, CA	Mill Valley Elementary	Middle	721	15.7:1
44	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	441	15.7:1
45	Parkway Heights Middle	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	Middle	573	15.7:1
46	Ocala Middle	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	377	15.8:1
47	Renaissance at Mathson	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	326	15.8:1
48	Crown Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Crown Preparatory Academy District	Middle	446	15.8:1
49	Bill E. Young Jr. Middle	Calipatria, CA	Calipatria Unified	Middle	322	15.9:1
50	Francisco Middle	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	Middle	496	15.9:1

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