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California schools ranked by test score

Latest CAASPP year (2023-24). 1,242 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 47.6%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
301Castillero Middle
San Jose · San Jose Unified
Middle59.4%+11.8pp
302Spring View Middle
Rocklin · Rocklin Unified
Middle59.4%+11.8pp
303Meadowbrook Middle
Poway · Poway Unified
Middle59.4%+11.8pp
304Sequoia Union Elementary
Lemon Cove · Sequoia Union Elementary
Middle59.4%+11.8pp
305G. M. Walters Middle
Fremont · Fremont Unified
Middle59.3%+11.7pp
306Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle
La Mirada · Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
Middle59.2%+11.6pp
307Strawberry Elementary
Santa Rosa · Bennett Valley Union Elementary
Middle59.1%+11.5pp
308Piedmont Middle
San Jose · Berryessa Union Elementary
Middle59.1%+11.4pp
309Palms Middle
Los Angeles · Los Angeles Unified
Middle59.0%+11.4pp
310Silverado Middle
Roseville · Dry Creek Joint Elementary
Middle59.0%+11.4pp
311Bella Vista Middle
Murrieta · Temecula Valley Unified
Middle59.0%+11.4pp
312Hillcrest Middle
Sebastopol · Gravenstein Union Elementary
Middle59.0%+11.4pp
313Liberty Middle
Lemoore · Lemoore Union Elementary
Middle59.0%+11.3pp
314Corona Fundamental Intermediate
Corona · Corona-Norco Unified
Middle58.8%+11.2pp
315Louis Armstrong Middle
Sherman Oaks · Los Angeles Unified
Middle58.8%+11.2pp
316Aptos Middle
San Francisco · San Francisco Unified
Middle58.7%+11.1pp
317General Grant Middle
Reedley · Kings Canyon Joint Unified
Middle58.7%+11.1pp
318Freedom Middle
Bakersfield · Rosedale Union Elementary
Middle58.6%+11.0pp
319Rosedale Middle
Bakersfield · Rosedale Union Elementary
Middle58.6%+10.9pp
320Isaac Newton Graham Middle
Mountain View · Mountain View Whisman
Middle58.5%+10.9pp
321Orange County School of Computer Science
Yorba Linda · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
Middle58.5%+10.9pp
322Thompson Middle
Murrieta · Murrieta Valley Unified
Middle58.5%+10.9pp
323Brook Haven Middle
Sebastopol · Sebastopol Union Elementary
Middle58.5%+10.8pp
324Lipman Middle
Brisbane · Brisbane Elementary
Middle58.4%+10.8pp
325Sequoia Middle
Pleasant Hill · Mt. Diablo Unified
Middle58.3%+10.7pp
326Culver City Middle
Culver City · Culver City Unified
Middle58.3%+10.7pp
327Fernando Rivera Intermediate
Daly City · Jefferson Elementary
Middle58.3%+10.7pp
328Sinaloa Middle
Novato · Novato Unified
Middle58.1%+10.5pp
329Las Colinas Middle
Camarillo · Pleasant Valley
Middle58.0%+10.4pp
330Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate
Garden Grove · Garden Grove Unified
Middle58.0%+10.3pp
331East Avenue Middle
Livermore · Livermore Valley Joint Unified
Middle58.0%+10.3pp
332Valley Middle
Carlsbad · Carlsbad Unified
Middle57.7%+10.1pp
333George K. Porter Middle
Granada Hills · Los Angeles Unified
Middle57.7%+10.1pp
334Warm Springs Middle
Murrieta · Murrieta Valley Unified
Middle57.7%+10.1pp
335Lake Center Middle
Santa Fe Springs · Little Lake City Elementary
Middle57.2%+9.6pp
336Moreland Middle
San Jose · Moreland
Middle57.1%+9.5pp
337Hoover (Herbert) Middle
San Francisco · San Francisco Unified
Middle57.0%+9.4pp
338Bidwell Junior High
Chico · Chico Unified
Middle57.0%+9.4pp
339Twin Peaks Middle
Poway · Poway Unified
Middle56.9%+9.3pp
340Sequoia Middle
Newbury Park · Conejo Valley Unified
Middle56.9%+9.3pp
341Lemoore University Elementary Charter
Lemoore · Lemoore Union Elementary
Middle56.7%+9.1pp
342Fort Irwin Middle
Fort Irwin · Silver Valley Unified
Middle56.7%+9.1pp
343Fine Arts Academy
Atascadero · Atascadero Unified
Middle56.7%+9.1pp
344East Whittier Middle
Whittier · East Whittier City Elementary
Middle56.6%+9.0pp
345Buchser Middle
Santa Clara · Santa Clara Unified
Middle56.5%+8.9pp
346Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate
Whittier · Lowell Joint
Middle56.5%+8.9pp
347North Tahoe Middle
Tahoe City · Tahoe-Truckee Unified
Middle56.5%+8.9pp
348John Muir Middle
Burbank · Burbank Unified
Middle56.5%+8.9pp
349Seven Hills Intermediate
Nevada City · Nevada City Elementary
Middle56.4%+8.8pp
350Westborough Middle
South San Francisco · South San Francisco Unified
Middle56.3%+8.7pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the CAASPP % met or exceeded standard threshold on the latest available CAASPP English Language Arts test (school year 2023-24). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 30 students tested in this subject), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in California, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.