Long Beach Middle Schools Among Best In CA: New Ranking

LONG BEACH, CA — Long Beach middle school were ranked in the top middle schools in California, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News researchers based the 2025 ranking of the nation’s best public middle schools on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education. The researchers analyzed 59,128 middle schools for the report.

The methodology for the rankings focused on state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in math and reading/language arts, while also accounting for students’ background and their achievements in core subjects. Student-teacher ratios were applied to break ties.

Newcomb Academy ranked 71st in the state with a math proficiency score of 70 percent and reading proficiency of 81 percent.

Other Long Beach schools that made the list include:

• Tincher Preparatory - 204
• Rogers Middle - 210
• Marshall Academy of the Arts - 288
• Helen Keller Middle - 291
• Stanford Middle - 459
• Beach K-12 Independent Study - 464
• Muir K-8 - 491

The rankings are intended as an evaluation tool to give parents a snapshot of how well schools provide a high-quality education and prepare students for a successful future, LaMont Jones, managing editor for Education at U.S. News, said in a news release.