Los Alamitos Middle Schools Among Best In CA: New Ranking

LOS ALAMITOS, CA — Two Los Alamitos Unified School District middle schools 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.

Oak Middle School ranked 125th in the State and has a math proficiency of 62 percent and a reading proficiency of 81 percent, according to the ranking. Sharon Christa Mcauliffe Middle School ranked 308th on the list, with a math proficiency score of 57 percent and reading proficiency of 71 percent.

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.