2024 Middle Schools with the Best Teachers in Orange County

#1 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Vista Verde

Irvine Unified School District, CA,

K-8,

5 Niche users give it an average review of 4 stars.

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Read 5 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A+,

Students: 759,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

#2 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Don Juan Avila Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

2 Niche users give it an average review of 4 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says I'm an eighth grader at DJAMS, and I find it nice. The teachers are great, and so are my peers. The extracurricular programs are really fun, but they need to fund themselves. I am personally in the....

Read 2 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 926,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

#3 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Las Flores Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

5 Niche users give it an average review of 3.2 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says It’s a pretty average school. It’s hard to really review it with the pandemic but they seem to respect social distancing and imply masks and safety measures. It’s pretty average. I feel personally it....

Read 5 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 645,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1,

#4 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Aliso Viejo Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

5 Niche users give it an average review of 3.4 stars.

Featured Review: Parent says This is an impressive school with an amazing administrative staff. Things may not all be perfect all the time, but teachers and administration will tackle anything you bring their way fairly and....

Read 5 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 783,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

#5 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Kraemer Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, CA,

7-8,

4 Niche users give it an average review of 4.3 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says I attended this school for about a year until moving away and I think that I had a good experience. At this school, there were many toxic people and fights would break out every so on. The teachers....

Read 4 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 1,020,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 26 to 1,

#6 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Hilton D. Bell Intermediate School

Blue checkmark.

Garden Grove Unified School District, CA,

7-8,

1 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

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Read 1 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 615,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

#7 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Col. J.K. Tuffree Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, CA,

7-8,

4 Niche users give it an average review of 3.5 stars.

Featured Review: Alum says Tuffree Middle School is a school that I remember did an excellent job of connecting elementary school to middle school, and then prepared me well for high school. The teachers teach a variety of....

Read 4 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 641,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

#8 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Oak Middle School

Los Alamitos Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

9 Niche users give it an average review of 4.2 stars.

Featured Review: Alum says Oak did a wonderful job preparing me for high school. The teacher do a great job of not only preparing you for high school level curriculum, but going above the expectation. The only downside is that....

Read 9 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A+,

Students: 1,070,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

#9 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Community Roots Academy

Blue checkmark.

Public School,

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA,

K-8,

3 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

Featured Review: Parent says There is no other opportunity like this. This school was designed to provide a unique learning experience and continues to evolve to improve. The projects improve year after year. The....

Read 3 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 745,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,

#10 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Ladera Ranch Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

13 Niche users give it an average review of 3.9 stars.

Featured Review: Junior says The campus is very safe, the teachers are fantastic, the classes are interesting in a good way, and the administration is very kind and supportive. Also, the music programs are fantastic. However,....

Read 13 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 1,284,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

#11 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Isaac L. Sowers Middle School

Huntington Beach City Elementary School District, CA,

6-8,

1 Niche users give it an average review of 4 stars.

Read 1 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 780,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 21 to 1,

#12 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Arroyo Vista Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

1 Niche users give it an average review of 5 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says It's a good life. Everything here goes on well, and people in the community are pretty nice. This school has lots of facilities and activities for the kids. An are of focus would be the food. It is....

Read 1 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 295,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,

#13 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Helen Stacey Middle School

Westminster, CA,

6-8,

9 Niche users give it an average review of 3.3 stars.

Featured Review: Alum says Great school and friendly teachers. Made lots of lifelong friends and will value always value my time and knowledge..

Read 9 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

Students: 933,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1,

#14 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Carl Hankey Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

3 Niche users give it an average review of 4.7 stars.

Featured Review: Senior says Its an excellent small school with the IB program. It has a family atmosphere and you get to know everyone. It would be great if they had more facilities..

Read 3 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 198,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1,

#15 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Louis Lake Intermediate School

Blue checkmark.

Garden Grove Unified School District, CA,

7-8,

10 Niche users give it an average review of 3.1 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says Lake is an awesome school with so many unique people that you can find. Their music program is so good and choir is my favorite class of the day. So far, there are only two clubs at school and I....

Read 10 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A minus,

Students: 510,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

#16 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Thurston Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Laguna Beach Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

7 Niche users give it an average review of 4.3 stars.

Featured Review: Niche User says As far as middle schools go, Thurston is pretty great! It's made the transition from Elementary School to High School very easy..

Read 7 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 586,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1,

#17 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Travis Ranch School

Blue checkmark.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, CA,

PK, K-8,

4 Niche users give it an average review of 2.8 stars.

Featured Review: Freshman says I had a great experience at this school, I would recommend them to anyone who enjoys a semi-competitive school environment..

Read 4 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 1,282,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 25 to 1,

#18 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Yorba Linda Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

2 Niche users give it an average review of 1.5 stars.

Read 2 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 833,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 24 to 1,

#19 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle School

Los Alamitos Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

8 Niche users give it an average review of 4 stars.

Featured Review: Middle School Student says McAuliffe was a great experience and it opened up many opportunities, as they had many different courses offered. The kids are pretty nice, but at times can stick to their own cliques. Overall its a....

Read 8 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A+,

Students: 1,061,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 26 to 1,

#20 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Orchard Hills

Blue checkmark.

Tustin Unified School District, CA,

K-8,

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 1,351,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 28 to 1,

#21 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Newhart Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

9 Niche users give it an average review of 3.3 stars.

Featured Review: Alum says My favorite part about Newhart was definitely the amazing teachers. Though I'm now a college student, I still remember and appreciate many of the lessons my middle school teachers taught me..

Read 9 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 1,076,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1,

#22 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Beacon Park

Irvine Unified School District, CA,

K-8,

1 Niche users give it an average review of 3 stars.

Read 1 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 938,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,

#23 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County

Blue checkmark.

Public School,

MISSION VIEJO, CA,

PK, K-8,

18 Niche users give it an average review of 4.5 stars.

Featured Review: Parent says I had two boys attend school at OPA-SOC and I wholeheartedly recommend this school! The educational philosophy they adhere to, Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, is top notch. My boys were....

Read 18 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 870,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,

#24 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Vista Del Mar Middle School

Blue checkmark.

Capistrano Unified School District, CA,

6-8,

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 575,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 21 to 1,

#25 Best Public Middle School Teachers in Orange County.

Plaza Vista

Blue checkmark.

Irvine Unified School District, CA,

K-8,

10 Niche users give it an average review of 4.2 stars.

Featured Review: Alum says I attended Plaza Vista for middle school. The school prepared me well for high school and this is the school where I ended up meeting with some of my favorite teachers thus far. Academics are....

Read 10 reviews.

Overall Niche Grade: A,

Students: 795,

Student-Teacher Ratio: 27 to 1,