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2023 Schools to Watch
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Arkansas
Alma Middle School
Indiana
Plainfield Community Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
North Carolina
Smithfield Middle School
New York
Cuba-Rushford Middle School
Marlboro Middle School
Wantagh Middle School
Pennsylvania
Chartiers Valley Middle School
Deer Lakes Middle School
Wendover Middle School
South Carolina
Blue Ridge Middle School
Carolina Springs Middle School
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
North Central Middle School
Texas
Lincoln Middle School
Marshall Kendrick Middle School
Salvador H. Sanchez Middle School
Virginia
Brambleton Middle School
Willard Middle School
California
Adams Middle School
Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory
Alta Loma Junior High School
Amino Florence-Firestone Middle School
Bernice Harrell Chipman Junior High
Coalinga Middle School
College Preparatory Middle School
Don Juan Avila Middle School
E.O. Green Jr. High School
East Avenue Middle School
El Rancho Charter School
Ellen Fletcher Middle School
Hollencrest Middle School
Hosler Middle School
ICEF Vista Middle Academy
James Workman Middle School
Jefferson Middle School
Kolb Middle School
March Middle School
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence
Nellie Coffman Middle School
Oxford Preparatory Academy - Saddleback Valley
Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County
Palm Desert Charter Middle
Pleasant View West School
Portola Middle School
Prairie Vista Middle School
Riverview School
Robert C. Fisler School
Shoreline Middle School
The STEAM Academy @ Burke
Thomas Law Reed School
Vineyard Junior High School
Vista View Middle School
William Mendenhall Middle School
Yorba Middle School
Redesignating Schools to Watch
Arkansas
Cabot Middle School North - R5
Greenbrier Middle School - R2
Holt Middle School - R2
J.O. Kelly Middle School - R4
Woodland Junior High School - R2
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Colorado
Centennial Middle School - R2
Corwin International Magnet School - R3
Westview Middle School - R2
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Georgia
Lee Middle School - R3
Upson-Lee Middle School - R6
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Illinois
Century Junior High - R1
Evergreen Academy Middle School - R4
Hadley Junior High - R1
Libby Elementary and Middle School - R4
Little Village Academy - R4
London Middle School - R4
Westmont Junior High - R1
Indiana
Ben Franklin Middle School - R1
IPS Center for Inquiry 84 - R1
Northridge Middle School - R2
Rochester Middle School - R3
Tri-West Middle School - R5
Kentucky
Mayfield Middle School - R2
Olmstead School - R6
North Carolina
Carmel Middle School - R6
Harold E. Winkler Middle School - R1
Hendersonville Middle School - R4
Jay M. Robinson Middle School - R6
Piedmont Open IB Middle School - R4
Rogers-Herr Middle School - R5
West Pine Middle School - R5
New Jersey
Belhaven Middle School - R3
Black River Middle School - R4
Byram Middle School - R1
Randolph Middle School - R1
New York
A.D. Oliver Middle School - R1
Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School - R4
Cosgrove Middle School - R2
Garden City Middle School - R4
Island Trees Memorial Middle School - R1
Jonas E. Salk Middle School - R1
Memorial Junior High School - R2
Plainedge Middle School - R1
Ohio
Bellbrook Middle School - R3
George G. Dodge Intermediate School - R1
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Pennsylvania
Boyce Middle School - R5
Fort Couch Middle School - R5
Garnet Valley Middle School - R2
Northley Middle School - R3
Ryan Gloyer Middle School - R4
Schuylkill Valley Middle School - R3
Springton Lake Middle School - R2
California
Alondra Middle School - R3
Alta Sierra Intermediate School - R5
Alvarado Intermediate School - R6
Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle School - R1
Carmenita Middle School - R3
Chaparral Middle School - R2
Clifton Middle School - R2
Creekview Ranch School K-8 - R1
Dartmouth Middle School - R4
El Segundo Middle School - R1
Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School - R3
General Grant Middle School - R1
Hall Middle School - R1
Haskell STEM Academy - R2
Hawthorne Middle School - R2
Heber School - R3
Huron Middle School - R2
John F. Kennedy Middle School - R6
Kastner Intermediate School - R5
La Canada Middle School (7-12) - R3
La Paz Intermediate School - R4
Landmark Middle School - R2
Leona Jackson Middle School - R3
Los Alisos STEM Magnet Middle School - R1
Louis D. Armstrong Middle School - R5
Mountain View Middle School (Beaumont) - R1
Rancho Milpitas Middle School - R6
Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate School - R2
Ray Wiltsey Middle School - R1
Ross Academy of Creative and Media Arts - R2
San Gorgonio Middle School - R2
Silverado Middle School - R6
South Pointe Middle School - R2
Sunnymead Middle School - R2
Suzanne Middle School - R2
Tetzlaff Accelerated Learning Academy - R3
Thomas Hart Middle School - R1
Torch Middle School - R3
Twin Rivers Charter School - R1
Vista Verde Middle School - R4
Washington Academic Middle School - R4
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South Carolina
Batesburg-Leesville Middle School - R1
Beck International Academy - R1
Blythewood Middle School - R5
Campobello Gramling School - R3
Castle Heights Middle School - R4
Chapin Middle - R2
Crayton Middle School - R2
H.E. McCracken Middle School - R2
League Academy for Communication Arts - R4
Mid-Carolina Middle School - R2
Muller Road Middle - R1
Palmetto Middle School - R5
Riverside Middle School - R1
Sevier Middle School - R1
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Texas
Atlanta Middle School - R1
Beverly Hills Intermediate School - R3
Colleyville Middle School - R1
Ft. Settlement Middle School - R1
Haltom Middle School - R1
Harwood Junior High School - R2
Lone Oak Middle School - R4
Melillo Middle School - R2
Ricardo Estrada Middle School - R1
Roberts Middle School - R1
Rogers Middle School - R1
Sharyland North Junior High School - R2
Utah
Kearns Junior High - R4
Milford High School - R1
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Virginia
Eagle Ridgle Middle School - R5
Elizabeth Davis Middle School - R1
Elkton Middle School - R2
Farmwell Station Middle School - R5
Harper Park Middle School - R4
Hidden Valley Middle School - R4
J. Lupton Simpson Middle School - R2
Midlothian Middle School - R2
Montevideo Middle School - R2
River Bend Middle School - R4
St. Clare-Walker Middle School - R4
Sterling Middle School - R3
Tomahawk Creek Middle School - R2
Mission
The mission of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform is to unite key stakeholders to speak with a common voice to leverage research, policy, leadership, and replicable practices to drive middle grades reform.
Vision
In order to prepare students to be lifelong learners ready for college, career, and citizenship, the National Forum seeks to make every middle-grades school academically excellent, responsive to the developmental needs and interests of young adolescents, and socially equitable.