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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Sacramento, California

Across Sacramento, California, 19 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy leads the list at 97.4%, against a median of 83.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Sacramento, California

Top % FRL

97.4%

Median % FRL

83.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	503	97.4%
2	Rio Tierra Junior High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	328	93.0%
3	Foothill Ranch Middle	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	509	92.9%
4	Katherine Johnson Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	612	90.2%
5	James Rutter Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	871	87.7%
6	Fern Bacon Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	679	87.6%
7	Cesar Chavez Intermediate	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	357	87.1%
8	Samuel Jackman Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	909	86.7%
9	Will C. Wood Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	680	84.3%
10	Arcade Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	595	83.4%
11	Norwood Junior High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	450	83.1%
12	Natomas Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	672	81.3%
13	Albert Einstein Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	579	73.2%
14	Sam Brannan Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	339	72.9%
15	T. R. Smedberg Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,065	71.5%
16	California Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	782	62.4%
17	Arden Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	1,010	46.1%
18	Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	513	37.6%
19	Miwok Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	1,181	32.9%

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