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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Sacramento County, California

Across Sacramento County, California, 39 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 71.5% 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 County, California

Top % FRL

97.4%

Median % FRL

71.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 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	Rio Linda Preparatory Academy	Rio Linda, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	331	88.2%
6	James Rutter Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	871	87.7%
7	Fern Bacon Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	679	87.6%
8	Cesar Chavez Intermediate	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	357	87.1%
9	Samuel Jackman Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	909	86.7%
10	Will C. Wood Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	680	84.3%
11	Arcade Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	595	83.4%
12	Norwood Junior High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	450	83.1%
13	Mills Middle	Rancho Cordova, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	886	82.8%
14	Natomas Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	672	81.3%
15	Westside Preparatory Charter	Rio Linda, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	480	81.0%
16	Will Rogers Middle	Fair Oaks, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	564	75.9%
17	Albert Einstein Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	579	73.2%
18	Sam Brannan Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	339	72.9%
19	Edward Harris Jr. Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,187	71.9%
20	T. R. Smedberg Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,065	71.5%
21	Sylvan Middle	Citrus Heights, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	604	64.1%
22	W. E. Mitchell Middle	Rancho Cordova, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	755	62.8%
23	California Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	782	62.4%
24	Harriet G. Eddy Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,034	55.5%
25	Antelope Crossing Middle	Antelope, CA	Dry Creek Joint Elementary	Middle	1,051	55.2%
26	John Barrett Middle	Carmichael, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	802	55.0%
27	Robert L. McCaffrey Middle	Galt, CA	Galt Joint Union Elementary	Middle	779	53.7%
28	Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle	Orangevale, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	708	52.4%
29	Joseph Kerr Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	877	46.8%
30	Arden Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	1,010	46.1%
31	Andrew Carnegie Middle	Orangevale, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	687	45.9%
32	Toby Johnson Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,317	45.0%
33	Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,136	43.9%
34	Winston Churchill Middle	Carmichael, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	987	43.1%
35	Katherine L. Albiani Middle	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,447	38.3%
36	Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	513	37.6%
37	Miwok Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	1,181	32.9%
38	Sutter Middle	Folsom, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	1,628	21.4%
39	Folsom Middle	Folsom, CA	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Middle	1,508	12.5%

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