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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Sacramento, California

Across Sacramento, California, 19 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Miwok Middle leads the list at 71.7%, against a median of 30.1% 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 % Proficient (Reading)

71.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

30.1%

BEST IN READING · SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Miwok Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	1,181	71.7%	no change
2	Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	513	62.5%	no change
3	Arden Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	1,010	51.5%	no change
4	Norwood Junior High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	450	49.0%	▲ 1
5	California Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	782	47.2%	▲ 1
6	T. R. Smedberg Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,065	45.2%	▼ 2
7	Cesar Chavez Intermediate	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	357	36.1%	▲ 1
8	Albert Einstein Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	579	33.2%	▲ 1
9	Sam Brannan Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	339	32.6%	▲ 4
10	Fern Bacon Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	679	30.1%	no change
11	Samuel Jackman Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	909	29.6%	▲ 4
12	Foothill Ranch Middle	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	509	28.6%	▲ 2
13	James Rutter Middle	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	871	28.1%	▼ 2
14	Will C. Wood Middle	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Middle	680	27.3%	▼ 7
15	Arcade Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	595	25.9%	▼ 3
16	Natomas Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	672	23.5%	no change
17	Rio Tierra Junior High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	328	21.3%	no change
18	Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	503	16.0%	no change
19	Katherine Johnson Middle	Sacramento, CA	San Juan Unified	Middle	612	8.2%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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