Andrew Carnegie Middle

Andrew Carnegie Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campuss in Orangevale, California, overseen by San Juan Unified, with 687 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Andrew Carnegie Middle is one of 67 schools operated by San Juan Unified, a district that works with 39,171 students overall.

On demographics, Andrew Carnegie Middle logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 45% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Andrew Carnegie Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 44.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Andrew Carnegie Middle is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Orangevale Open K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Andrew Carnegie Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.2%.

Andrew Carnegie Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 1,000 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.