Arcade Middle

As an average-sized middle-grades school in Sacramento, California, Arcade Middle hosts 595 students from grades 6 through 8, run under San Juan Unified.

San Juan Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 39,171 students. Arcade Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Arcade Middle logs that 35% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Arcade Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arcade Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.8%; this one delivers 20.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Arcade Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mira Loma High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Arcade Middle comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arcade Middle has climbed 37%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 595 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 8% to 35% over that span.

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