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Enrollment
1,010
Middle
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005753
Arden Middle
1640 Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA 95864 · (916) 971-7306 · Sacramento County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,010 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
466 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 276 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 366 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 368 | 36% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
32.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 32.7% | 22.7% | 25.8% |
| Math | 15.3% | 17.3% | 24.5% | 42.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 33.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 36.1% |
| 2018-19 | 53.8% | 47.4% |
| 2017-18 | 53.6% | 44.7% |
| 2016-17 | 55.7% | 47.9% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arden Middle
Arden Middle's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arden Middle this school | 1,010 | 46.1% | 41.3% |
| La Mesa Arts Academy La Mesa | 1,059 | 46.4% | 60.4% |
| Lewis Middle San Diego | 1,013 | 48.5% | 60.0% |
| Standley Middle San Diego | 813 | 43.3% | 65.5% |
| Antelope Crossing Middle Antelope | 1,051 | 55.2% | 43.4% |
| Pleasant Hill Middle Pleasant Hill | 738 | 44.4% | 49.3% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arden Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #489 of 1,224 | #16 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #545 of 1,227 ▼ 61 | #16 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #457 of 1,227 ▲ 12 | #12 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #204 of 1,214 | #11 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,010 | #187 of 1,377 | #11 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #914 of 1,279 | #26 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #179 of 1,278 | #27 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #977 of 1,329 | #30 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #168 of 257 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,010
+151 (+18%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 26.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,010 | 44.7 | 22.6:1 | 46% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 956 | 39.7 | 24.1:1 | 41% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 37.8 | 24.4:1 | 37% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 33 | 26.0:1 | 32% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 974 | 37.9 | 25.7:1 | 40% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 37 | 25.7:1 | 33% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | N/A | N/A | 32% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 30 | 24.1:1 | 15% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 22 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arden Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (974 to 1,010); teachers up 18% (37.9 to 44.7).
About Arden Middle
Located in Sacramento, California, Arden Middle is a large middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,010 students. That is 53% larger than the average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Arden Middle sits within San Juan Unified, which has 67 schools and 39,171 students.
The student body at Arden Middle has no majority group. White students lead at 46%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. In Sacramento County overall, the White share is about 45%. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Arden Middle are from different groups.
Staffing at Arden Middle comes to 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.6:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. On the income side, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
Arden Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of California public middle schools.
Arden Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.3%, compared with a predicted 52.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Sacramento County, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including Arden Middle.
General Davie Jr. Primary Center is the nearest public school to Arden Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Arden Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 28.5%, lower than Arden Middle's 41.3%.
NCES describes the area around Arden Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,010, compared with 859 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 26.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
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- General Davie Jr. Primary Center0.4 mi · 1
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- Cottage Elementary0.9 mi · 502
- Gateway International1.0 mi · 628
- Katherine Johnson Middle1.4 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Arden MiddleHow large is Arden Middle?
Arden Middle enrolls approximately 1,010 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Arden Middle serve?
Arden Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Arden Middle have?
Arden Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Arden Middle?
Student demographics at Arden Middle are roughly 46% White, 27% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Arden Middle public or private?
Arden Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.