C. K. McClatchy High

C. K. McClatchy High operates as a big senior high in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Sacramento City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 2,569 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 207% bigger than typical.

Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 37,657 students. C. K. McClatchy High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, C. K. McClatchy High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 25% White, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, C. K. McClatchy High has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting C. K. McClatchy High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at C. K. McClatchy High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, C. K. McClatchy High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.6%; C. K. McClatchy High posts 32.6%, -17.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household income runs about $92,175, 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), C. K. McClatchy High is one campus in the mix.

California Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C. K. McClatchy High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C. K. McClatchy High has increased 12%, going from 2,299 students in 2018 to 2,569 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

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