Discovery High

Discovery High operates as a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Natomas Unified. Current enrollment sits at 130 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Discovery High sits 84% leaner than that benchmark.

Discovery High is one of 20 schools operated by Natomas Unified, a district that works with 14,902 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Discovery High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Discovery High has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Discovery High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Discovery High is one campus in the mix.

Natomas High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Discovery High.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 134 students in 2018 compared to 130 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 43% to 51%.

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