Total enrollment
37,657
-2,774 (-7%) vs SY 2020-21
73 schools in Sacramento City Unified
California · 37,657 students · 1 city
Parents inside Sacramento City Unified pick from 73 public K-12 options, with combined enrollment of about 37,657 students (an average school size of 516).
4-year change in Sacramento City Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
73
+1 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Sacramento City Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #332 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 37,657 | #15 of 587 | #157 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 73 | #7 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #330 of 587 | #8,688 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 63.6% | #303 of 587 | #2,473 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #11 of 530 | #106 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Sacramento City Unified
State test results across the district's 68 scored schools run from West Campus at 83.0% proficient to Leataata Floyd Elementary at 9.2%, a gap of 73.8 points. That is the 10th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 73 district schools that reported both years went from 42,325 to 37,657 students (down 11%) and from 1,858 to 1,720 full-time teachers (down 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Sacramento City Unified
Sacramento City Unified maintains 73 public schools across California, collectively instructing roughly 37,657 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Sacramento City Unified spans 51 elementary, 8 middle, 13 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 516 in this district, lower than the California typical of 578.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 37,657 students, shrank 7% from the 40,431 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, Sacramento City Unified gained 1 school, going from 72 to 73.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Sacramento City Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.