El Camino Fundamental High

El Camino Fundamental High is a high school of mid-sized scale in Sacramento, California, overseen by San Juan Unified, caters to 1,226 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

San Juan Unified comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 39,171 students; El Camino Fundamental High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, El Camino Fundamental High records that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting El Camino Fundamental High higher than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, El Camino Fundamental High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.0%; actual is 31.7%, a gap of -15.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which El Camino Fundamental High is one.

The closest other public school is San Juan Choices Charter, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, El Camino Fundamental High comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

El Camino Fundamental High operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. El Camino Fundamental High's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,346 (now 1,226). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 53% to 37%.

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