Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle

Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle, a substantial middle-grades school in Elk Grove, California, part of Elk Grove Unified, serves 1,136 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle shows that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 13% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.3%; this one delivers 67.4%.

In the area at large, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $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%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cosumnes Oaks High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,111 (now 1,136). Asian enrollment moved from 31% to 43% across the same window.

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