Fern Bacon Middle

Fern Bacon Middle is an intermediate school of moderately sized scale in Sacramento, California, operated by Sacramento City Unified, works with 679 students in grades 7 through 8.

Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 37,657 students. Fern Bacon Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fern Bacon Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Asian, 15% Black, 7% White, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fern Bacon Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) shows that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Fern Bacon Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bowling Green Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fern Bacon Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 16.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 679 in 2025.

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