Folsom Middle

Set in Folsom, California, Folsom Middle is a sizable middle school, overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified. It enrolls 1,508 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 129% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Folsom-Cordova Unified comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 21,699 students; Folsom Middle is among them.

On demographics, Folsom Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Folsom Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Folsom Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.0%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of -2.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Folsom Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Blanche Sprentz Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Folsom Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 1,420 students in 2018 compared to 1,508 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 63% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.