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What's one thing Foothill High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,417
High
DISTRICT 860 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133201985
Foothill High
5000 McCloud Dr., Sacramento, CA 95842 · (916) 566-3445 · Sacramento County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,417 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,307 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 411 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 345 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 340 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 321 | 23% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
13.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 42.0% |
| Math | 3.0% | 10.3% | 20.5% | 66.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.2% | 9.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.6% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 15.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.0% | 13.4% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Foothill High
Foothill High's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill High this school | 1,417 | 92.2% | 24.6% |
| Fairfax Senior High Los Angeles | 1,495 | 87.4% | 39.1% |
| Highlands High North Highlands | 778 | 88.8% | 26.1% |
| Rio Linda High Rio Linda | 1,594 | 83.0% | 39.1% |
| El Cajon Valley High El Cajon | 1,701 | 88.8% | 20.2% |
| Grant Union High Sacramento | 1,987 | 91.3% | 30.8% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Foothill High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #933 of 1,052 | #37 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #884 of 1,056 ▲ 9 | #37 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #920 of 1,056 ▲ 7 | #35 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #101 of 1,044 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,417 | #601 of 2,093 | #26 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #837 of 1,352 | #31 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #27 of 1,351 | #10 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #222 of 1,575 | #1 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.0% | #39 of 327 | #1 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,417
+220 (+18%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,318
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,417 | 64.7 | 21.9:1 | 92% (1,307) |
| 2023-24 | 1,289 | 58.5 | 22.0:1 | 91% (1,172) |
| 2022-23 | 1,251 | 55 | 22.8:1 | 91% (1,141) |
| 2020-21 | 1,197 | 52 | 23.0:1 | 91% (1,087) |
| 2017-18 | 1,143 | 55.4 | 20.6:1 | 79% (904) |
| 2015-16 | 1,058 | 48 | 22.0:1 | 73% (769) |
| 2010-11 | 1,318 | N/A | N/A | 65% (857) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill High.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (1,143 to 1,417); teachers up 17% (55.4 to 64.7).
About Foothill High
The public high school Foothill High is located in Sacramento, California. It enrolled 1,417 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
Twin Rivers Unified oversees Foothill High and 43 other schools, with 24,770 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Foothill High. The largest is Hispanic students, at 40%. Smaller groups are 22% White, 15% Asian, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sacramento County is roughly 24% Hispanic. Foothill High's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.9:1, with 64.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.7 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. That is 29 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
allk12 grades Foothill High a D. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Foothill High would score about 25.5%. It scores 24.6%, within a point of that figure.
Sacramento County has about 1,594,006 residents, and the median household income is $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Sacramento County has 387 public schools and roughly 259,342 students.
The closest public school, Foothill Ranch Middle, is about 0.3 miles from Foothill High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Foothill High places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 18% from 2020-21, when Foothill High had 1,197 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,417. Students per teacher fell from 23.0 in 2020-21 to 21.9 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Twin Rivers Unified
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 students
- Highlands HighHigh · 778 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Other Foothill High schools
7 other US public schools in 3 states are named Foothill High. Foothill High is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Foothill HighPleasanton, CA · 2,169 students
- Foothill HighSanta Ana, CA · 2,126 students
- Foothill HighBakersfield, CA · 2,043 students
- Foothill HighPalo Cedro, CA · 1,487 students
- Foothill HighSan Jose, CA · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Foothill Ranch Middle0.3 mi · 509
- Frontier Elementary0.4 mi · 379
- Woodridge Elementary0.5 mi · 814
- Pioneer TK-80.6 mi · 648
- Hillsdale Elementary0.6 mi · 234
- Miles P. Richmond0.7 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill HighHow large is Foothill High?
Foothill High enrolls approximately 1,417 students in grades 09-12.
Is Foothill High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foothill High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Foothill High?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Foothill High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Foothill High?
At Foothill High, the student body is approximately 22% White, 40% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Foothill High public or private?
Foothill High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.