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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133201984
Foothill Ranch Middle
5001 Diablo Dr., Sacramento, CA 95842 · (916) 566-3440 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- C-Test 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.
- B+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
473 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 250 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 51% |
Student demographics
76%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
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.5% | 23.1% | 24.8% | 46.6% |
| Math | 7.9% | 10.6% | 19.5% | 62.1% |
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 | 28.6% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.9% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 33.9% | 29.7% |
| 2017-18 | 30.1% | 33.4% |
| 2016-17 | 34.8% | 31.2% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Ranch Middle
Foothill Ranch Middle's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Ranch Middle this school | 509 | 92.9% | 21.5% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy Sacramento | 503 | 97.4% | 8.9% |
| Delta Sierra Middle Stockton | 563 | 92.5% | 18.1% |
| Fern Bacon Middle Sacramento | 679 | 87.6% | 25.4% |
| Westside Preparatory Charter Rio Linda | 480 | 81.0% | 42.4% |
| Katherine Johnson Middle Sacramento | 612 | 90.2% | 5.6% |
Matched among California middle 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 Ranch Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,010 of 1,224 | #30 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #910 of 1,227 ▲ 83 | #28 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,023 of 1,227 ▲ 27 | #30 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #329 of 1,214 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #911 of 1,377 | #32 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #386 of 1,279 | #7 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #14 of 1,278 | #4 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #183 of 1,329 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #352 of 930 | #9 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
509
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 509 | 26.1 | 19.5:1 | 93% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 24.7 | 19.9:1 | 94% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 19.6 | 23.1:1 | 94% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 95% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 32.2 | 19.7:1 | 91% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 90% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | N/A | N/A | 84% (501) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill Ranch Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (635 to 509); teachers down 19% (32.2 to 26.1).
About Foothill Ranch Middle
Foothill Ranch Middle serves students in Sacramento, California, as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school counted 509 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 23% below the 659-student average for middle schools in California.
Twin Rivers Unified operates 44 schools. Combined enrollment is 24,770 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Foothill Ranch Middle is Hispanic, with 36% of students. The next largest groups are 20% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 12 points above the 24% share among Sacramento County residents. The diversity index for Foothill Ranch Middle is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Foothill Ranch Middle, there are about 19.5 students; the school has 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is higher. There are 473 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 93% of enrollment. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Among California public middle schools, Foothill Ranch Middle outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Foothill Ranch Middle would be expected to post about 25.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.5%.
Sacramento County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Woodridge Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.5%; Foothill Ranch Middle's is 21.5%, ranking 6th of 7.
Foothill Ranch Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Foothill Ranch Middle had 521 students in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.8:1 in 2020-21 to 19.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Foothill Ranch Middle discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Foothill HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 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
Nearby schools
- Woodridge Elementary0.3 mi · 814
- Foothill High0.3 mi · 1,417
- Pioneer TK-80.3 mi · 648
- Frontier Elementary0.6 mi · 379
- Hillsdale Elementary0.9 mi · 234
- Miles P. Richmond0.9 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill Ranch MiddleHow many students attend Foothill Ranch Middle?
Foothill Ranch Middle enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Foothill Ranch Middle serve?
Foothill Ranch Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Foothill Ranch Middle?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Foothill Ranch Middle.
What is the student diversity at Foothill Ranch Middle?
Student demographics at Foothill Ranch Middle are roughly 19% White, 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 20% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Foothill Ranch Middle public or private?
Foothill Ranch Middle 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.