Fortune

Fortune is a combined-grade school in Sacramento, California, according to federal school records. It serves 1,698 students in kindergarten through 12. The average among combined schools in California is roughly 602 students; this school is 182% bigger than that.

Federal records list Fortune District as the district for Fortune.

Black students make up a majority at Fortune, at 61%. The next largest groups are 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Sacramento County overall, about 9% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 92.6 full-time equivalents, or about 18.3 students per teacher. That matches the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 80%. Across public schools in Sacramento County, the average is 63%.

Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 387 public schools in Sacramento County, enrolling about 259,342 students in all.

The shortest distance from Fortune to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Camellia Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale data from NCES put Fortune in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

Enrollment declined 10% from its 2020-21 level of 1,890. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.5:1 in 2020-21 to 18.3:1 in 2024-25.

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