Harriet G. Eddy Middle

Located at 9329 Soaring Oaks Dr., in Elk Grove, California, Harriet G. Eddy Middle is a heavily attended junior high that teaches 1,034 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 57% bigger than typical.

Across the 67 schools in Elk Grove Unified (63,232 students total), Harriet G. Eddy Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Harriet G. Eddy Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Asian, 16% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Black.

Looking at school resources, Harriet G. Eddy Middle lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at Harriet G. Eddy Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Harriet G. Eddy Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Harriet G. Eddy Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Elitha Donner Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harriet G. Eddy Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,043 students in 2018 compared to 1,034 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 18% to 11% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.