Hiram W. Johnson High

Located at 6879 14th Ave., in Sacramento, California, Hiram W. Johnson High is a sizable secondary school that works with 1,682 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Sacramento City Unified. That puts it 101% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Sacramento City Unified comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 37,657 students; Hiram W. Johnson High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hiram W. Johnson High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 23% Asian, 9% Black, 6% White, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Hiram W. Johnson High higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hiram W. Johnson High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.1%; actual is 17.5%, a gap of -16.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) shows that median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Hiram W. Johnson High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tahoe Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hiram W. Johnson High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hiram W. Johnson High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Hiram W. Johnson High's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,497 (now 1,682). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 46% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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