James Rutter Middle

James Rutter Middle, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified, hosts 871 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. James Rutter Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, James Rutter Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Asian, 12% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting James Rutter Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, James Rutter Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate 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%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which James Rutter Middle is one.

David Reese Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James Rutter Middle at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

James Rutter Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. James Rutter Middle's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 905 (now 871).

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