Katherine Johnson Middle

Katherine Johnson Middle is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Sacramento, California, run under San Juan Unified, with 612 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

San Juan Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 39,171 students. Katherine Johnson Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Katherine Johnson Middle shows that the largest single group is Asian at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 19% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 18% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Katherine Johnson Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Katherine Johnson Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.8%; this one comes in at 4.3%, -21.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) reports that median household income runs about $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), Katherine Johnson Middle is one campus in the mix.

Cottage Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Katherine Johnson Middle comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.2%.

Katherine Johnson Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

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