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Alumni: what's one memory from Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
708
Middle
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005808
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle
8935 Elm Ave., Orangevale, CA 95662 · (916) 971-7891 · Sacramento County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
371 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 213 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 241 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
37.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.5% | 28.1% | 23.3% | 32.1% |
| Math | 19.5% | 17.7% | 25.1% | 37.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 44.5% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 36.2% |
| 2018-19 | 50.6% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 50.8% |
| 2016-17 | 49.9% | 44.9% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle this school | 708 | 52.4% | 43.0% |
| Andrew Carnegie Middle Orangevale | 687 | 45.9% | 44.2% |
| Atascadero Middle Atascadero | 845 | 48.4% | 40.7% |
| Toyon Middle Valley Springs | 522 | 56.1% | 16.6% |
| Los Osos Middle Los Osos | 494 | 51.4% | 57.3% |
| John Barrett Middle Carmichael | 802 | 55.0% | 32.0% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #458 of 1,224 | #14 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #454 of 1,227 ▼ 96 | #12 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #602 of 1,227 ▼ 128 | #20 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #665 of 1,214 | #14 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #592 of 1,377 | #21 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #1,077 of 1,279 | #34 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #595 of 1,278 | #39 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #918 of 1,329 | #28 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #102 of 257 | #6 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
708
+63 (+10%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 708 | 29.6 | 24.0:1 | 52% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 28.8 | 24.4:1 | 47% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 27.3 | 23.8:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 26 | 24.8:1 | 35% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 28.2 | 22.9:1 | 36% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 25 | 28.5:1 | 41% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | N/A | N/A | 40% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 39 | 24.0:1 | 19% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 1,010 | 41 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (646 to 708); teachers up 5% (28.2 to 29.6).
About Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Orangevale, California. It enrolled 708 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
San Juan Unified has a total of 67 schools and 39,171 students, Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle among them.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle combined. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Sacramento County, the White share is about 45%. By the diversity index, Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle comes in at 53%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.0:1, with 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle is 52%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 11 points.
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.0% and a predicted 48.8%.
Within Sacramento County, median household income is about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 387 public schools in Sacramento County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,342.
Nearest public school: Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 43.0% versus a 43.6% average.
Federal data place Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 645 in 2020-21 and 708 in 2024-25, a increase of 63 students.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Orangevale
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
- Andrew Carnegie MiddleMiddle · 687 students
- Pershing ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Oakview Community ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Trajan ElementaryElementary · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary0.4 mi · 307
- Oakview Community Elementary0.5 mi · 407
- Casa Roble Fundamental High0.7 mi · 1,150
- Golden Valley Orchard0.7 mi · 292
- American River Collegiate Academy0.9 mi · 132
- Ottomon Way Elementary1.3 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Louis Pasteur Fundamental MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle?
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle serve?
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle.
What is the student diversity at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle?
Student demographics at Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle are roughly 64% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle in?
Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.