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Natomas High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Natomas High
Located at 3301 Fong Ranch Rd., in Sacramento, California, Natomas High is a medium-sized four-year high school that educates 1,157 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Natomas Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 838.
Natomas High is one of 20 schools operated by Natomas Unified, a district that educates 14,902 students overall.
Demographically, Natomas High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 11% Asian, 8% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Natomas High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 24.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Natomas High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Discovery High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Natomas High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Natomas High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 24.8%.
Natomas High operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 1,035 students in 2018 compared to 1,157 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.
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