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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATOMAS UNIFIED·NCES 060003608582
Natomas Middle
3200 North Park Dr., Sacramento, CA 95835 · (916) 567-5540 · Sacramento County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
546 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 234 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 35% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
23.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.7% | 17.8% | 22.7% | 53.8% |
| Math | 3.7% | 8.0% | 20.4% | 67.9% |
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 | 23.5% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 9.5% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 14.4% |
| 2018-19 | 28.8% | 17.4% |
| 2017-18 | 28.6% | 18.3% |
| 2016-17 | 22.8% | 16.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Natomas Middle
Natomas Middle's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natomas Middle this school | 672 | 81.3% | 16.4% |
| Dallas Ranch Middle Antioch | 795 | 78.2% | 19.9% |
| Black Diamond Middle Antioch | 358 | 81.0% | 16.2% |
| Endeavour Middle Lancaster | 805 | 81.7% | 12.2% |
| Bret Harte Middle Oakland | 337 | 92.6% | 16.6% |
| Mann Middle San Diego | 680 | 94.1% | 20.1% |
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 Natomas Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,120 of 1,224 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,107 of 1,227 ▲ 22 | #35 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #1,118 of 1,227 ▲ 13 | #36 of 39 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #43 of 1,214 | #2 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #647 of 1,377 | #25 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #454 of 1,279 | #10 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #11 of 1,278 | #2 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #517 of 1,329 | #14 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #623 of 930 | #12 of 24 |
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
672
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+140% since 2000-01, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 672 | 33.8 | 19.9:1 | 81% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 36.4 | 16.7:1 | 79% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 35.6 | 18.6:1 | 65% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 69% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 39.6 | 19.0:1 | 65% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 38 | 21.4:1 | 64% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | N/A | N/A | 63% (596) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 15 | 18.7:1 | 51% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Natomas Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (754 to 672); teachers down 15% (39.6 to 33.8).
About Natomas Middle
Natomas Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in Sacramento, California. Enrollment is 672 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Natomas Unified runs 20 schools with a combined 14,902 students. Natomas Middle is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Natomas Middle. The largest is Black students, at 32%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 9% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Sacramento County's population at about 9%. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 19.9:1 comes from the school's 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 81% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Natomas Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 31.9%. Natomas Middle posts 16.4%, 15.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Natomas Middle is one of 387 public schools in the county.
H. Allen Hight Elementary is the public school closest to Natomas Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.0%; Natomas Middle's is 16.4%, ranking 8th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Natomas Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Natomas Middle enrolled 661; in 2024-25, 672. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.9:1 to 19.9:1.
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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 Natomas Unified
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Westlake CharterCombined · 1,493 students
- Natomas HighHigh · 1,157 students
- HeronElementary · 977 students
- Paso VerdeElementary · 897 students
- H. Allen Hight ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Nearby schools
- H. Allen Hight Elementary0.0 mi · 760
- Westlake Charter0.7 mi · 1,493
- Northlake TK-80.8 mi · 380
- Natomas Charter0.9 mi · 1,850
- Inderkum High1.0 mi · 2,194
- Paso Verde1.1 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About Natomas MiddleHow many students attend Natomas Middle?
Natomas Middle enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
Is Natomas Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Natomas Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Natomas Middle have?
Natomas Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
How diverse is Natomas Middle?
Natomas Middle reports a student body of 9% White, 26% Hispanic, 32% Black, 21% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Natomas Middle?
Natomas Middle is overseen by Natomas Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.