Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle

Located at 3700 Del Paso Rd., in Sacramento, California, Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that serves 513 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Natomas Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 20 schools in Natomas Unified (14,902 students total), Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle lists that the largest single group is Asian at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle has changed only slightly, going from 509 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 39% to 52%.

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