1
What's something Norwood Junior High does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
450
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133211201
Norwood Junior High
4601 Norwood Ave., Sacramento, CA 95838 · (916) 566-2710 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
20.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
374 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 7 | 234 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 48% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
49.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.0pp since 2014
Math
24.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 33.9% | 26.0% | 25.1% |
| Math | 13.1% | 11.7% | 22.8% | 52.4% |
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 | 49.0% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 14.3% |
| 2022-23 | 41.7% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.9% | 14.4% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 28.2% |
| 2017-18 | 45.3% | 30.7% |
| 2016-17 | 36.1% | 28.3% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Norwood Junior High
Norwood Junior High's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Junior High this school | 450 | 83.1% | 32.7% |
| King Jr. (Martin Luther) Academic Middle San Francisco | 367 | 77.9% | 24.7% |
| Delta Sierra Middle Stockton | 563 | 92.5% | 18.1% |
| Pinole Middle Pinole | 381 | 80.1% | 24.5% |
| Fern Bacon Middle Sacramento | 679 | 87.6% | 25.4% |
| Carquinez Middle Crockett | 286 | 83.6% | 22.4% |
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 Norwood Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #678 of 1,224 | #20 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #723 of 1,227 ▲ 261 | #21 of 39 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #515 of 1,227 ▲ 72 | #15 of 39 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #39 of 1,214 | #2 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #1,015 of 1,377 | #35 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #554 of 1,279 | #16 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #52 of 1,278 | #14 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #455 of 1,329 | #12 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #31 of 930 | #1 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
450
-90 (-17%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 450 | 21.8 | 20.6:1 | 83% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 21.8 | 21.0:1 | 81% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 17.3 | 23.5:1 | 83% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 86% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 34.5 | 21.7:1 | 82% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 83% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 85% (610) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (749 to 450); teachers down 37% (34.5 to 21.8).
About Norwood Junior High
Sacramento, California, is home to Norwood Junior High, a small middle school. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 450 students. Enrollment is 32% lower than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Across its 44 schools, Twin Rivers Unified enrolls 24,770 students. Norwood Junior High is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Norwood Junior High is Hispanic (38%). The remaining students are 30% Asian, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% White. Census figures show Sacramento County is about 24% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Norwood Junior High comes in at 73%.
Norwood Junior High employs 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.6:1. Middle schools in California average about 20.7:1, a similar figure. Norwood Junior High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 83%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 20 points.
Measured against California public middle schools, Norwood Junior High receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Norwood Junior High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.7%) and its predicted rate (30.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Among Sacramento County residents, median household income is about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Norwood Junior High is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County, which together enroll about 259,342 students.
Taylor Street Elementary is the public school closest to Norwood Junior High, about 0.5 miles away. Norwood Junior High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Norwood Junior High ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 32.7% versus a 22.4% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 450 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 540.
Discussions about Norwood Junior High may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Twin Rivers Unified
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 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
- Taylor Street Elementary0.5 mi · 330
- Glenwood Elementary0.6 mi · 481
- New Hope Charter0.6 mi · 164
- Higher Learning Academy0.6 mi · 519
- Futures High0.6 mi · 469
- Robla Elementary0.9 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood Junior HighHow many students attend Norwood Junior High?
Norwood Junior High enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Norwood Junior High serve?
Norwood Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norwood Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norwood Junior High is approximately 20.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Norwood Junior High?
At Norwood Junior High, the student body is approximately 5% White, 38% Hispanic, 15% Black, 30% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Norwood Junior High public or private?
Norwood Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.