Pacific Career and Technology High

As a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in North Highlands, California, Pacific Career and Technology High enrolls 69 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Twin Rivers Unified. That puts it 92% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Twin Rivers Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 24,770 students, Pacific Career and Technology High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Pacific Career and Technology High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 17% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 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 Pacific Career and Technology High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kohler TK-8, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 51%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 69 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 27% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.