Robert L. McCaffrey Middle

Robert L. McCaffrey Middle operates as a mid-tier junior high in Galt, California, operated by Galt Joint Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 779 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Galt Joint Union Elementary comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,441 students; Robert L. McCaffrey Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robert L. McCaffrey Middle lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Robert L. McCaffrey Middle has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at Robert L. McCaffrey Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robert L. McCaffrey Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the broader community, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Robert L. McCaffrey Middle is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Marengo Ranch Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robert L. McCaffrey Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert L. McCaffrey Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 929 students in 2018 compared to 779 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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