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Enrollment
909
Middle
DISTRICT 1,094 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233010292
Samuel Jackman Middle
7925 Kentwal Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823 · (916) 393-2352 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL909 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
20.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
788 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 479 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 430 | 47% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
29.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.6pp since 2014
Math
14.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.9% | 22.7% | 24.7% | 45.7% |
| Math | 5.8% | 8.7% | 22.4% | 63.1% |
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 | 29.6% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 10.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.6% | 13.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.8% | 16.5% |
| 2020-21 | 31.8% | 18.0% |
| 2018-19 | 31.1% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.1% | 22.5% |
| 2016-17 | 29.2% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Samuel Jackman Middle
Samuel Jackman Middle's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Jackman Middle this school | 909 | 86.7% | 19.6% |
| James Rutter Middle Sacramento | 871 | 87.7% | 23.0% |
| John Muir Middle San Leandro | 969 | 79.4% | 32.5% |
| Fern Bacon Middle Sacramento | 679 | 87.6% | 25.4% |
| Bell Middle San Diego | 700 | 81.1% | 23.8% |
| Jessie Nelson Academy Signal Hill | 832 | 80.5% | 27.8% |
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 Samuel Jackman Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,061 of 1,224 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,035 of 1,227 ▲ 49 | #31 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #997 of 1,227 ▲ 93 | #29 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #636 of 1,214 | #13 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 909 | #296 of 1,377 | #13 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #575 of 1,279 | #17 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #111 of 1,278 | #20 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #385 of 1,329 | #9 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #630 of 930 | #13 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
909
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 1,404
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 909 | 43.8 | 20.8:1 | 87% (788) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 41.4 | 20.5:1 | 81% (690) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 43.5 | 20.5:1 | 62% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 44 | 21.9:1 | 74% (715) |
| 2017-18 | 1,019 | 48.2 | 21.1:1 | 90% (914) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 46 | 19.7:1 | 91% (827) |
| 2010-11 | 975 | N/A | N/A | 89% (870) |
| 2000-01 | 1,404 | 66 | 21.3:1 | 67% (943) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel Jackman Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,019 to 909); teachers down 9% (48.2 to 43.8).
About Samuel Jackman Middle
Federal records list Samuel Jackman Middle as a middle school in Sacramento, California. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 909 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
The district, Elk Grove Unified, has 63,232 students enrolled across 67 schools.
Samuel Jackman Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 40%. It is also 32% Asian, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. Sacramento County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 16 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Samuel Jackman Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Teachers at Samuel Jackman Middle total 43.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.8:1. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. The average for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
allk12 grades Samuel Jackman Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Samuel Jackman Middle is 9.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that median household income is about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 387 public schools operate in Sacramento County, serving about 259,342 students.
The next-closest public school is Prairie Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Samuel Jackman Middle. On proficiency, Samuel Jackman Middle is behind the 24.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Samuel Jackman Middle had 965 students in 2020-21 and 909 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.9:1 to 20.8:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Samuel Jackman Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Samuel Jackman MiddleHow many students attend Samuel Jackman Middle?
Samuel Jackman Middle enrolls approximately 909 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Samuel Jackman Middle serve?
Samuel Jackman Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Samuel Jackman Middle have?
Samuel Jackman Middle employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
How diverse is Samuel Jackman Middle?
Samuel Jackman Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 40% Hispanic, 14% Black, 32% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Samuel Jackman Middle public or private?
Samuel Jackman Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.