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Which teacher or staff member at Sutter Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,628
Middle
DISTRICT 1,194 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389008577
Sutter Middle
715 Riley St., Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9035 · Sacramento County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,628 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of California public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- 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
23.6:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
348 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 6 | 525 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 556 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 547 | 34% |
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
71.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.9% | 36.1% | 16.8% | 12.3% |
| Math | 36.4% | 21.2% | 21.7% | 20.6% |
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 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 57.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 54.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.9% | 54.9% |
| 2018-19 | 73.0% | 58.4% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 60.1% |
| 2016-17 | 70.8% | 61.9% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Sutter Middle
Sutter Middle's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Middle this school | 1,628 | 21.4% | 64.4% |
| Marshall Middle San Diego | 1,390 | 21.7% | 78.2% |
| Bernardo Heights Middle San Diego | 1,487 | 13.8% | 64.3% |
| Folsom Middle Folsom | 1,508 | 12.5% | 70.5% |
| Black Mountain Middle San Diego | 1,077 | 20.7% | 63.2% |
| Burlingame Intermediate Burlingame | 1,115 | 25.1% | 71.3% |
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 Sutter Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #173 of 1,224 | #3 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #206 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #3 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #169 of 1,227 ▼ 16 | #4 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #568 of 1,214 | #11 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,628 | #8 of 1,377 | #1 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #1,037 of 1,279 | #32 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #115 of 1,278 | #21 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #1,210 of 1,329 | #38 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #120 of 257 | #8 of 14 |
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
1,628
+255 (+19%) vs 2020
+94% since 2000-01, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 1,628 | 68.8 | 23.6:1 | 21% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 1,628 | 64.3 | 25.3:1 | 20% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 1,552 | 62 | 25.0:1 | 15% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 1,373 | 56 | 24.5:1 | 13% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 1,516 | 58.6 | 25.9:1 | 20% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 1,479 | 56 | 26.4:1 | 15% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 1,159 | N/A | N/A | 15% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 29 | 28.9:1 | 5% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutter Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,516 to 1,628); teachers up 17% (58.6 to 68.8).
About Sutter Middle
Sutter Middle is a high-enrollment middle school located in Folsom, California. The school enrolls 1,628 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
A total of 35 schools make up Folsom-Cordova Unified, with 21,699 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Sutter Middle. The largest is White students, at 39%. Other students are 31% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Sutter Middle total 68.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school counts 348 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 21%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
allk12 grades Sutter Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sutter Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.4%) and its predicted rate (67.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Federal survey data for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Sacramento County is home to 387 public schools and about 259,342 public school students.
Nearby, Theodore Judah Elementary is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Sutter Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sutter Middle places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment rise, from 1,373 in 2020-21 to 1,628 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
- W. E. Mitchell MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Other schools in Folsom
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Theodore Judah ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Mangini Ranch ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Alder Creek ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Theodore Judah Elementary0.5 mi · 600
- Blanche Sprentz Elementary1.2 mi · 348
- Golden Valley River1.3 mi · 297
- Folsom Middle1.4 mi · 1,508
- Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary1.7 mi · 490
- Natoma Station Elementary1.7 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Sutter MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sutter Middle?
Sutter Middle enrolls approximately 1,628 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sutter Middle serve?
Sutter Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sutter Middle?
Approximately 23.6:1 students per teacher at Sutter Middle.
How diverse is Sutter Middle?
Sutter Middle reports a student body of 39% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 31% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Sutter Middle?
Sutter Middle is overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.