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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005824
Sylvan Middle
7085 Auburn Blvd., Citrus Heights, CA 95621 · (916) 971-7873 · Sacramento County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
387 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 187 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 209 | 35% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
25.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
10.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.1% | 22.8% | 25.5% | 48.5% |
| Math | 2.9% | 7.9% | 28.5% | 60.8% |
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 | 25.9% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 10.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 13.8% |
| 2018-19 | 28.3% | 15.2% |
| 2017-18 | 26.7% | 12.5% |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | 15.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sylvan Middle
Sylvan Middle's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Middle this school | 604 | 64.1% | 18.2% |
| Murray Middle Ridgecrest | 643 | 56.1% | 27.0% |
| La Contenta Middle Yucca Valley | 647 | 70.2% | 25.9% |
| Bear River Wheatland | 585 | 58.8% | 41.9% |
| James Monroe Middle Ridgecrest | 490 | 58.4% | 24.7% |
| Vista Preparatory Academy Red Bluff | 541 | 71.2% | 12.5% |
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 Sylvan Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,092 of 1,224 | #34 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #1,125 of 1,227 ▼ 26 | #36 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #1,079 of 1,227 ▼ 36 | #34 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #48 of 1,214 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #753 of 1,377 | #27 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #869 of 1,279 | #24 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #285 of 1,278 | #32 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #788 of 1,329 | #21 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #300 of 930 | #7 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
604
-146 (-19%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 604 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 64% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 28.7 | 21.9:1 | 58% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 30.4 | 21.3:1 | 71% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 29 | 25.9:1 | 59% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 33.1 | 23.3:1 | 72% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 72% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | N/A | N/A | 68% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 31 | 23.0:1 | 33% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 32 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvan Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (769 to 604); teachers down 18% (33.1 to 27).
About Sylvan Middle
Sylvan Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in Citrus Heights, California. A federal count lists 604 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
San Juan Unified counts 39,171 students in its 67 schools, and Sylvan Middle is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Sylvan Middle, at 46%. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. The county population is about 45% White, within a few points of the school. Sylvan Middle's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Sylvan Middle, 27 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 22.4:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 22.4:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 64% of enrollment. That tracks the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Sylvan Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Sylvan Middle ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 18.2%. Predicted: 42.0%. Difference: 23.8 points.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Sylvan Middle, Sacramento County has 386 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Sylvan Middle to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Carriage Drive Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sylvan Middle is 9th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sylvan Middle's enrollment declined from 750 in 2020-21 to 604 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 22.4:1, from 25.9:1.
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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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Citrus Heights
- Mesa Verde HighHigh · 894 students
- San Juan HighHigh · 559 students
- Kingswood K-8Elementary · 546 students
- Woodside K-8Elementary · 506 students
- Lichen K-8Elementary · 498 students
- Carriage Drive ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Carriage Drive Elementary0.6 mi · 444
- Mesa Verde High0.6 mi · 894
- San Juan High1.1 mi · 559
- Grand Oaks Elementary1.2 mi · 348
- Arlington Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 329
- Mariposa Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvan MiddleHow large is Sylvan Middle?
Sylvan Middle enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sylvan Middle serve?
Sylvan Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sylvan Middle have?
Sylvan Middle employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
How diverse is Sylvan Middle?
Sylvan Middle reports a student body of 46% White, 36% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvan Middle?
Sylvan Middle is overseen by San Juan Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.