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Enrollment
1,317
Middle
DISTRICT 1,094 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233010594
Toby Johnson Middle
10099 Franklin High Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95757 · (916) 714-8181 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,317 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
22.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
592 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 | 614 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 703 | 53% |
Student demographics
74%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
66.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.6pp since 2014
Math
55.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.6% | 39.0% | 18.8% | 14.7% |
| Math | 35.1% | 20.1% | 22.9% | 21.9% |
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 | 66.6% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 50.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 53.5% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 58.1% |
| 2018-19 | 65.4% | 60.6% |
| 2017-18 | 65.0% | 56.9% |
| 2016-17 | 60.9% | 53.0% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Toby Johnson Middle
Toby Johnson Middle's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Johnson Middle this school | 1,317 | 45.0% | 57.7% |
| Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle Elk Grove | 1,136 | 43.9% | 68.0% |
| Canyon Middle Castro Valley | 1,418 | 40.7% | 54.6% |
| Katherine L. Albiani Middle Elk Grove | 1,447 | 38.3% | 62.0% |
| Presidio Middle San Francisco | 992 | 40.1% | 61.4% |
| Challenger Middle San Diego | 960 | 48.8% | 66.9% |
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 Toby Johnson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #251 of 1,224 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #223 of 1,227 ▲ 39 | #7 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #228 of 1,227 ▲ 64 | #6 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #723 of 1,214 | #17 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,317 | #46 of 1,377 | #4 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #952 of 1,279 | #28 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #31 of 1,278 | #8 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #995 of 1,329 | #32 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #241 of 257 | #14 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
1,317
-20 (-1%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,428
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 1,317 | 57.7 | 22.8:1 | 45% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 1,335 | 59.1 | 22.6:1 | 38% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 1,234 | 53.8 | 22.9:1 | 33% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 1,337 | 58 | 23.1:1 | 27% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 1,309 | 58.1 | 22.5:1 | 38% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 1,356 | 61 | 22.2:1 | 35% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 1,428 | N/A | N/A | 30% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toby Johnson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,309 to 1,317); teachers down 1% (58.1 to 57.7).
About Toby Johnson Middle
Elk Grove, California, is home to Toby Johnson Middle, a large middle-grades school. It enrolled 1,317 students in grades 7 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 100% higher than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Within Elk Grove Unified, Toby Johnson Middle is one of 67 schools. The district enrolls 63,232 students.
The most common group at Toby Johnson Middle is Asian students, at 41%. It is also 22% Hispanic, 14% White, 12% multiracial, and 10% Black. Sacramento County's residents are about 18% Asian, 23 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 57.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.8:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 45%. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
allk12 grades Toby Johnson Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Toby Johnson Middle, the prediction is 53.2% and the result is 57.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Toby Johnson Middle is one of 387 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Toby Johnson Middle to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Franklin High. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Toby Johnson Middle ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show 1,337 students in 2020-21 and 1,317 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The Toby Johnson Middle community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Elk Grove
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Elk Grove HighHigh · 1,684 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High0.2 mi · 2,650
- Elk Grove Charter0.3 mi · 262
- Carroll Elementary0.6 mi · 854
- Franklin Elementary0.7 mi · 932
- Arlene Hein Elementary0.7 mi · 817
- Helen Carr Castello Elementary0.8 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Toby Johnson MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Toby Johnson Middle?
Toby Johnson Middle enrolls approximately 1,317 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Toby Johnson Middle serve?
Toby Johnson Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Toby Johnson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Toby Johnson Middle is approximately 22.8:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Toby Johnson Middle?
Toby Johnson Middle reports a student body of 14% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 41% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Toby Johnson Middle in?
Toby Johnson Middle is part of Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.