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Enrollment
480
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133205023
Westside Preparatory Charter
6537 West Second St., Rio Linda, CA 95673 · (916) 566-1990 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
389 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 255 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 47% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
51.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 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 | 16.2% | 35.1% | 23.2% | 25.5% |
| Math | 17.3% | 17.9% | 26.9% | 38.0% |
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 | 51.3% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 36.7% |
| 2021-22 | 50.4% | 34.8% |
| 2018-19 | 65.7% | 54.0% |
| 2017-18 | 51.8% | 44.7% |
| 2016-17 | 57.4% | 43.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Westside Preparatory Charter
Westside Preparatory Charter's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Preparatory Charter this school | 480 | 81.0% | 42.4% |
| Albert Einstein Middle Sacramento | 579 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Creative Performing and Media Arts San Diego | 614 | 77.4% | 26.3% |
| Sierra Middle Stockton | 591 | 72.4% | 39.1% |
| Anna McKenney Intermediate Marysville | 590 | 76.4% | 22.8% |
| Farb Middle San Diego | 443 | 67.7% | 43.2% |
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 Westside Preparatory Charter ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #469 of 1,224 | #15 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #492 of 1,227 ▲ 48 | #15 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #463 of 1,227 ▼ 52 | #13 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #788 of 1,214 | #20 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #956 of 1,377 | #34 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #507 of 1,279 | #15 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #45 of 1,278 | #11 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #521 of 1,329 | #15 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.7% | #33 of 257 | #2 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
480
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 480 | 23.6 | 20.3:1 | 81% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 20.7 | 21.6:1 | 79% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 20.7 | 19.0:1 | 75% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 19 | 24.8:1 | 82% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 15.1 | 25.5:1 | 77% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 14 | 24.9:1 | 74% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | N/A | N/A | 65% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Preparatory Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (385 to 480); teachers up 56% (15.1 to 23.6).
About Westside Preparatory Charter
Westside Preparatory Charter is a small middle school located in Rio Linda, California. It has an enrollment of 480 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Westside Preparatory Charter reports to Twin Rivers Unified, which has 44 schools and 24,770 students.
About 41% of students at Westside Preparatory Charter are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 25% White, 11% Black, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Westside Preparatory Charter reported 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.3:1. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is close to this figure. There are 389 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 81% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
Westside Preparatory Charter earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of California public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Westside Preparatory Charter would be expected to post about 32.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.4%.
Looking at the county, Sacramento County, median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
Westside Elementary is the nearest public school to Westside Preparatory Charter, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Westside Preparatory Charter comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Westside Preparatory Charter is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Westside Preparatory Charter is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (471) to 2024-25 (480). By 2024-25, the school had 20.3 students per teacher, compared with 24.8 in 2020-21.
The Westside Preparatory Charter discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Twin Rivers Unified
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in Rio Linda
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Heritage Peak CharterCombined · 1,181 students
- Dry Creek ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Orchard ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Rio Linda Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Westside Elementary0.0 mi · 376
- Heritage Peak Charter0.9 mi · 1,181
- Rio Linda Preparatory Academy1.4 mi · 331
- Rio Linda High1.5 mi · 1,594
- Orchard Elementary1.6 mi · 366
- Dry Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Preparatory CharterWhat is the total enrollment at Westside Preparatory Charter?
Westside Preparatory Charter enrolls approximately 480 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Westside Preparatory Charter serve?
Westside Preparatory Charter serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westside Preparatory Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westside Preparatory Charter is approximately 20.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Westside Preparatory Charter?
Westside Preparatory Charter reports a student body of 25% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Westside Preparatory Charter public or private?
Westside Preparatory Charter is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.