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Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005289
Will C. Wood Middle
6201 Lemon Hill Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824 · (916) 395-5380 · Sacramento County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of California public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
20.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
573 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 356 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 48% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
27.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.3pp since 2014
Math
20.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 18.0% | 20.9% | 51.8% |
| Math | 10.7% | 9.2% | 20.3% | 59.8% |
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 | 27.3% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 21.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.6% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 31.2% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 30.9% | 20.6% |
| 2016-17 | 33.6% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Will C. Wood Middle
Will C. Wood Middle's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will C. Wood Middle this school | 680 | 84.3% | 25.3% |
| Morada Middle Stockton | 685 | 83.1% | 28.7% |
| Alamitos Intermediate Garden Grove | 581 | 86.9% | 45.9% |
| Elizabeth Terronez Middle Fresno | 659 | 88.6% | 20.8% |
| Washington Manor Middle San Leandro | 500 | 74.0% | 31.7% |
| John Muir Middle San Leandro | 969 | 79.4% | 32.5% |
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 Will C. Wood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #898 of 1,224 | #27 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #862 of 1,227 ▼ 103 | #25 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,054 of 1,227 ▼ 184 | #32 of 39 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #312 of 1,214 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #632 of 1,377 | #23 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #496 of 1,279 | #14 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #299 of 1,278 | #33 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #432 of 1,329 | #10 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #894 of 930 | #23 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
680
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,070
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 680 | 33.6 | 20.2:1 | 84% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 31.9 | 20.9:1 | 91% (606) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 28.2 | 24.2:1 | 89% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 30 | 23.6:1 | 93% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 28.9 | 24.0:1 | 87% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 27 | 24.5:1 | 92% (609) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | N/A | N/A | 100% (720) |
| 2000-01 | 1,173 | 55 | 21.3:1 | 80% (937) |
| 1990-91 | 1,070 | 51 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Will C. Wood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (693 to 680); teachers up 17% (28.9 to 33.6).
About Will C. Wood Middle
Will C. Wood Middle is a mid-sized middle school in California, located in Sacramento. It offers grades 7 through 8 and has 680 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 73 schools in Sacramento City Unified totals 37,657 students.
Hispanic students account for 49% of enrollment at Will C. Wood Middle, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 33% Asian, 6% Black, 4% White, and 4% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Will C. Wood Middle scores 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. The school has 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal data show 84% of students (573) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Among California public middle schools, Will C. Wood Middle outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.2% for Will C. Wood Middle. The school posts 25.3%, 4.9 points below the prediction.
Census data for Sacramento County show the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Will C. Wood Middle, Sacramento County has 387 public schools.
Will C. Wood Middle's nearest public school is Suy:u Elementary (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Will C. Wood Middle ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Will C. Wood Middle had a net loss of 28 students, or 4%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.6:1 to 20.2:1 over the same years.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other Will C. Wood Middle schools
One other US public school is named Will C. Wood Middle. Will C. Wood Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Will C. Wood MiddleAlameda, CA · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Suy:u Elementary0.4 mi · 392
- Camellia Elementary0.9 mi · 309
- Nicholas Elementary0.9 mi · 482
- Earl Warren Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- West Campus1.0 mi · 907
- Mark Twain Elementary1.0 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Will C. Wood MiddleHow large is Will C. Wood Middle?
Will C. Wood Middle enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Will C. Wood Middle serve?
Will C. Wood Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Will C. Wood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Will C. Wood Middle is approximately 20.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Will C. Wood Middle?
At Will C. Wood Middle, the student body is approximately 4% White, 49% Hispanic, 6% Black, 33% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Will C. Wood Middle?
Will C. Wood Middle is overseen by Sacramento City Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.