Will C. Wood Middle

As a moderately sized middle school in Sacramento, California, Will C. Wood Middle educates 680 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Sacramento City Unified.

Sacramento City Unified comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 37,657 students; Will C. Wood Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Will C. Wood Middle reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 6% Black, 4% White, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Will C. Wood Middle has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Will C. Wood Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 26.9%.

In the area at large, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Will C. Wood Middle is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Suy:u Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Will C. Wood Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Will C. Wood Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Will C. Wood Middle has remained close to its prior level, going from 693 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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