Will Rogers Middle

As an average-sized middle school in Fair Oaks, California, Will Rogers Middle caters to 564 students from grades 6 through 8, run under San Juan Unified.

San Juan Unified comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 39,171 students; Will Rogers Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Will Rogers Middle lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 34% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Sacramento County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Will Rogers Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Will Rogers Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Will Rogers Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.

In the broader community, 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%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Will Rogers Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Del Campo High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Will Rogers Middle. On composite proficiency, Will Rogers Middle comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

Will Rogers Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Will Rogers Middle has edged down 25%, going from 748 students in 2018 to 564 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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