Winston Churchill Middle

Winston Churchill Middle, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Carmichael, California, one of the schools within San Juan Unified, caters to 987 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Winston Churchill Middle sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Within San Juan Unified, which oversees 67 schools and 39,171 students, Winston Churchill Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Winston Churchill Middle reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 26% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Winston Churchill Middle records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Winston Churchill Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Winston Churchill Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winston Churchill Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 57.6%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the broader community, Sacramento County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Winston Churchill Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mission Avenue Open Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winston Churchill Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winston Churchill Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 1,042 students in 2018 compared to 987 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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