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James Rutter Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2135^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 23% of California middle schools

Summary

James Rutter Middle is a public school serving 871 students in grades 7-8 in Sacramento, part of the Elk Grove Unified district, which is generally above average, but the school itself has consistently received low state rankings for the past decade.

Academically, the school performs significantly below both district and state averages, with particularly low proficiency in science at 14%. It faces a high rate of chronic student absenteeism, though this has improved recently. The school serves a student population where economic need has grown rapidly, and it receives more funding per student than several nearby schools in the same district, such as Edward Harris Junior Middle and Harriet G. Eddy Middle, which have better academic outcomes. Performance gaps are notable for several student groups, and interestingly, male students at the school consistently outperform female students.

When compared to schools in the neighboring Sacramento City Unified district, like Fern Bacon Middle, James Rutter Middle achieves similar results with considerably less funding. The most instructive comparison is with Edward Harris Junior Middle, a higher-performing school within the same district, demonstrating that stronger results are possible with similar resources.

871

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,432

Per pupil spending ?

87.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7350 Palmer House Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95828-4027

(916) 422-7590

District: Elk Grove Unified

Students who attend James Rutter Middle usually attend:

High:

Florin High

Feeder schools for James Rutter Middle:

Elementary:	Anna Kirchgater Elementary
	David Reese Elementary
	Florin Elementary
	Samuel Kennedy Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.4%

Asian:

34.7%

African American:

12.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg46%

California avg41%

2,135^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9Middle Schools in the Elk Grove Unified

562^nd of 1,543Elk Grove Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	2135 of 2761	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	2209 of 2783	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	2211 of 2781	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	2143 of 2740	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.8	701 of 894	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.3	2126 of 2715	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	1892 of 2480	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.9	1861 of 2508	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.7	1955 of 2497	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.3	1933 of 2477	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.2	1901 of 2379	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.9	1587 of 2259	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.5	1714 of 2236	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.1	1573 of 2179	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	35.8	1313 of 2063	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	42.4	1103 of 2005	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.5	1149 of 1999	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	40.1	1008 of 1804	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	36.5	1073 of 1777	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	34.4	1095 of 1769	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	468 of 609	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	475 of 627	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	457 of 613	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	574 of 637	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	587 of 643	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.1	432 of 600	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.0	688 of 739	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.2	713 of 743	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.0	677 of 715	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.5	696 of 733	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.0	710 of 745	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.1	648 of 700	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.4	1247 of 1531	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.6	298 of 354	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	1238 of 1491	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1286 of 1369	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.4	879 of 1478	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	751 of 1521	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	427 of 1540	72.3%	★★★★☆
2021	41.6	168 of 363	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.5	854 of 1442	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.3	699 of 1364	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	2101 of 2533	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	2117 of 2551	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	2059 of 2531	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	1809 of 2509	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	559 of 738	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	1956 of 2380	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	1738 of 2262	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	1874 of 2395	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	1909 of 2388	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	2096 of 2374	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	1963 of 2359	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	1901 of 2213	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	1824 of 2072	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	466 of 477	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	372 of 394	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	1809 of 2542	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	1953 of 2579	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1908 of 2531	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.1	1615 of 2458	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.3	460 of 721	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1741 of 2369	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.6	1539 of 2230	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1860 of 2534	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.8	1969 of 2552	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	2033 of 2538	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	2121 of 2527	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	629 of 763	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.5	1924 of 2407	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	1814 of 2273	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	677 of 726	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	657 of 701	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	642 of 677	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.2	648 of 665	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.3	519 of 554	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.3	444 of 462	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	12 of 13	7.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.4	11 of 12	8.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	12 of 15	20.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.2	12 of 19	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	58.9	5 of 11	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	1121 of 1566	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	1397 of 1552	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	1316 of 1531	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	1194 of 1520	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	1459 of 1537	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.4	1470 of 1543	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	1344 of 1555	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	1529 of 1602	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	1275 of 1496	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile~ school

White (2025)21st percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile-6 vs school

Pacific Islander (2025)8th percentile-15 vs school

Asian (2025)7th percentile-16 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)7th percentile-16 vs school

Homeless (2025)2nd percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics21%-16 vs state

Science14%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
James Rutter Middle	Public	7-8	7350 Palmer House Dr.	Sacramento	95828	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 422-7590	871	45	19.3	87.7%	43 (4.9%)	106 (12.2%)	352 (40.4%)	302 (34.7%)	4 (0.5%)	31 (3.6%)	33 (3.8%)	22.5	2135^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.7%		21.2	2209^th of 2783 public middle schools	20.6%	74		14.1	14.1				31.9	24.0	28.1				23.2	18.6	21.0	$17,432	$2,091	$15,341
Will C. Wood Middle	Public	7-8	6201 Lemon Hill Ave.	Sacramento	95824	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5380	680	34	20.2	84.3%	29 (4.3%)	41 (6.0%)	332 (48.8%)	224 (32.9%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (4.0%)	25 (3.7%)	24.6	2027^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.6%		31	1771^st of 2783 public middle schools	36.4%	256		23.3	23.3				26.4	28.4	27.3				18.2	21.9	20.0	$23,557	$4,435	$19,122
Samuel Jackman Middle	Public	7-8	7925 Kentwal Dr.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 393-2352	909	44	20.7	86.7%	40 (4.4%)	126 (13.9%)	367 (40.4%)	288 (31.7%)	3 (0.3%)	33 (3.6%)	52 (5.7%)	20	2225^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.4%		17	2399^th of 2783 public middle schools	13.8%	174		16.6	16.6				29.7	29.4	29.6				14.6	14.3	14.5	$17,567	$1,749	$15,818
Fern Bacon Middle	Public	7-8	4140 Cuny Ave.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5340	679	29	23.2	87.6%	47 (6.9%)	99 (14.6%)	350 (51.5%)	147 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.8%)	17 (2.5%)	23.3	2083^rd of 2761 public middle schools	24.6%		25.6	2014^th of 2783 public middle schools	27.6%	69		11.8	11.8				28.5	31.9	30.1				22.2	21.0	21.6	$22,692	$4,366	$18,326
Cesar Chavez Intermediate	Public	4-6	7500 32nd St.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4530	357	14	26.3	87.1%	14 (3.9%)	39 (10.9%)	201 (56.3%)	73 (20.4%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.6%)	16 (4.5%)								(n/a)	9.5		9.5	37.2	32.0	39.5			36.1	20.3	12.7	23.3			18.7	$21,002	$4,213	$16,789
Edward Harris Junior Middle	Public	7-8	8691 Power Inn Rd.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 688-0080	1,187	54	22.1	71.9%	98 (8.3%)	160 (13.5%)	282 (23.8%)	495 (41.7%)	3 (0.3%)	32 (2.7%)	117 (9.9%)	68	717^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.0%		67.3	733^rd of 2783 public middle schools	73.7%	16		40.6	40.6				53.9	56.1	55.0				41.2	43.0	42.0	$15,563	$1,249	$14,314
Success Academy	Public	4-8	2221 Matson Dr.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4990	1	2	.4		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.2	2751^st of 2761 public middle schools	0.4%					(n/a)		0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0
T. R. Smedberg Middle	Public	7-8	8239 Kingsbridge Dr.	Sacramento	95829	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 681-7525	1,065	49	21.7	71.5%	90 (8.5%)	124 (11.6%)	275 (25.8%)	465 (43.7%)	9 (0.8%)	17 (1.6%)	85 (8.0%)	41.2	1458^th of 2761 public middle schools	47.2%		40.7	1436^th of 2783 public middle schools	48.4%	22		21.9	21.9				47.7	42.9	45.2				30.2	23.9	26.9	$15,393	$941	$14,452
Harriet G. Eddy Middle	Public	7-8	9329 Soaring Oaks Dr.	Elk Grove	95758	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 683-1302	1,034	51	20.1	55.5%	170 (16.4%)	112 (10.8%)	310 (30.0%)	281 (27.2%)	2 (0.2%)	19 (1.8%)	140 (13.5%)	43.8	1367^th of 2761 public middle schools	50.5%		50.1	1169^th of 2783 public middle schools	58.0%	198		21.9	21.9				44.2	48.0	46.1				32.3	26.5	29.4	$15,216	$731	$14,485
Albert Einstein Middle	Public	7-8	9325 Mirandy Dr.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5310	579	25	23.0	73.2%	127 (21.9%)	90 (15.5%)	216 (37.3%)	66 (11.4%)	7 (1.2%)	16 (2.8%)	57 (9.8%)	24.4	2037^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.2%		26	1997^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.2%	40		15.3	15.3				39.6	26.4	33.2				24.4	11.4	17.9	$22,614	$3,397	$19,217

Frequently Asked Questions about James Rutter Middle

What district is James Rutter Middle in?

Elk Grove Unified

What high school do graduates of James Rutter Middle attend?

Students who attend James Rutter Middle usually go on to attend Florin High

What is the racial makeup of James Rutter Middle?

Students at James Rutter Middle are 40% Hispanic, 35% Asian, 12% African American, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% Pacific Islander.

Is James Rutter Middle a good school?

James Rutter Middle ranks in the bottom 22.7% of California middle schools.

How many students attend James Rutter Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 871 students attended James Rutter Middle.

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