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Samuel Jackman Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2225^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 19% of California middle schools

Summary

Samuel Jackman Middle is a public school serving grades 7-8 with 909 students in Sacramento, California, and is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District, but it faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 20% of all California schools.

The school's academic performance is well below both district and state averages, with fewer than 30% of students proficient in English and fewer than 15% proficient in math. This places it far behind other middle schools in the same district, such as Toby Johnson Middle and Joseph Kerr Middle. A notable finding is that James Rutter Middle, located less than two miles away, has an almost identical profile of low rankings and high student need, suggesting these are shared neighborhood challenges within an otherwise higher-performing district.

Despite receiving more funding per student than most comparable schools, these resources have not yet translated into stronger academic outcomes. The school has shown some areas of relative strength with specific student groups, and chronic absenteeism has improved from its peak. For context, similar struggles are seen in some schools in the neighboring Sacramento City Unified district, like Will C. Wood Middle. The school's situation highlights the complex task of improving outcomes in a high-need setting, even within a supportive district.

909

Students ?

20.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,567

Per pupil spending ?

86.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7925 Kentwal Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95823-6637

(916) 393-2352

District: Elk Grove Unified

Students who attend Samuel Jackman Middle usually attend:

High:

Valley High

Feeder schools for Samuel Jackman Middle:

Elementary:	Charles E. Mack Elementary
	Herman Leimbach Elementary
	John Reith Elementary
	Prairie Elementary
	More...
	Union House Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.4%

Asian:

31.7%

African American:

13.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg46%

California avg41%

2,225^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^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	20.0	2225 of 2761	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	2399 of 2783	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	2337 of 2781	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	2214 of 2740	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.7	704 of 894	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.4	1894 of 2715	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.9	1819 of 2480	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.5	1790 of 2508	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	27.4	1743 of 2497	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	27.0	1750 of 2477	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	33.7	1596 of 2379	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	28.2	1688 of 2259	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.6	1861 of 2236	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	34.9	1445 of 2179	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	24.1	1631 of 2063	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	32.2	1367 of 2005	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	35.2	1245 of 1999	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.5	1127 of 1804	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	28.8	1262 of 1777	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.5	1484 of 1769	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	483 of 609	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	553 of 627	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	464 of 613	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	504 of 637	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	498 of 643	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	490 of 600	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.0	702 of 739	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	719 of 743	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.2	698 of 715	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.3	707 of 733	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	682 of 745	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	645 of 700	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.2	1444 of 1531	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.0	270 of 354	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	1290 of 1491	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	1163 of 1369	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.9	1084 of 1478	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.9	890 of 1521	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.8	1034 of 1540	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.4	237 of 363	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.8	618 of 1442	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.8	540 of 1364	60.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	2134 of 2533	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	2213 of 2551	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	2186 of 2531	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	2055 of 2509	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	606 of 738	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	1852 of 2380	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	1814 of 2262	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	2095 of 2395	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	2109 of 2388	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	2018 of 2374	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	1914 of 2359	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	1427 of 2213	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.9	1419 of 2072	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	363 of 477	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	353 of 394	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	286 of 320	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1958 of 2542	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	2215 of 2579	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	2073 of 2531	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	1827 of 2458	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.0	477 of 721	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.2	1326 of 2369	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.1	1352 of 2230	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	2032 of 2534	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	2214 of 2552	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	2100 of 2538	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	2029 of 2527	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.0	577 of 763	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.1	1604 of 2407	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.9	1591 of 2273	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	684 of 726	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.6	693 of 701	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.8	637 of 677	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	620 of 665	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	525 of 554	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.7	454 of 462	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	6 of 13	53.8%	★★★★☆
2024	34.7	7 of 12	41.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.8	8 of 12	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.7	6 of 15	60.0%	★★★★☆
2019	28.9	16 of 19	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.1	6 of 11	45.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	1184 of 1566	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	1491 of 1552	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	1482 of 1531	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	1348 of 1520	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	1330 of 1537	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.7	1435 of 1543	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	1443 of 1555	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	1416 of 1602	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.6	1382 of 1496	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Pacific Islander (2025)54th percentile+34 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)27th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile+5 vs school

Homeless (2025)24th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)11th percentile-8 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)6th percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2022)6th percentile-14 vs school

Asian (2025)5th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Science17%-16 vs state

Mathematics14%-23 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Toby Johnson Middle	Public	7-8	10099 Franklin High Rd.	Elk Grove	95757	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 714-8181	1,317	58	22.8	45.0%	184 (14.0%)	132 (10.0%)	286 (21.7%)	541 (41.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.4%)	155 (11.8%)	83.9	389^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.9%		79.1	497^th of 2783 public middle schools	82.1%	108		44.2	44.2				68.9	64.6	66.6				57.3	53.3	55.2	$14,743	$853	$13,890

Frequently Asked Questions about Samuel Jackman Middle

What high school do graduates of Samuel Jackman Middle attend?

Students who attend Samuel Jackman Middle usually go on to attend Valley High

Is Samuel Jackman Middle a good school?

Samuel Jackman Middle ranks in the bottom 19.4% of California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Samuel Jackman Middle?

Students at Samuel Jackman Middle are 40% Hispanic, 32% Asian, 14% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% White, 4% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Samuel Jackman Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 909 students attended Samuel Jackman Middle.

What district is Samuel Jackman Middle in?

Elk Grove Unified

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