Summary:
Natomas Unified has two middle schools in this data: Natomas Middle, serving grades 7–8, and Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle, serving grades 6–8. Their 2025–2026 results show a striking divide: one school is above state proficiency rates in all three subjects, while the other is below them in all three. The most important finding is how widely results differ between the two schools: 42 percentage points in ELA, 48 in math and 34 in science.
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle stands out at the top, with 66% proficient in ELA, 60% in math and 51% in science in 2025–2026—about 17, 22 and 15 points above state rates. Natomas Middle is at the bottom, with 24% in ELA, 12% in math and 16% in science, about 25, 26 and 20 points below the state. SchoolDigger ranks the first school 361st of 2,703, in the 87th percentile with 4 stars; it ranks the second 2,429th, in the 10th percentile with 1 star.
Both schools improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Gains were about 1 point in ELA, 1 in math and 6 in science at Natomas Middle, and 3, 5 and 6 points, respectively, at Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle; the two-school average also moved closer to state results in every subject. Attendance is another sharp contrast: chronic absenteeism was 32% at the former and 2% at the latter, versus 18% statewide. The schools also differ in reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates for 2024–2025: 81% and 38%, respectively. These are contextual differences, not explanations for achievement; student-teacher ratios were 19.8 and 22.1.
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