Summary:
Elk Grove Unified School District serves grades 7-8 across nine middle schools, with the district ranking in the 64th percentile statewide, though performance varies significantly between individual schools.
Top-performing schools like Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle and Katherine L. Albiani Middle achieve high statewide rankings and test scores, with notably lower chronic absenteeism rates. In contrast, Samuel Jackman Middle and James Rutter Middle face greater challenges, with much lower test proficiency and higher absenteeism, despite having the highest per-student spending in the group.
Key takeaways for parents include the strong link between lower chronic absenteeism and higher academic performance across all schools, and that mathematics shows the widest performance gap between the highest and lowest achievers. The district's middle schools collectively outperform state averages, but this masks the substantial differences between schools within Elk Grove Unified.
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