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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95817

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Schools

1,445

Students

Districts

Top rankedThe Language Academy of Sacramento3406^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Sacramento Charter High up 24 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 95817 has four schools serving kindergarten through grade 12, including a continuation high school: The Language Academy of Sacramento, Father Keith B. Kenny, Sacramento Charter High, and American Legion High (Continuation). Together they enroll 1,445 students, with school sizes ranging from 163 to 615. The most urgent concern in the latest data is American Legion’s attendance and completion record: in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 81% versus 18% statewide, graduation was 71% versus 88%, and dropout was 18% versus 8%.

Among the 2024–2025 results, The Language Academy stands out in all-grades mathematics, at 38% proficiency compared with 37% statewide, and its grades 6–8 results were above state levels in both ELA and math. The high schools’ clearest difference is in ELA: Sacramento Charter High reached 51%, against 5% at American Legion, a 45-point gap; Sacramento Charter was slightly above the 49% state result. Both high schools were far below the state in math, with 4% at Sacramento Charter and 0% at American Legion versus 37% statewide. Kenny’s 2025–2026 results were below state proficiency in all three subjects, and SchoolDigger placed it at the 6th percentile that year.

Recent trends are mixed: American Legion’s ELA rose from 5% to 12% and math from 0% to 3% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, but science fell from 10% to 7%; Kenny’s ELA and math declined, while its science rose slightly, and its gaps with the state widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s ranking for The Language Academy improved from the 32nd percentile in 2022–2023 to the 43rd in 2024–2025; Sacramento Charter moved from the 37th to the 32nd percentile, while American Legion fell from the 21st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 14th in 2025–2026. For context, free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 71% at The Language Academy to 87% at Kenny. American Legion’s student-teacher ratio was 10.3, compared with 23.3 at Sacramento Charter, though American Legion’s ELA result was much lower.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)							CSA Spanish Listening (2026)							CSA Spanish Writing (2026)							CSA Spanish Reading (2026)							CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
The Language Academy of Sacramento	Public, Charter	K-8	2850 49th St.	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	The Language Academy of Sacramento District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 277-7137	615	32	19.1	71.2%	26 (4.2%)	5 (0.8%)	575 (93.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	37.5	3406^th of 5817 public elementary schools	41.4%		37.8	3358^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.7%	48	22.7	17.9	3.0	11.8	23.4	21.5	16.6	48.5	22.4	31.3	16.2	32.8	26.2	29.5	27.3	32.8	3.0	16.2	37.5	23.1	23.2	18.2	19.4	1.5	10.3	15.6	18.5	13.9	14.9	53.9			34.1	28.8	39.4	20.9	50.0	62.5	63.1		43.9	37.9	47.0	23.9	42.7	50.0	52.3		42.2	≥ 98%		$15,261	$516	$14,745
Sacramento Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	2315 34th St.	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 277-6200	413	18	23.3	75.5%	11 (2.7%)	239 (57.9%)	111 (26.9%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	43 (10.4%)	31.8	1452^nd of 2135 public high schools	32.0%		30.6	1476^th of 2162 public high schools	31.7%	24																															21.6		20.8							46.8	46.8							6.5	6.5			$21,651	$3,258	$18,393
Father Keith B. Kenny	Public	K-6	3525 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4570	254	10	26.6	87.0%	22 (8.7%)	56 (22.0%)	129 (50.8%)	22 (8.7%)	4 (1.6%)	4 (1.6%)	17 (6.7%)	12.1	5463^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	6.1%		16.5	5150^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.1%	313																													14.8				14.8	13.6	27.6	21.4	14.3				19.6	13.6	24.1	10.7	7.1				14.0	93%	0%	$24,868	$3,551	$21,317
American Legion High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	3801 Broadway	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5000	163	16	10.3	77.9%	10 (6.1%)	32 (19.6%)	98 (60.1%)	7 (4.3%)	3 (1.8%)	6 (3.7%)	7 (4.3%)	11.9	1846^th of 2135 public high schools	13.5%		13.5	1857^th of 2162 public high schools	14.1%	11																															6.0	10.3	7.3							11.9	11.9							3.0	3.0			$38,570	$3,716	$34,854

Cities Near Zip Code 95817

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sacramento	0.39 mi	226	609^th
West Sacramento	3.62 mi	20	598^th
Carmichael	6.62 mi	20	633^rd
Gold River	7.23 mi	2	244^th
Elk Grove	7.74 mi	40	226^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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