Summary:
ZIP code 95834 has one listed middle school, Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 513 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 66% in English language arts (ELA), 60% in math, and 51% in science, compared with California results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. It also exceeded Natomas Unified by 23 points in ELA, 29 in math, and 17 in science. The school’s clearest strength is math: its result was 22 points above the state, its largest advantage among the three subjects.
There is no meaningful local top-to-bottom comparison because this is the only school in the list; instead, it stands out against state and district results. Its strongest grade-level comparisons with California were in math: school results were 64% in grade 6 and 64% in grade 7, each about 26–27 points above the state, while grade 8 was 52%, 16 points above. ELA also exceeded the state in every grade, with advantages of 9 points in grade 6, 22 in grade 7, and 19 in grade 8. These differences show that the school is ahead across reported grades, though its leads vary by grade.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the school gained 3 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 6 in science, and its advantage over the state widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger reports a 2025–2026 ranking at the 87th percentile with 4 stars, similar to the 84th percentile and 4 stars in 2024–2025. The school’s reported chronic absenteeism was 2% in 2025–2026, compared with 23% in the district and 18% statewide. Other context includes a 22.1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 38% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school but do not establish why results differ.
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