County community school · Sacramento County Office of Education · Sacramento, California

North Area Community

Sacramento · 7–12 · 280 students (2024–25)

4000 Pinell Street, 95838(916) 228-2073

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Common questions

How are students placed here?

Students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral. Confirm placement with Sacramento County Office of Education. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 11, spring 2026, 6% scored Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 7% in math. 81% scored below the standard in English and 93% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

41 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (210 of 507), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 5.6% of students (31 of 551) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

In grade 11, spring 2026, 19% of the students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 7% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 16 in English, 14 in math
Comparison
None shown: students here are placed rather than chosen, so other schools’ students are not a like group.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 16 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
13%
Below the standard
81%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 14 tested

Advanced
7%
Proficient
0%
Below the standard
93%

7% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7, 8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced6%13%
Advanced0%2%
Proficient6%11%
Developing level26%20%
Minimal68%67%
Tested6361
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced19%
Advanced6%
Proficient13%
Developing level43%
Minimal38%
Tested16

Math

Math, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced3%3%
Advanced0%0%
Proficient3%3%
Developing level14%20%
Minimal83%77%
Tested6460
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced7%
Advanced7%
Proficient0%
Developing level36%
Minimal57%
Tested14

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 10% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 3% in math.

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 124 tested

Advanced
1%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
90%

10% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 124 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
3%
Below the standard
97%

3% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Have results changed?

English went from 7% to 19% and math from 0% to 7%.

Our comparable history for these grades covers 2025 and 2026 only. More years are needed to show a longer trend.

English · top two levels · grade 11

20257%15 tested
→
202619%16 tested

This school

Math · top two levels · grade 11

20250%14 tested
→
20267%14 tested

This school

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school6%13%43%38%16
Math, grade 11 · This school7%0%36%57%14
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school1%9%22%68%124
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school0%3%17%80%124

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20252 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2025–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This school
0%50%100%20252026202619%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This school
0%50%100%2025202620267%

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 7% in 2025 to 19% in 2026. In math, it went from 0% in 2025 to 7% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis school
20257%
15 tested
202619%
16 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis school
20250%
14 tested
20267%
14 tested

What you can do

Who can act on North Area Community’s results?

The state has North Area Community in its most intensive support; Sacramento County Office of Education’s board decides its plan.

Students at North Area Community are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it for its graduation rate. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

The state is giving Sacramento County Office of Education extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for all students on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for English learners on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for foster youth on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for Hispanic or Latino students on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for homeless students on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for long-term English learners on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for low-income students on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for students with disabilities on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness; and for White students on two measures: graduation, and college and career readiness.

Extra help for Sacramento County Office of Education: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Sacramento County Office of Education’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

25% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

The four-year rate counts regular high school diplomas only, not a certificate of completion. Ask how many students here finish with each, and what each one leads to.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

25%

2024–25 · 26 of 104 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

0%

2024–25 · 0 of 104 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

0%

2024–25 · 0 of 26 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

17% enrolled in college within 12 months · 94 students who finished high school

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University0 · 0%
  • California community college14 · 15%
  • In-state private2 · 2%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled78 · 83%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 26 of 104 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 0 of 104 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 0 of 26 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

41 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 5.6% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 210 of 507 students counted for it; suspension: 31 of 551 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

41 in 100This school

210 of 507 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

5.6%

of students were suspended at least once (31 of 551).

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades 7–8: 39 in 100, 57 of 146
  • Grades 9–12: 42 in 100, 153 of 361
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at North Area Community

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Teach here? Tell us Sacramento County Office of Education’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 44%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 44%2. Black or African American: 21%3. White: 20%4. Two or more races: 10%5. Asian: 4%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino44%
  2. Black or African American21%
  3. White20%
  4. Two or more races10%
  5. Asian4%
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

64%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 178 of 280.

14teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

38%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

39% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 20 of 51 English learners39%

Shown as reported, with no comparison. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Ask: How does the school set learning goals for each student placed here, and how does it share progress with families?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino44%
Black or African American21%
White20%
Two or more races10%
Asian4%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 38% of teaching positions, 1.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 4.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How are students placed here?

Confirm placement with Sacramento County Office of Education.

Office: (916) 228-2073Administrator: Craig Bradford

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
4000 Pinell Street, Sacramento 95838

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Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (916) 228-20734000 Pinell Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English1401%11%
2026 · Math1381%4%
2025 · English1531%8%
2025 · Math1551%1%
2024 · English0——
2024 · Math0——
2023 · English———
2023 · Math———
2022 · English0——
2022 · Math0——
2019 · English6——
2019 · Math5——
2018 · English290%0%
2018 · Math310%0%
2017 · English250%0%
2017 · Math230%0%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English9—
2025 · Grade 7 · English572%
2025 · Grade 8 · English7211%
2025 · Grade 11 · English157%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math580%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math731%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math140%
2024 · Grade 11 · English0—
2024 · Grade 11 · Math0—
2023 · Grade 11 · English——
2023 · Grade 11 · Math——
2022 · Grade 11 · English0—
2022 · Grade 11 · Math0—
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English——
2019 · Grade 11 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 11 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English210%
2018 · Grade 11 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math210%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English200%
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math210%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide1102%9%58%31%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advanced
Low-income847%
White3813%
Hispanic or Latino3714%

Shown as reported, with no comparison: students here are placed rather than chosen.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−17109Moderate−16107Moderate
English-only students−1597not categorized−1595not categorized
Low-income−2061Moderate−859Moderate
White−2143Minimal−2241Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−2031Moderate−1732Moderate
Black or African American−1720Moderate−119Average
Homeless+116Average−717Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 7 and 8

109 students

CDE simple estimate

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate.

State model · math−16 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 7 and 8

107 students

CDE simple estimate

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −16 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 29 in 100 → 2025–26 · 41 in 100 · +12 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.8% (30 of 514) → 2025–26 · 5.6% (31 of 551) · −0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female72 in 10046 in 100
Male71 in 10038 in 100
Black or African American70 in 10040 in 100
Hispanic or Latino75 in 10042 in 100
Two or more races67 in 10037 in 100
White71 in 10043 in 100
Students with disabilities59 in 10049 in 100
English learners82 in 10040 in 100
Homeless75 in 10043 in 100
Low-income73 in 10044 in 100
All students71 in 10041 in 100
Asian—33 in 100
Foster youth—54 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 0% · numerator 0 students classified Prepared · denominator 104 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP-pathway numerator 0 · denominator 0 (CCI Prepared students). Share among Prepared students: not calculable, because no student here was classified Prepared. This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

This CDE-reported school CCI record has its own population and period. It does not recalculate a SchoolScope score, factor, or rank.

Graduation rate
25%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
Not calculable
2025 CDE CCI cohort · 0 Prepared students; the counts are in the source record
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
0%
This school may not offer A–G courses
College-going rate
17%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)130

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University00%
California community college1415%
In-state private22%
Out-of-state, 4-year00%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled7883%

94 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 17% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$90,803 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 963 pupils

School-level federal expenditures$4,785 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 448.98

Central federal expenditures attributed here$197 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 448.98

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 10%Instruction support 77%Student services 3%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 2%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$31,512,1059.68%10%
Instruction support$250,436,05176.92%77%
Student services$8,749,0492.69%3%
Administration$23,204,1067.13%7%
Buildings & maintenance$7,623,2952.34%2%
Other$4,075,1891.25%1%
Total$325,599,795100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $325,599,795 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$90,803 per pupil
2020$80,857 per pupil
2019$95,020 per pupil
2018$40,015 per pupil
2017$34,303 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95838 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95838 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$68,349
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population40,677
Median age32.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 95838 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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