How does Sutter Middle compare to other middle schools in Folsom?

Sutter Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 61.3/100, placing it at the 89th percentile statewide. 36% of students exceed standard, with a total of 3,193 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Sutter Middle?

35.6% of students at Sutter Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 64.3% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Sutter Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Sutter Middle's proficiency rate increases by 7.9 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Sutter Middle?

8.4% of students at Sutter Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Sutter Middle

Middle School

Folsom-Cordova Unified FolsomSacramento County95630

📍 254 E. Bidwell Street

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

1,628 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

25:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

20%

Teachers

64 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

-1.5 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

0.0 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

22.2%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 81 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic15.6%

White39.7%

Asian29.1%

Black1.9%

Other13.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Sutter Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	35.6%
Met Standard	28.6%
Below Standard	35.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "64% proficient" for Sutter Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

35.6% of students exceeded standard while 28.6% met it. That exceeded rate is 18.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 7.3 points above the Folsom-Cordova Unified district average of 28.3%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 42.5% exceeded — 6.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 7.9 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math maintained year-over-year. 22.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.4%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

35.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

64.3%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+7.9pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

8.4%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

3,193

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	518	31.3%	34.6%	20.5%	13.7%	65.8%
7th	542	36.9%	34.9%	16.4%	11.8%	71.8%
8th	532	36.5%	38.7%	13.5%	11.3%	75.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	519	34.5%	17.9%	23.5%	24.1%	52.4%
7th	546	38.6%	22.9%	21.1%	17.4%	61.5%
8th	536	36.0%	22.8%	20.7%	20.5%	58.8%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Theodore Judah Elementary

67.392nd pctile

Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary

64.188th pctile

Carl H. Sundahl Elementary

62.686th pctile

Natoma Station Elementary

62.085th pctile

Gold Ridge Elementary

58.581st pctile

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Middle

Sutter Middle

61.389th pctile

This school

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High School

Folsom High

71.693rd pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.