Sacramento County Office of Education

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Mather, California - 6 schools

938
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Sacramento County Office of Education operates 6 public schools serving 938 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sacramento County.

The funding mix is 44.4% local, 39.8% state, and 15.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.

a 208:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 69.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% African American, 20.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Foundations Academy, with a diversity index of 74.5/100.

Its largest campus is North Area Community, enrolling 280 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Palmiter Special Education, at 41 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

North Area Community accounts for 29.9% of all Sacramento County Office of Education student enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sacramento County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sacramento County Office of Education school enrollment varies 6.8× across entities

Sacramento County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 41 students (lowest) to 280 students (highest), a spread of 239 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sacramento County Office of Education reports 62.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sacramento County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 208:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)

student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Sacramento County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 69.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

15.8%
Federal
39.8%
State
44.4%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 6 schools in Sacramento County Office of Education.

White 20.9%
Hispanic or Latino 39.4%
African American 23.7%
Asian 4.2%
Multiracial 9.6%
Other 2.3%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 70.2/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Sacramento County Office of Education's schools, above the California average of 46.0.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Foundations Academy 74.5
  2. 2 Palmiter Special Education 72.5
  3. 3 North Area Community 71.8
  4. 4 Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High 71.5
  5. 5 Nathaniel S. Colley Sr. High 65.7

Programs & Resources

208:1
Student-Counselor Ratio
69.4%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Sacramento County Office of Education

School Enrollment
North Area Community
280
Foundations Academy
171
Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High
136
Nathaniel S. Colley Sr. High
111
El Centro Jr./Sr. High
76
Palmiter Special Education
41

How Sacramento County Office of Education Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Arroyo Vista Charter District Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Vista Oaks Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Mckinleyville Union Elementary Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Port of Los Angeles High District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded

Comparisons are relative to Sacramento County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

Nearby Districts in California

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Sacramento County Office of Education?

Sacramento County Office of Education has 6 schools, including 6 combined. Total enrollment is 938 students.

What is the demographic composition of Sacramento County Office of Education?

Sacramento County Office of Education students are 39.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% African American, 20.9% White, 4.2% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.