Sacramento

Best Sacramento suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·34 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
The Rocklin (Amtrak station) in Rocklin, Placer County, California, USA.
Rocklin$703k median · 26.1 min commute
Schools BCost of living CResidents inactive
75
Schools score
overall 64 C+
2
Davis station in November 2017
Davis$866k median · 22.3 min commute
Schools BCost of living CResidents inactive
73
Schools score
overall 64 C+
3
El Dorado Hills Town Center in El Dorado Hills, California. The mixed-use town center originated in 1997 with the opening of its first businesses and later deve
El Dorado Hills$910k median · 32.0 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living D+Residents inactive
71
Schools score
overall 61 C
4
Cameron Park, CA 384
Cameron Park$668k median · 29.6 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
71
Schools score
overall 57 C−
5
Welcome to Granite Bay sign
Granite Bay$1.14M median · 25.3 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living D+Residents inactive
67
Schools score
overall 62 C
6
Roseville, CA 391
Roseville$661k median · 27.3 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
65
Schools score
overall 64 C+
7
Sutter Street in old Folsom, California.
Folsom$755k median · 26.6 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
63
Schools score
overall 65 C+
8
Scope and content: The full caption for this photograph reads: Florin, California. Main Street of this small town in the center of the strawberry and grape- pro
Florin$387k median · 26.8 min commute
Schools CCost of living B+Residents inactive
60
Schools score
overall 54 C−
9
Elk Grove Historic District
Elk Grove$630k median · 30.8 min commute
Schools CCost of living CResidents inactive
60
Schools score
overall 60 C
10
Lincoln$651k median · 29.8 min commute
Schools CCost of living C+Residents inactive
60
Schools score
overall 60 C
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Rocklin (T71024 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Davis (Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0); El Dorado Hills (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Cameron Park (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Granite Bay (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Roseville (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Folsom (The Oaked Ridge · CC BY-SA 4.0); Florin (Dorothea Lange · Public domain); Elk Grove (SarahStierch · CC BY 4.0).