The capitol of California, Sacramento is a large metropolitan area at over 2.5 million total residents in the metropolitan area, with around 485,000 in the City of Sacramento itself. Nicknamed the City of Trees, Sacramento has one of the highest concentrations of trees in a city anywhere in the world thanks to the dense urban forest that covers most of the core neighborhoods near Downtown. The close proximity of Sacramento to the Bay Area to the West and the snowy mountains surrounding Lake Tahoe to the East make Sacramento ideally situated for quick trips out of the City. The downtown area has recently benefited from a series of developments to revitalize and rebuild parts of downtown that were forgotten. The creation of the Golden One Center has sparked many redevelopments of abandoned shops and restaurants on adjacent parcels. Several vacant lots around midtown are in the process of being redeveloped into high-rise apartment buildings. And the redevelopment of the old Railyards in North Sacramento promises to bring a wealth of additional development opportunities to the table.

Sacramento neighborhoods have many great schools throughout the core neighborhoods. Use the interactive map provided by Greatschools to discover the schools in each neighborhood.