Alder Creek Elementary

Alder Creek Elementary operates as a medium-sized primary school in Folsom, California, part of Folsom-Cordova Unified. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Alder Creek Elementary sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 35 schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified (21,699 students total), Alder Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Alder Creek Elementary lists that Asian students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 12% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 18% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Alder Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.5%.

Across the wider county, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Alder Creek Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Mangini Ranch Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alder Creek Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.2%.

Alder Creek Elementary operates from a small-town location.

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