Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired

Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Sacramento, California, operated by Sacramento City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades K through 8.

Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is one of 73 schools operated by Sacramento City Unified, a district that works with 37,657 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 27% of students at Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.2%; this one comes in at 33.0%, -30.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is one.

Sacramento New Technology Early College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired has edged down 10%, going from 528 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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