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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384007242
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired
6251 13th St., Sacramento, CA 95831 · (916) 395-4510 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
130 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 41% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.5pp since 2014
Math
23.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.2% | 26.3% | 30.3% | 30.3% |
| Math | 6.9% | 16.4% | 32.9% | 43.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 26.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 29.1% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 25.5% |
| 2017-18 | 49.1% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 48.0% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired this school | 476 | 27.3% | 32.1% |
| San Ramon Elementary Novato | 456 | 30.5% | 64.0% |
| Caleb Greenwood Elementary Sacramento | 536 | 24.1% | 74.7% |
| Quail Glen Elementary Roseville | 532 | 29.5% | 63.8% |
| Theodore Judah Elementary Sacramento | 485 | 30.1% | 60.0% |
| California Montessori Project - Capitol Campus Sacramento | 417 | 24.7% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,266 of 5,151 | #119 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #3,960 of 5,172 ▼ 553 | #142 of 217 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,979 of 5,172 ▼ 214 | #105 of 217 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #721 of 5,116 | #36 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #2,732 of 5,915 | #124 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,832 of 5,352 | #88 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #1,461 of 5,354 | #166 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #4,875 of 5,625 | #216 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #2,720 of 3,837 | #95 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
+104% since 2000-01, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 24.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | 20.9 | 22.8:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 21 | 22.9:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 20.5 | 23.8:1 | 38% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 36% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 31% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 22 | 26.4:1 | 31% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | N/A | N/A | 30% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 10 | 23.3:1 | 52% (122) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (528 to 476); teachers down 16% (25 to 20.9).
About Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Sacramento. There are 476 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8.
Sacramento City Unified oversees Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired and 72 other schools, with 37,657 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired, about 53 are White. It is also 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Sacramento County's residents are about 45% White, 9 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired scores 63%.
Teacher count: 20.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.8:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 27% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is lower.
Among California public elementary schools, Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is in the bottom 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5%. The school's actual rate is 32.1%, 31.4 points lower.
In Sacramento County, home to about 1,594,006 people, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Of the public schools around it, Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is closest to Sacramento New Technology Early College High, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired's average proficiency of 32.1% compares with 30.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 6%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.1 to 22.8 over 4 years.
People who know Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Alice Birney Waldorf-InspiredHow many students attend Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired?
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-08.
Is Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired have?
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired?
At Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired, the student body is approximately 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired public or private?
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.