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What's the one class at American Lakes every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATOMAS UNIFIED·NCES 060003601095
American Lakes
2800 Stonecreek Dr., Sacramento, CA 95833 · (916) 567-5500 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools
- FTest 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
22.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
544 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
9.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
4.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.4% | 7.6% | 20.4% | 69.7% |
| Math | 1.0% | 3.9% | 19.0% | 76.1% |
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 | 9.9% | 4.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.8% | 8.6% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 6.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 8.0% |
| 2018-19 | 22.3% | 13.9% |
| 2017-18 | 20.7% | 13.6% |
| 2016-17 | 19.0% | 17.1% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% 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 American Lakes
American Lakes's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Lakes this school | 625 | 87.0% | 9.4% |
| Jack Northrop Elementary Lancaster | 645 | 89.3% | 18.2% |
| Stoneman Elementary Pittsburg | 602 | 81.2% | 20.1% |
| La Jolla Elementary Moreno Valley | 671 | 84.1% | 27.0% |
| Hacienda Elementary California City | 497 | 83.9% | 17.1% |
| Enterprise Elementary Lancaster | 646 | 84.4% | 14.8% |
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 American Lakes ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #5,110 of 5,151 | #215 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #5,160 of 5,172 ▼ 97 | #217 of 217 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #5,141 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #215 of 217 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #386 of 5,116 | #21 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #1,184 of 5,915 | #68 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,683 of 5,352 | #84 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #843 of 5,354 | #129 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #1,467 of 5,625 | #36 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.6% | #139 of 1,139 | #16 of 64 |
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
625
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 625 | 27.6 | 22.6:1 | 87% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 88% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 75% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 28 | 23.1:1 | 81% (526) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 21 | 23.1:1 | 84% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 19 | 24.7:1 | 78% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 83% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 57% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for American Lakes.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (486 to 625); teachers up 32% (21 to 27.6).
About American Lakes
Sacramento, California, is home to American Lakes, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 625 students enrolled. That is 34% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
American Lakes is one school in Natomas Unified, a system of 20 schools with 14,902 students.
The student body at American Lakes has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 47%. Other groups make up 27% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% White, and 6% Asian. Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
American Lakes has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.6:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. Public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
Among California public elementary schools, American Lakes outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, American Lakes ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools. It scores 9.4%; the prediction is 28.5%.
The county, Sacramento County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including American Lakes.
The closest school to American Lakes is Larry G. Meeks Academy, located about 0.5 miles away. American Lakes is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.4% on proficiency, and American Lakes is below that at 9.4%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 625, compared with 646 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at American Lakes. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natomas Unified
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Westlake CharterCombined · 1,493 students
- Natomas HighHigh · 1,157 students
- HeronElementary · 977 students
- Paso VerdeElementary · 897 students
- H. Allen Hight ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Nearby schools
- Larry G. Meeks Academy0.5 mi · 169
- Bannon Creek0.6 mi · 491
- Natomas High0.8 mi · 1,157
- Jefferson0.8 mi · 735
- Hazel Strauch Elementary0.8 mi · 650
- Rio Tierra Junior High0.9 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About American LakesHow many students attend American Lakes?
American Lakes enrolls approximately 625 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does American Lakes serve?
American Lakes serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at American Lakes?
The student-to-teacher ratio at American Lakes is approximately 22.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at American Lakes?
At American Lakes, the student body is approximately 6% White, 47% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees American Lakes?
American Lakes is overseen by Natomas Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.