Anna Kirchgater Elementary

As a sprawling primary school in Sacramento, California, Anna Kirchgater Elementary works with 738 students from grades K through 6, operated by Elk Grove Unified. That puts it 59% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 67 schools in Elk Grove Unified (63,232 students total), Anna Kirchgater Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Anna Kirchgater Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 18% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Anna Kirchgater Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anna Kirchgater Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Anna Kirchgater Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Isabelle Jackson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anna Kirchgater Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Anna Kirchgater Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Anna Kirchgater Elementary's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 762 (now 738). Black enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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