Arcohe Elementary

Arcohe Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Herald, California, overseen by Arcohe Union Elementary. The school educates 560 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 20% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Arcohe Elementary sits inside Arcohe Union Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Arcohe Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arcohe Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.0%; Arcohe Elementary posts 40.7%, -20.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Arcohe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Estrellita Continuation High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Arcohe Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

Arcohe Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arcohe Elementary has edged up 23%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Arcohe Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.