Arlene Hein Elementary

Arlene Hein Elementary operates as a sizable K-5 school in Elk Grove, California, overseen by Elk Grove Unified. Current enrollment sits at 817 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 76% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Arlene Hein Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Elk Grove Unified, a district that serves 63,232 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Arlene Hein Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Arlene Hein Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Arlene Hein Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.

Around the school, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Arlene Hein Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arlene Hein Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arlene Hein Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Arlene Hein Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 899 (now 817). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 42% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

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