Bannon Creek

Bannon Creek is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Sacramento, California, overseen by Natomas Unified, serveing 491 students in grades K through 8.

Within Natomas Unified, which oversees 20 schools and 14,902 students, Bannon Creek is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bannon Creek reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% White. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Bannon Creek has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bannon Creek sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 29.4%; actual is 12.7%, a gap of -16.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Bannon Creek is one.

Larry G. Meeks Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bannon Creek at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 517 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 17% to 6%.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Bannon Creek typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.