Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary

Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in Sacramento, California, run under Elk Grove Unified, educateing 719 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 55% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Valley High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 702 (now 719). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 24% to 35%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.