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What do you wish you knew before starting at Bell Avenue Elementary?
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Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBLA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063324005165
Bell Avenue Elementary
1900 Bell Ave., Sacramento, CA 95838 · (916) 922-0202 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
315 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
30.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 24.7% | 27.4% | 39.5% |
| Math | 7.8% | 22.4% | 29.2% | 40.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 30.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 28.5% |
| 2021-22 | 24.4% | 24.6% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 30.1% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bell Avenue Elementary
Bell Avenue Elementary's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Avenue Elementary this school | 377 | 83.6% | 31.5% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary Pleasant Hill | 323 | 85.4% | 15.8% |
| Robla Elementary Sacramento | 343 | 81.9% | 26.2% |
| Coleman F. Brown Elementary Modesto | 378 | 83.6% | 17.8% |
| White Rock Elementary Rancho Cordova | 381 | 89.2% | 17.1% |
| Louis A. Bohn Elementary Tracy | 397 | 82.9% | 31.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bell Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,324 of 5,151 | #120 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,199 of 5,172 ▼ 181 | #115 of 217 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #3,648 of 5,172 ▼ 45 | #130 of 217 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #1,085 of 5,116 | #38 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #3,977 of 5,915 | #167 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,497 of 5,352 | #181 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #866 of 5,354 | #131 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,824 of 5,625 | #62 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,318 of 3,837 | #30 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
377
+70 (+23%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 25.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 377 | 15 | 25.1:1 | 84% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 16 | 23.8:1 | 88% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 88% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 12 | 25.6:1 | 94% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 19 | 25.1:1 | 91% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 17 | 27.0:1 | 90% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | N/A | N/A | 93% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 92% (386) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (477 to 377); teachers down 21% (19 to 15).
About Bell Avenue Elementary
Bell Avenue Elementary is a small elementary school based in Sacramento, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 377 students.
Robla Elementary, which runs Bell Avenue Elementary, has 5 schools and 1,892 students.
The biggest share of students at Bell Avenue Elementary, 47%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Asian, 19% White, and 8% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Sacramento County's population at about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bell Avenue Elementary scores 68%.
There are about 25.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Bell Avenue Elementary, which has 15. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Bell Avenue Elementary is about 84%. That is 21 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Among California public elementary schools, Bell Avenue Elementary outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bell Avenue Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.5%; the prediction is 30.6%.
Sacramento County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sacramento County's 387 public schools enroll about 259,342 students and include Bell Avenue Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, North Area Community is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 31.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 4 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 377, up from 307 in 2020-21.
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Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Robla Elementary
- Glenwood ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Main Avenue ElementaryElementary · 361 students
- Robla ElementaryElementary · 343 students
- Taylor Street ElementaryElementary · 330 students
- Robla PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Nearby schools
- North Area Community0.4 mi · 280
- Vista Nueva Career and Technology High0.5 mi · 99
- Main Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 361
- Michael J. Castori Elementary1.0 mi · 545
- Keema School for Independent Study1.0 mi · 529
- Highlands Community Charter1.0 mi · 11,713
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Avenue ElementaryHow large is Bell Avenue Elementary?
Bell Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-06.
Is Bell Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bell Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Bell Avenue Elementary have?
Bell Avenue Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
How diverse is Bell Avenue Elementary?
Bell Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 47% Hispanic, 8% Black, 23% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bell Avenue Elementary in?
Bell Avenue Elementary is part of Robla Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.