Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001581
Blanche Sprentz Elementary
249 Flower Dr., Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9110 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
139 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
57.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.0pp since 2014
Math
49.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.3% | 24.7% | 19.4% | 23.7% |
| Math | 23.6% | 26.2% | 25.1% | 25.1% |
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 | 57.0% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 46.5% |
| 2022-23 | 54.9% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 57.1% | 46.5% |
| 2018-19 | 60.8% | 49.6% |
| 2017-18 | 62.8% | 50.4% |
| 2016-17 | 48.7% | 47.8% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Blanche Sprentz Elementary
Blanche Sprentz Elementary's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche Sprentz Elementary this school | 348 | 39.9% | 51.1% |
| Vencil Brown Elementary Roseville | 343 | 41.7% | 55.5% |
| Bonsall West Elementary Oceanside | 383 | 38.1% | 59.7% |
| Camarillo Heights STEM Academy Camarillo | 353 | 35.4% | 57.6% |
| Innovations Academy San Diego | 436 | 41.7% | N/A |
| California Elementary Costa Mesa | 373 | 41.3% | 62.6% |
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 Blanche Sprentz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,646 of 5,151 | #59 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,607 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #53 of 217 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,543 of 5,172 ▲ 232 | #57 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,792 of 5,116 | #102 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #4,297 of 5,915 | #185 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,511 of 5,352 | #74 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #813 of 5,354 | #127 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #4,339 of 5,625 | #189 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #2,560 of 3,837 | #82 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
348
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 348 | 15.5 | 22.4:1 | 40% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 15.5 | 22.2:1 | 37% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 17.9 | 21.1:1 | 25% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 17 | 20.5:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 15 | 24.1:1 | 29% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | N/A | N/A | 32% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 15% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 20 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blanche Sprentz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (391 to 348); teachers down 14% (18 to 15.5).
About Blanche Sprentz Elementary
Blanche Sprentz Elementary is a public elementary school in Folsom, California. The school counts 348 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Folsom-Cordova Unified counts 21,699 students in its 35 schools, and Blanche Sprentz Elementary is one of them.
The most common group at Blanche Sprentz Elementary is White students, at 46%. Other groups make up 26% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 45% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 15.5 full-time equivalents, or about 22.4 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 40%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
Blanche Sprentz Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Blanche Sprentz Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.1% actual against a predicted 56.1%.
Across Sacramento County, the median household income is $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County is home to 387 public schools and about 259,342 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Folsom Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Blanche Sprentz Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Blanche Sprentz Elementary at 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Blanche Sprentz Elementary enrolled 349; in 2024-25, 348. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.5:1 in 2020-21, and 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Other schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified
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- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
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- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
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- Theodore Judah ElementaryElementary · 600 students
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Nearby schools
- Folsom Middle0.4 mi · 1,508
- Theodore Judah Elementary0.7 mi · 600
- Sutter Middle1.2 mi · 1,628
- Folsom Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 496
- Oak Chan Elementary1.4 mi · 437
- Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary1.9 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Blanche Sprentz ElementaryHow large is Blanche Sprentz Elementary?
Blanche Sprentz Elementary enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Blanche Sprentz Elementary serve?
Blanche Sprentz Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Blanche Sprentz Elementary have?
Blanche Sprentz Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Blanche Sprentz Elementary?
Student demographics at Blanche Sprentz Elementary are roughly 46% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Blanche Sprentz Elementary in?
Blanche Sprentz Elementary is part of Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.