Blanche Sprentz Elementary

Blanche Sprentz Elementary is one of the compact primary schools in Folsom, California, operated by Folsom-Cordova Unified, with 348 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 35 schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified (21,699 students total), Blanche Sprentz Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Blanche Sprentz Elementary records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Blanche Sprentz Elementary lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Blanche Sprentz Elementary qualify 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 south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Blanche Sprentz Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Across the wider county, Sacramento County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Blanche Sprentz Elementary is one.

Folsom Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blanche Sprentz Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blanche Sprentz Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blanche Sprentz Elementary has ticked down 11%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 59% to 46% over that span.

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