Camellia Elementary

Camellia Elementary operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Sacramento, California, overseen by Sacramento City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 309 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Camellia Elementary sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Sacramento City Unified, which oversees 73 schools and 37,657 students, Camellia Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Camellia Elementary logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Camellia Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Camellia Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 29.6%; this one delivers 60.2%, a residual of +30.7 points.

Zooming out to the 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 the poverty rate sits near 9%. Camellia Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Samuel Kennedy Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Camellia Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Camellia Elementary's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 309). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 62% to 71%.

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