Cameron Ranch Elementary

Cameron Ranch Elementary, an average-sized primary school in Carmichael, California, operated by San Juan Unified, teaches 406 students, covering grades K through 5.

San Juan Unified comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 39,171 students; Cameron Ranch Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Cameron Ranch Elementary records that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cameron Ranch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.8%, the actual is 18.2%, a residual of -13.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Cameron Ranch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Options for Youth-San Juan, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cameron Ranch Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 400 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 6% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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