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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005758
Cameron Ranch Elementary
4333 Hackberry Ln., Carmichael, CA 95608 · (916) 575-2302 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
325 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
20.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
15.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.1% | 13.6% | 29.9% | 49.5% |
| Math | 3.9% | 11.2% | 21.8% | 63.1% |
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 | 20.6% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.2% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 21.8% | 12.5% |
| 2017-18 | 25.2% | 10.7% |
| 2016-17 | 29.5% | 16.9% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cameron Ranch Elementary
Cameron Ranch Elementary's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Ranch Elementary this school | 406 | 80.0% | 17.7% |
| Williamson Elementary Rancho Cordova | 489 | 80.2% | 18.7% |
| Charles Peck Elementary Carmichael | 303 | 76.9% | 18.9% |
| Little Chico Creek Elementary Chico | 471 | 75.6% | 45.0% |
| Citrus Avenue Elementary Chico | 383 | 82.2% | 29.0% |
| Alice Birney Elementary Eureka | 375 | 77.6% | 15.5% |
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 Cameron Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #4,768 of 5,151 | #192 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #4,743 of 5,172 ▼ 166 | #188 of 217 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,801 of 5,172 ▼ 154 | #190 of 217 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,258 of 5,116 | #125 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #3,635 of 5,915 | #155 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,650 of 5,352 | #133 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #113 of 5,354 | #41 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #2,185 of 5,625 | #79 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #1,015 of 1,139 | #57 of 64 |
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
406
+32 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 406 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 80% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 17 | 23.4:1 | 71% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 79% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 67% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 16 | 25.0:1 | 78% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 14 | 26.7:1 | 76% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | N/A | N/A | 75% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 59% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 19 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cameron Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (400 to 406); teachers up 6% (16 to 17).
About Cameron Ranch Elementary
Cameron Ranch Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Carmichael, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 406 students.
San Juan Unified has 67 schools and 39,171 students, and Cameron Ranch Elementary is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Cameron Ranch Elementary; the largest is White, at 33%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the White share is about 45%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
Cameron Ranch Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 80% of students at Cameron Ranch Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cameron Ranch Elementary scores 14.9 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.7%; the prediction is 32.6%.
Census data for Sacramento County show the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Options for Youth-San Juan, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Cameron Ranch Elementary is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Cameron Ranch Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 406, from 374 in 2020-21.
People who know Cameron Ranch Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Carmichael
- Visions In EducationCombined · 7,460 students
- California Montessori Project-San Juan CampusesElementary · 1,545 students
- Winston Churchill MiddleMiddle · 987 students
- Starr King K-8Elementary · 885 students
- John Barrett MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Options for Youth-San JuanHigh · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Options for Youth-San Juan0.4 mi · 720
- California Montessori Project-San Juan Campuses0.8 mi · 1,545
- Carmichael Elementary0.8 mi · 374
- Thomas Kelly Elementary1.0 mi · 321
- John Barrett Middle1.1 mi · 802
- Laurel Ruff Transition1.4 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Cameron Ranch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cameron Ranch Elementary?
Cameron Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cameron Ranch Elementary serve?
Cameron Ranch Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cameron Ranch Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cameron Ranch Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cameron Ranch Elementary?
At Cameron Ranch Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Cameron Ranch Elementary public or private?
Cameron Ranch Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.