Enrollment
211
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005230
Caroline Wenzel Elementary
6870 Greenhaven Dr., Sacramento, CA 95831 · (916) 395-4525 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
164 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
20.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
10.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 11.0% | 23.0% | 57.0% |
| Math | 5.0% | 5.9% | 29.7% | 59.4% |
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 | 20.0% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 12.5% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 13.8% |
| 2021-22 | 12.2% | 10.7% |
| 2018-19 | 22.3% | 13.9% |
| 2017-18 | 21.3% | 15.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 19.5% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 Caroline Wenzel Elementary
Caroline Wenzel Elementary's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Wenzel Elementary this school | 211 | 77.7% | 13.8% |
| Stege Elementary Richmond | 225 | 77.3% | 7.6% |
| Westport Heights Elementary Los Angeles | 166 | 81.9% | 36.6% |
| Federal Terrace Elementary Vallejo | 228 | 83.8% | 21.3% |
| Johnson Elementary San Diego | 283 | 82.3% | 29.3% |
| Cobb (William L.) Elementary San Francisco | 134 | 70.1% | 38.3% |
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 Caroline Wenzel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #4,999 of 5,151 | #203 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #5,004 of 5,172 ▼ 125 | #204 of 217 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,839 of 5,172 ▲ 263 | #193 of 217 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,975 of 5,116 | #71 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #5,311 of 5,915 | #226 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,363 of 5,352 | #31 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.3% | #104 of 5,354 | #38 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #2,390 of 5,625 | #87 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #488 of 3,837 | #11 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
211
-58 (-22%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 211 | 10.2 | 20.8:1 | 78% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 8 | 25.4:1 | 78% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 9.2 | 24.6:1 | 80% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | 77% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 14.6 | 20.9:1 | 75% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 12 | 23.7:1 | 80% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | N/A | N/A | 57% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 25% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caroline Wenzel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (305 to 211); teachers down 30% (14.6 to 10.2).
About Caroline Wenzel Elementary
Caroline Wenzel Elementary is one of the public schools in Sacramento, California. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 211 students. That is 55% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools with a combined 37,657 students. Caroline Wenzel Elementary is one of them.
At Caroline Wenzel Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 35%. Other students are 31% Black, 12% Asian, 8% White, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County residents are about 24% Hispanic. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Caroline Wenzel Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
Among California public elementary schools, Caroline Wenzel Elementary outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Caroline Wenzel Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 34.0%, so the school is 20.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Sacramento County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Sol Aureus College Preparatory is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Caroline Wenzel Elementary ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 13.8% against a local average of 31.0%.
Caroline Wenzel Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 22%. By 2024-25, the school had 20.8 students per teacher, compared with 19.2 in 2020-21.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Caroline Wenzel ElementaryHow many students attend Caroline Wenzel Elementary?
Caroline Wenzel Elementary enrolls approximately 211 students in grades KG-06.
Is Caroline Wenzel Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caroline Wenzel Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Caroline Wenzel Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Caroline Wenzel Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Caroline Wenzel Elementary?
Student demographics at Caroline Wenzel Elementary are roughly 8% White, 35% Hispanic, 31% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Caroline Wenzel Elementary in?
Caroline Wenzel Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.