Carriage Drive Elementary

Located at 7519 Carriage Dr., in Citrus Heights, California, Carriage Drive Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 444 students (grades K through 6), overseen by San Juan Unified.

Carriage Drive Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by San Juan Unified, a district that hosts 39,171 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Carriage Drive Elementary logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sacramento County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Carriage Drive Elementary shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carriage Drive Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.6%, the actual is 24.2%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Carriage Drive Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Mesa Verde High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carriage Drive Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.3%.

Carriage Drive Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.