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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001405
Charles E. Mack Elementary
4701 Brookfield Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823 · (916) 422-5524 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
25.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
704 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (111).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
27.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
21.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 18.4% | 25.2% | 47.8% |
| Math | 5.5% | 15.9% | 23.7% | 54.9% |
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 | 27.0% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 21.5% |
| 2022-23 | 29.2% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 21.2% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 19.3% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 22.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.4% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 30.6% | 19.2% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Charles E. Mack Elementary
Charles E. Mack Elementary's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Mack Elementary this school | 840 | 83.8% | 25.1% |
| Central Elementary Fresno | 762 | 81.5% | 42.8% |
| Prairie Elementary Sacramento | 858 | 86.4% | 21.4% |
| Samuel Kennedy Elementary Sacramento | 883 | 86.1% | 26.0% |
| Halkin Elementary San Leandro | 724 | 83.1% | 29.6% |
| David Reese Elementary Sacramento | 769 | 84.3% | 24.6% |
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 Charles E. Mack Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,068 of 5,151 | #152 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,171 of 5,172 ▼ 157 | #158 of 217 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,272 of 5,172 ▼ 328 | #162 of 217 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #862 of 5,116 | #43 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #275 of 5,915 | #21 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,419 of 5,352 | #176 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #1,277 of 5,354 | #156 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,794 of 5,625 | #61 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #3,451 of 3,837 | #128 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
840
-28 (-3%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 840 | 33.6 | 25.0:1 | 84% (704) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 33 | 24.5:1 | 80% (646) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 33 | 25.0:1 | 64% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 868 | 34 | 25.5:1 | 88% (761) |
| 2017-18 | 873 | 33.5 | 26.1:1 | 92% (799) |
| 2015-16 | 904 | 42 | 21.5:1 | 94% (849) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | N/A | N/A | 89% (776) |
| 2000-01 | 1,026 | 52 | 19.7:1 | 85% (868) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 35 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles E. Mack Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (873 to 840); teachers unchanged (33.5 to 33.6).
About Charles E. Mack Elementary
Charles E. Mack Elementary is a public large elementary school in Sacramento, California. Total enrollment is 840 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. It has 81% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Charles E. Mack Elementary is one school in Elk Grove Unified, a system of 67 schools with 63,232 students.
Of every 100 students at Charles E. Mack Elementary, about 50 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 30% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Sacramento County is roughly 24% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 25.0:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Charles E. Mack Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.4% for Charles E. Mack Elementary. The school posts 25.1%, 5.4 points below the prediction.
In Sacramento County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 387 public schools and about 259,342 students.
Among nearby public schools, Parkway Elementary is closest at about 0.6 miles. Charles E. Mack Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 23.8% proficiency; Charles E. Mack Elementary posts 25.1%.
NCES describes the area around Charles E. Mack Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Charles E. Mack Elementary. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles E. Mack ElementaryHow many students attend Charles E. Mack Elementary?
Charles E. Mack Elementary enrolls approximately 840 students in grades KG-06.
Is Charles E. Mack Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles E. Mack Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles E. Mack Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles E. Mack Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles E. Mack Elementary?
At Charles E. Mack Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 50% Hispanic, 8% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Charles E. Mack Elementary public or private?
Charles E. Mack Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.