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What's one thing Cottage Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005765
Cottage Elementary
2221 Morse Ave., Sacramento, CA 95825 · (916) 575-2306 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% 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.
- B-Three-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
26.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
383 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
69%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
19.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.8pp since 2014
Math
8.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.1% | 15.1% | 24.7% | 56.2% |
| Math | 1.3% | 7.2% | 21.1% | 70.5% |
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 | 19.2% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 15.2% | 5.7% |
| 2022-23 | 11.6% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 15.1% | 8.3% |
| 2018-19 | 28.0% | 22.4% |
| 2017-18 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2016-17 | 18.1% | 9.9% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Cottage Elementary
Cottage Elementary's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Elementary this school | 502 | 76.3% | 12.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary Yuba City | 488 | 73.4% | 41.3% |
| Tierra Buena Elementary Yuba City | 607 | 67.1% | 53.5% |
| Barrett Ranch Elementary Antelope | 629 | 67.9% | 43.5% |
| Poplar Avenue Elementary Oroville | 321 | 84.4% | 26.6% |
| Castelar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 626 | 85.5% | 50.4% |
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 Cottage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #5,058 of 5,151 | #207 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #5,100 of 5,172 ▲ 50 | #210 of 217 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,890 of 5,172 ▲ 122 | #196 of 217 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,617 of 5,116 | #97 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #2,414 of 5,915 | #107 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,990 of 5,352 | #217 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #762 of 5,354 | #122 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #2,512 of 5,625 | #95 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.7% | #82 of 1,139 | #13 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
502
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 502 | 19 | 26.4:1 | 76% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 19 | 25.8:1 | 82% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 83% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 80% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 13 | 27.9:1 | 81% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 13 | 25.8:1 | 76% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 80% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 51% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (362 to 502); teachers up 46% (13 to 19).
About Cottage Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Cottage Elementary serves students in Sacramento, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 502 students.
The 67 schools of San Juan Unified, including Cottage Elementary, enroll 39,171 students.
No group is above 50% at Cottage Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 42%. It is also 33% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Sacramento County's residents are about 18% Asian, 24 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 26.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Among California public elementary schools, Cottage Elementary outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Cottage Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 12.1% compared with a predicted 34.8%.
The county, Sacramento County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 387 public schools and about 259,342 students.
The closest school to Cottage Elementary is Katherine Johnson Middle, located about 0.5 miles away. Cottage Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 15.6% on proficiency, and Cottage Elementary is below that at 12.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 502, compared with 439 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Cottage Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- Katherine Johnson Middle0.5 mi · 612
- Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy0.8 mi · 464
- Aspire Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy0.8 mi · 437
- General Davie Jr. Primary Center0.9 mi · 1
- Arden Middle0.9 mi · 1,010
- Marconi Learning Academy1.0 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Cottage ElementaryHow large is Cottage Elementary?
Cottage Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cottage Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cottage Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cottage Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cottage Elementary is approximately 26.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cottage Elementary?
At Cottage Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 42% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cottage Elementary in?
Cottage Elementary is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.