Crocker/Riverside Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Sacramento, California, Crocker/Riverside Elementary enrolls 631 students from grades K through 6, run under Sacramento City Unified. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 37,657 students. Crocker/Riverside Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Crocker/Riverside Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Crocker/Riverside Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Crocker/Riverside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crocker/Riverside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.3%.

Around the school, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Crocker/Riverside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: California Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crocker/Riverside Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Crocker/Riverside Elementary's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 631). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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