Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060790007664
Cyril Spinelli Elementary
3401 Scotland Dr., Antelope, CA 95843 · (916) 338-6490 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
23.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
252 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 79 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 132% larger than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cyril Spinelli Elementary→Wilson C. Riles Middle
Based on grade levels within Center Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
21.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 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 down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.4% | 21.0% | 22.8% | 48.8% |
| Math | 7.4% | 14.1% | 30.7% | 47.9% |
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 | 28.4% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 30.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.8% | 36.2% |
| 2017-18 | 50.8% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 43.2% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Cyril Spinelli Elementary
Cyril Spinelli Elementary's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyril Spinelli Elementary this school | 347 | 72.6% | 26.3% |
| Clairemont Canyons Academy San Diego | 318 | 73.3% | 41.0% |
| James Marshall Elementary Sacramento | 337 | 73.3% | 28.2% |
| Rolando Elementary La Mesa | 371 | 68.7% | 39.3% |
| Gardner Street Elementary Los Angeles | 361 | 76.2% | 44.2% |
| Palm Vista Elementary Twentynine Palms | 362 | 76.2% | 18.2% |
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 Cyril Spinelli Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,938 of 5,151 | #143 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,163 of 5,172 ▼ 318 | #157 of 217 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #4,138 of 5,172 ▼ 481 | #157 of 217 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.4pp | #43 of 5,116 | #2 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #4,307 of 5,915 | #188 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,087 of 5,352 | #106 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #205 of 5,354 | #52 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #2,802 of 5,625 | #106 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.6% | #70 of 1,139 | #11 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
347
+66 (+23%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 73% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 68% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 14.3 | 20.1:1 | 70% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 12 | 23.4:1 | 76% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 13 | 18.9:1 | 79% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | 77% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | N/A | N/A | 76% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 60% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 26 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cyril Spinelli Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (245 to 347); teachers up 15% (13 to 15).
About Cyril Spinelli Elementary
Cyril Spinelli Elementary runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Antelope, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 347 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Center Joint Unified enrolls 4,593 students in 8 schools, including Cyril Spinelli Elementary.
About 38% of students at Cyril Spinelli Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 29% White, 12% Black, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Cyril Spinelli Elementary lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 73% of students at Cyril Spinelli Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Cyril Spinelli Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools.
Cyril Spinelli Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.3% and a predicted 37.0%.
In the surrounding county, Sacramento County, median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Arthur S. Dudley Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cyril Spinelli Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Cyril Spinelli Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 347, from 281 in 2020-21.
People who know Cyril Spinelli Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Center Joint Unified
- Center HighHigh · 1,312 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Wilson C. Riles MiddleMiddle · 682 students
- North Country ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Arthur S. Dudley ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Rex Fortune ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other schools in Antelope
- Antelope HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Center HighHigh · 1,312 students
- Antelope Crossing MiddleMiddle · 1,051 students
- Antelope Meadows ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Barrett Ranch ElementaryElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur S. Dudley Elementary0.7 mi · 521
- Sierra View Elementary0.7 mi · 318
- North Country Elementary0.7 mi · 563
- Center High0.9 mi · 1,312
- Creative Connections Arts Academy1.0 mi · 716
- Oak Hill Elementary1.2 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Cyril Spinelli ElementaryHow many students attend Cyril Spinelli Elementary?
Cyril Spinelli Elementary enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cyril Spinelli Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cyril Spinelli Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cyril Spinelli Elementary have?
Cyril Spinelli Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
How diverse is Cyril Spinelli Elementary?
Cyril Spinelli Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 38% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Cyril Spinelli Elementary in?
Cyril Spinelli Elementary is part of Center Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.