David Reese Elementary

Located at 7600 Lindale Dr., in Sacramento, California, David Reese Elementary is a high-enrollment K-5 school that teaches 769 students (grades K through 6), operated by Elk Grove Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so David Reese Elementary sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. David Reese Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, David Reese Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, David Reese Elementary reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at David Reese Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), David Reese Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 21.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which David Reese Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is James Rutter Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David Reese Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts David Reese Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. David Reese Elementary's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,005 (now 769).

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