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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005770
Del Dayo Elementary
1301 McClaren Dr., Carmichael, CA 95608 · (916) 575-2323 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
141 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 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 214% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
52%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
59.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
51.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.9% | 34.5% | 20.9% | 19.7% |
| Math | 21.2% | 29.8% | 33.5% | 15.5% |
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 | 59.4% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 59.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.2% | 63.7% |
| 2018-19 | 68.0% | 63.9% |
| 2017-18 | 71.8% | 62.3% |
| 2016-17 | 65.8% | 54.4% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Del Dayo Elementary
Del Dayo Elementary's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Dayo Elementary this school | 496 | 28.4% | 55.9% |
| Robinson Elementary Trabuco Canyon | 486 | 27.6% | 56.8% |
| Bay Park Elementary San Diego | 504 | 28.8% | 66.2% |
| Moulton Elementary Laguna Niguel | 538 | 30.5% | 69.3% |
| Chico Country Day Chico | 585 | 26.3% | N/A |
| Parker Whitney Elementary Rocklin | 422 | 30.1% | 57.3% |
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 Del Dayo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #1,351 of 5,151 | #47 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,520 of 5,172 ▼ 425 | #49 of 217 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,371 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #49 of 217 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.2pp | #127 of 5,116 | #5 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,487 of 5,915 | #112 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,890 of 5,352 | #211 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #2,636 of 5,354 | #209 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #4,816 of 5,625 | #214 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #1,809 of 3,837 | #52 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
496
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 496 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 20 | 26.0:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 20 | 25.8:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 20.6 | 28.9:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 20 | 29.4:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | N/A | N/A | 12% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 4% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Dayo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (596 to 496); teachers down 8% (20.6 to 19).
About Del Dayo Elementary
Located in Carmichael, California, Del Dayo Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 496 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Del Dayo Elementary falls under San Juan Unified, which has 67 schools enrolling 39,171 students.
Del Dayo Elementary's enrollment is 67% White. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Sacramento County's population at about 45%. By the diversity index, Del Dayo Elementary comes in at 52%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 26.1:1, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Del Dayo Elementary is 28%. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Del Dayo Elementary would be expected to post about 62.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.9%.
Among Sacramento County residents, median household income is about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Del Dayo Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County, which together enroll about 259,342 students.
The closest other public school is Starr King K-8, about 1.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Del Dayo Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Del Dayo Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 507 students in 2020-21 and 496 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.1:1 to 26.1:1.
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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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Carmichael
- Visions In EducationCombined · 7,460 students
- California Montessori Project-San Juan CampusesElementary · 1,545 students
- Winston Churchill MiddleMiddle · 987 students
- Starr King K-8Elementary · 885 students
- John Barrett MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Options for Youth-San JuanHigh · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Starr King K-81.1 mi · 885
- Ralph Richardson Center1.1 mi · 54
- Cordova Meadows Elementary1.2 mi · 374
- Rio Americano High1.2 mi · 1,891
- Visions In Education1.5 mi · 7,460
- San Juan Choices Charter1.6 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Del Dayo ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Del Dayo Elementary?
Del Dayo Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-06.
Is Del Dayo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Del Dayo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Del Dayo Elementary have?
Del Dayo Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Del Dayo Elementary?
At Del Dayo Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Del Dayo Elementary public or private?
Del Dayo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
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