Del Paso Heights Elementary

Del Paso Heights Elementary, a medium-sized elementary campus in Sacramento, California, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified, teaches 477 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Del Paso Heights Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Del Paso Heights Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 30% Asian, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Del Paso Heights Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Del Paso Heights Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.5%; this one delivers 18.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Del Paso Heights Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fairbanks Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Del Paso Heights Elementary. On composite proficiency, Del Paso Heights Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 18.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Del Paso Heights Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 477). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 34% to 42% over that span.

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