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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Dyer-Kelly Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005774
Dyer-Kelly Elementary
3101 Bell St., Sacramento, CA 95821 · (916) 971-7150 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
25.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
654 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 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
71%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
9.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.7pp since 2014
Math
6.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.2% | 8.2% | 17.5% | 73.2% |
| Math | 1.1% | 5.2% | 20.3% | 73.4% |
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 | 9.3% | 6.2% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
| 2022-23 | 11.9% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 10.6% | 5.0% |
| 2018-19 | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 2017-18 | 7.4% | 5.8% |
| 2016-17 | 3.1% | 2.5% |
| 2015-16 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dyer-Kelly Elementary
Dyer-Kelly Elementary's state test result (7.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyer-Kelly Elementary this school | 735 | 89.0% | 7.5% |
| Howe Avenue Elementary Sacramento | 741 | 84.3% | 10.9% |
| Starr King K-8 Carmichael | 885 | 85.8% | 10.2% |
| Castelar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 626 | 85.5% | 50.4% |
| Anna Kirchgater Elementary Sacramento | 738 | 81.6% | 36.8% |
| Elder Creek Elementary Sacramento | 712 | 87.2% | 31.5% |
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 Dyer-Kelly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #5,133 of 5,151 | #217 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #5,140 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #214 of 217 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #5,146 of 5,172 ▲ 4 | #217 of 217 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,345 of 5,116 | #130 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #604 of 5,915 | #42 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,601 of 5,352 | #185 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #504 of 5,354 | #89 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #1,226 of 5,625 | #24 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.2% | #49 of 1,139 | #7 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
735
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 735 | 29 | 25.4:1 | 89% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 32 | 22.4:1 | 85% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 32 | 23.5:1 | 94% (708) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 92% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 98% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 16 | 27.1:1 | 97% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | N/A | N/A | 94% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 99% (469) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dyer-Kelly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (496 to 735); teachers up 53% (19 to 29).
About Dyer-Kelly Elementary
Dyer-Kelly Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Sacramento, California. Its 735 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
San Juan Unified runs 67 schools with a combined 39,171 students. Dyer-Kelly Elementary is one of them.
Asian students are the largest group at Dyer-Kelly Elementary, with 43% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 22% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 26 points above the 18% share among Sacramento County residents. By the diversity index, Dyer-Kelly Elementary comes in at 71%.
The teaching staff at Dyer-Kelly Elementary is 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 25.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. About 89% of students, or 654, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
The allk12 Grade for Dyer-Kelly Elementary is F. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Dyer-Kelly Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 27.4%. Actual: 7.5%.
Within Sacramento County, 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. Federal data list 387 public schools in Sacramento County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,342.
The shortest distance from Dyer-Kelly Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Marconi Learning Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Dyer-Kelly Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dyer-Kelly 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 counts put enrollment at 710 in 2020-21 and 735 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. Federal data show the ratio rising from 20.3:1 to 25.4:1.
The Dyer-Kelly Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Nearby schools
- Marconi Learning Academy0.5 mi · 464
- Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy0.8 mi · 464
- Aspire Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy0.8 mi · 437
- Howe Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 741
- Michael J. Castori Elementary1.1 mi · 545
- Katherine Johnson Middle1.1 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Dyer-Kelly ElementaryHow large is Dyer-Kelly Elementary?
Dyer-Kelly Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dyer-Kelly Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dyer-Kelly Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dyer-Kelly Elementary?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at Dyer-Kelly Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dyer-Kelly Elementary?
At Dyer-Kelly Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 43% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Dyer-Kelly Elementary in?
Dyer-Kelly Elementary is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.