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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005237
Edward Kemble Elementary
7495 29th St., Sacramento, CA 95822 · (916) 395-4550 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
386 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 126 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 28% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
28.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.9pp since 2014
Math
24.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 14.1% | 27.3% | 43.8% |
| Math | 6.5% | 17.9% | 23.6% | 52.0% |
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 | 28.9% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.7% | 22.3% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 36.2% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Edward Kemble Elementary
Edward Kemble Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kemble Elementary this school | 454 | 85.0% | 25.5% |
| Nicholas Elementary Sacramento | 482 | 89.0% | 17.1% |
| Holder Elementary Buena Park | 445 | 80.4% | 52.8% |
| Louis A. Bohn Elementary Tracy | 397 | 82.9% | 31.2% |
| McKinley Elementary Tracy | 436 | 83.3% | 24.5% |
| Wagner-Holt Elementary Stockton | 417 | 84.9% | 19.9% |
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 Edward Kemble Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,027 of 5,151 | #150 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #3,837 of 5,172 ▼ 22 | #134 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #4,082 of 5,172 ▲ 191 | #154 of 217 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #535 of 5,116 | #18 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,993 of 5,915 | #130 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,042 of 5,352 | #20 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #1,511 of 5,354 | #167 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #1,662 of 5,625 | #53 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #939 of 3,837 | #20 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
454
-67 (-13%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 454 | 22.5 | 20.2:1 | 85% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 25.5 | 18.2:1 | 93% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 93% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 24 | 21.7:1 | 91% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 25 | 24.1:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 17 | 32.2:1 | 76% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | N/A | N/A | 97% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 33 | 24.9:1 | 87% (714) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 34 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward Kemble Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (602 to 454); teachers down 10% (25 to 22.5).
About Edward Kemble Elementary
At 7495 29th St. in Sacramento, California, Edward Kemble Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 454 students in kindergarten through 3.
Edward Kemble Elementary is among 73 schools run by Sacramento City Unified, which serves 37,657 students.
Hispanic students are 54% of those enrolled at Edward Kemble Elementary. The remaining shares are 25% Asian, 8% Black, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Sacramento County's population at about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The school has 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Edward Kemble Elementary, 85% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Among California public elementary schools, Edward Kemble Elementary outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Edward Kemble Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.5% is 4.3 points below the 29.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Sacramento County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 387 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,342, Edward Kemble Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Edward Kemble Elementary is closest to Cesar Chavez Intermediate, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Edward Kemble Elementary's average proficiency of 25.5% compares with 23.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 454 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 521. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.7:1 to 20.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Edward Kemble Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- Rosemont HighHigh · 1,485 students
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- Cesar Chavez Intermediate0.1 mi · 357
- Capital City Independent Study0.6 mi · 258
- Luther Burbank High0.6 mi · 1,535
- Success Academy0.7 mi · 1
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.7 mi · 722
- John H. Still0.9 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Edward Kemble ElementaryHow large is Edward Kemble Elementary?
Edward Kemble Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Edward Kemble Elementary serve?
Edward Kemble Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edward Kemble Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edward Kemble Elementary is approximately 20.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edward Kemble Elementary?
At Edward Kemble Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 54% Hispanic, 8% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Edward Kemble Elementary public or private?
Edward Kemble Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.