Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High

As a rural-scale high school in Sacramento, California, Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High caters to 136 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Sacramento County Office of Education. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Sacramento County Office of Education comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 815 students; Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High is one.

Palmiter Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 136 (now 136). Black enrollment moved from 31% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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