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Alumni: what's one memory from Elk Grove High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,684
High
DISTRICT 1,516 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001398
Elk Grove High
9800 Elk Grove-Florin Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95624 · (916) 686-7741 · Sacramento County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,684 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
789 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 450 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 396 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 395 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 443 | 26% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
50.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.3pp since 2014
Math
32.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.7% | 28.0% | 19.1% | 30.2% |
| Math | 8.5% | 23.6% | 25.2% | 42.7% |
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 | 50.7% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.1% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 61.6% | 34.3% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 42.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 34.4% |
| 2017-18 | 55.5% | 35.5% |
| 2016-17 | 68.1% | 38.6% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Elk Grove High
Elk Grove High's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove High this school | 1,684 | 46.9% | 41.2% |
| Henry High San Diego | 2,485 | 41.6% | 60.4% |
| University City High San Diego | 1,465 | 48.9% | 61.7% |
| Center High Antelope | 1,312 | 52.5% | 43.8% |
| College Park High Pleasant Hill | 1,948 | 40.5% | 52.5% |
| Roseville High Roseville | 1,443 | 50.6% | 42.7% |
Matched among California high 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 Elk Grove High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #500 of 1,052 | #15 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #388 of 1,056 ▲ 32 | #13 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #693 of 1,056 ▼ 149 | #24 of 45 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.6pp | #86 of 1,044 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,684 | #450 of 2,093 | #16 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #607 of 1,352 | #21 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #19 of 1,351 | #7 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #1,208 of 1,575 | #52 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #375 of 802 | #9 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,684
-170 (-9%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 2,400
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 1,684 | 82.5 | 20.4:1 | 47% (789) |
| 2023-24 | 1,692 | 83.2 | 20.3:1 | 37% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 1,774 | 89 | 19.9:1 | 31% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 1,854 | 83 | 22.3:1 | 31% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 1,923 | 90.1 | 21.3:1 | 38% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 1,743 | 82 | 21.3:1 | 37% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 1,806 | N/A | N/A | 30% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 2,329 | 104 | 22.4:1 | 12% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 2,400 | 103 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Grove High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,923 to 1,684); teachers down 8% (90.1 to 82.5).
About Elk Grove High
Students in Elk Grove, California, attend Elk Grove High, a high-enrollment high school. Enrollment stands at 1,684 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 101% bigger than the 838-student average for high schools in California.
Elk Grove High falls under Elk Grove Unified, which has 67 schools enrolling 63,232 students.
No group is above 50% at Elk Grove High; the largest is White, at 34%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 45%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elk Grove High scores 75%.
A staff of 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.4:1. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 16 points.
Among California public high schools, Elk Grove High outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Elk Grove High scores 41.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.1%.
In the surrounding county, Sacramento County, median household income comes to about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 387 public schools and about 259,342 students.
Florence Markofer Elementary is the nearest public school to Elk Grove High, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Elk Grove High is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Elk Grove High in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.3:1 to 20.4:1.
The Elk Grove High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Elk Grove
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Katherine L. Albiani MiddleMiddle · 1,447 students
Other Elk Grove High schools
One other US public school is named Elk Grove High. Elk Grove High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Elk Grove High SchoolElk Grove Village, IL · 1,906 students
Nearby schools
- Florence Markofer Elementary0.3 mi · 670
- Jessie Baker0.4 mi · 170
- California Montessori Project - Elk Grove Campus0.5 mi · 577
- Joseph Kerr Middle0.6 mi · 877
- Miwok Village Elementary1.1 mi · 1,050
- Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle1.3 mi · 1,136
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Grove HighWhat is the total enrollment at Elk Grove High?
Elk Grove High enrolls approximately 1,684 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Elk Grove High serve?
Elk Grove High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elk Grove High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elk Grove High is approximately 20.4:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elk Grove High?
At Elk Grove High, the student body is approximately 34% White, 30% Hispanic, 7% Black, 16% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Elk Grove High public or private?
Elk Grove High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.