Elk Grove High

Elk Grove High, a well-populated high school in Elk Grove, California, operated by Elk Grove Unified, hosts 1,684 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 101% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Elk Grove Unified comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 63,232 students; Elk Grove High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Elk Grove High shows that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Elk Grove High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

Around the school, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Elk Grove High is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Nearest neighbor: Florence Markofer Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Elk Grove High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elk Grove High has edged down 12%, going from 1,923 students in 2018 to 1,684 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 40% to 34%.

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