Elkhorn Village Elementary

Elkhorn Village Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community in West Sacramento, California, overseen by Washington Unified. The school teaches 557 students in grades K through 8.

Elkhorn Village Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Washington Unified, a district that instructs 9,787 students overall.

On demographics, Elkhorn Village Elementary logs that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Elkhorn Village Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Yolo County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elkhorn Village Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yolo County) records that median household earnings sit near $91,752, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Yolo County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), Elkhorn Village Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverbank Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elkhorn Village Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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