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Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389010355
Empire Oaks Elementary
1830 Bonhill Dr., Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9130 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
35 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
70%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
76.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
77.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.4% | 30.6% | 16.4% | 7.7% |
| Math | 48.1% | 29.5% | 16.9% | 5.5% |
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 | 76.0% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 74.6% |
| 2022-23 | 73.7% | 66.4% |
| 2021-22 | 76.7% | 75.3% |
| 2018-19 | 81.4% | 72.8% |
| 2017-18 | 79.8% | 74.7% |
| 2016-17 | 73.5% | 72.8% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Empire Oaks Elementary
Empire Oaks Elementary's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Oaks Elementary this school | 366 | 9.6% | 76.7% |
| Sunset Hills Elementary San Diego | 381 | 10.0% | 71.3% |
| Solana Santa Fe Elementary Rancho Santa Fe | 334 | 12.3% | 79.8% |
| Solana Highlands Elementary San Diego | 384 | 12.0% | 80.7% |
| Rancho Vista Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | 329 | 14.0% | 84.4% |
| San Carlos Charter Learning Center San Carlos | 377 | 4.0% | N/A |
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 Empire Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #362 of 5,151 | #7 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #320 of 5,172 ▲ 106 | #5 of 217 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #444 of 5,172 ▼ 125 | #12 of 217 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,072 of 5,116 | #119 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #4,103 of 5,915 | #176 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,009 of 5,352 | #19 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #576 of 5,354 | #98 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #5,486 of 5,625 | #235 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #593 of 3,837 | #15 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
366
-39 (-10%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 366 | 18.2 | 20.1:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 18.2 | 22.5:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 18.1 | 20.9:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | N/A | N/A | 3% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Empire Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (516 to 366); teachers down 17% (22 to 18.2).
About Empire Oaks Elementary
Empire Oaks Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in California, located in Folsom. The school's enrollment of 366 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Empire Oaks Elementary falls under Folsom-Cordova Unified, which has 35 schools enrolling 21,699 students.
The most common group at Empire Oaks Elementary is White students, at 43%. The school is also 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. That is close to the 45% White share among all Sacramento County residents. Empire Oaks Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Empire Oaks Elementary operates with 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.1:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 20.1:1 here. Empire Oaks Elementary reports 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Empire Oaks Elementary is 2.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 76.7% actual, 73.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Sacramento County has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Sacramento County has 387 public schools and roughly 259,342 students.
The closest public school to Empire Oaks Elementary is Oak Chan Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Empire Oaks Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 76.7% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Empire Oaks Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Over 4 years, Empire Oaks Elementary's enrollment declined 10%, to 366. The school's ratio fell from 21.3:1 to 20.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Folsom
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Theodore Judah ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Mangini Ranch ElementaryElementary · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Chan Elementary1.0 mi · 437
- Folsom Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 496
- Vista del Lago High1.6 mi · 1,782
- Lakeview Elementary1.6 mi · 527
- Folsom Middle2.1 mi · 1,508
- Russell Ranch Elementary2.1 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Empire Oaks ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Empire Oaks Elementary?
Empire Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Empire Oaks Elementary serve?
Empire Oaks Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Empire Oaks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Empire Oaks Elementary is approximately 20.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Empire Oaks Elementary?
At Empire Oaks Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 26% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Empire Oaks Elementary?
Empire Oaks Elementary is overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.