Empire Oaks Elementary

Located at 1830 Bonhill Dr., in Folsom, California, Empire Oaks Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that works with 366 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.

Within Folsom-Cordova Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 21,699 students, Empire Oaks Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Empire Oaks Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. Compared to Sacramento County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Empire Oaks Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Empire Oaks Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Empire Oaks Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.8%; this one delivers 77.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Empire Oaks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Chan Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Empire Oaks Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Empire Oaks Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 72.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 29%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 56% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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