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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ethel I. Baker Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005239
Ethel I. Baker Elementary
5717 Laurine Way, Sacramento, CA 95824 · (916) 395-4560 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
502 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
13.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
12.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.9% | 10.6% | 21.4% | 65.1% |
| Math | 1.8% | 10.3% | 20.3% | 67.7% |
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 | 13.5% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 8.1% |
| 2021-22 | 16.4% | 7.1% |
| 2018-19 | 12.1% | 10.2% |
| 2017-18 | 15.7% | 15.5% |
| 2016-17 | 12.5% | 13.8% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ethel I. Baker Elementary
Ethel I. Baker Elementary's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel I. Baker Elementary this school | 608 | 82.6% | 11.9% |
| Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary Fresno | 630 | 83.8% | 29.9% |
| Harrison Elementary Stockton | 640 | 81.6% | 23.2% |
| Denker Avenue Elementary Gardena | 670 | 79.9% | 44.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Merced | 602 | 81.6% | 34.4% |
| Joe Stefani Merced | 641 | 88.0% | 28.6% |
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 Ethel I. Baker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #5,064 of 5,151 | #208 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #4,943 of 5,172 ▲ 139 | #197 of 217 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #5,087 of 5,172 ▼ 33 | #211 of 217 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #3,028 of 5,116 | #115 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,331 of 5,915 | #76 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,591 of 5,352 | #184 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #2,306 of 5,354 | #199 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #1,916 of 5,625 | #66 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #2,544 of 3,837 | #81 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
608
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 608 | 24 | 25.3:1 | 83% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 24 | 25.7:1 | 92% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 22.5 | 26.4:1 | 96% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 24 | 25.8:1 | 97% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 90% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 26 | 29.1:1 | 93% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 98% (650) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 85% (607) |
| 1990-91 | 675 | 26 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel I. Baker Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (685 to 608); teachers down 11% (27 to 24).
About Ethel I. Baker Elementary
Ethel I. Baker Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Sacramento, California. The school has 608 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 31% larger than average.
Ethel I. Baker Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified, where 73 schools serve 37,657 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ethel I. Baker Elementary is Hispanic: 63%. Other groups include 19% Asian, 5% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% White. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. The diversity index for Ethel I. Baker Elementary is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 83% of the student body. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Ethel I. Baker Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ethel I. Baker Elementary would score about 31.2%. It scores 11.9%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Sacramento County, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including Ethel I. Baker Elementary.
The closest school to Ethel I. Baker Elementary is Pacific Elementary, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ethel I. Baker Elementary ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 11.9% against a local average of 27.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 619 in 2020-21 and 608 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Ethel I. Baker Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Ethel I. Baker ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ethel I. Baker Elementary?
Ethel I. Baker Elementary enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ethel I. Baker Elementary serve?
Ethel I. Baker Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ethel I. Baker Elementary have?
Ethel I. Baker Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
How diverse is Ethel I. Baker Elementary?
Ethel I. Baker Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 63% Hispanic, 5% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ethel I. Baker Elementary in?
Ethel I. Baker Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.