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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005240
Ethel Phillips Elementary
2930 21st Ave., Sacramento, CA 95820 · (916) 395-4565 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
365 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 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
36%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
19.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
20.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 13.2% | 25.9% | 55.0% |
| Math | 7.5% | 13.4% | 24.0% | 55.1% |
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 | 19.1% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.3% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 20.7% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 22.6% | 22.5% |
| 2017-18 | 17.4% | 19.4% |
| 2016-17 | 13.6% | 16.8% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Ethel Phillips Elementary
Ethel Phillips Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel Phillips Elementary this school | 428 | 85.3% | 21.3% |
| Dr. J. Michael McGrath Elementary Newhall | 414 | 86.0% | 47.1% |
| Esther L. Walter Anaheim | 442 | 84.8% | 31.5% |
| Workman Avenue Elementary West Covina | 455 | 86.4% | 39.3% |
| Rosemary Kennedy Elementary Riverside | 398 | 85.9% | 31.1% |
| Glassbrook Elementary Hayward | 455 | 82.6% | 8.7% |
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 Phillips Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,463 of 5,151 | #174 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,218 of 5,172 ▲ 76 | #160 of 217 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,894 of 5,172 ▼ 620 | #197 of 217 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,692 of 5,116 | #99 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #3,311 of 5,915 | #142 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,626 of 5,352 | #79 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #3,673 of 5,354 | #225 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #1,632 of 5,625 | #50 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #2,216 of 3,837 | #73 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
428
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 85% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 19.1 | 22.6:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 92% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 93% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 21.5 | 23.0:1 | 90% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 19 | 29.7:1 | 78% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | N/A | N/A | 87% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 78% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 28 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel Phillips Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (495 to 428); teachers down 12% (21.5 to 19).
About Ethel Phillips Elementary
Among the schools in Sacramento, California, is Ethel Phillips Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 428 students are spread across kindergarten through 6.
The district, Sacramento City Unified, has 37,657 students enrolled across 73 schools.
At 79%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Ethel Phillips Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 7% White, 7% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of Sacramento County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ethel Phillips Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Its teaching staff equals 19 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.5:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 85%. The rate at public schools in Sacramento County averages 63%, lower than here.
Ethel Phillips Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Ethel Phillips Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 29.6%. Ethel Phillips Elementary scores 21.3%, 8.3 points below that line.
Ethel Phillips Elementary is located in Sacramento County, where median household income is about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 387 public schools in Sacramento County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,342.
Nearby, St. HOPE Public School 7 is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ethel Phillips Elementary places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Ethel Phillips Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 428, 5% below the 452 of 2020-21.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Ethel Phillips Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Phillips ElementaryHow many students attend Ethel Phillips Elementary?
Ethel Phillips Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Ethel Phillips Elementary serve?
Ethel Phillips Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Ethel Phillips Elementary have?
Ethel Phillips Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Ethel Phillips Elementary?
Student demographics at Ethel Phillips Elementary are roughly 7% White, 79% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ethel Phillips Elementary in?
Ethel Phillips Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.