Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133201202
Fairbanks Elementary
227 Fairbanks Ave., Sacramento, CA 95838 · (916) 566-3435 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
21.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
297 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
26.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
23.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 16.1% | 23.2% | 50.0% |
| Math | 7.0% | 16.6% | 27.5% | 48.9% |
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 | 26.8% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.4% | 16.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.9% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 20.5% | 15.8% |
| 2017-18 | 19.6% | 16.0% |
| 2016-17 | 15.7% | 13.2% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Fairbanks Elementary
Fairbanks Elementary's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks Elementary this school | 320 | 92.8% | 23.8% |
| Clairmont Elementary Stockton | 401 | 89.5% | 23.8% |
| Garden Valley Elementary Sacramento | 365 | 92.1% | 38.2% |
| Del Paso Heights Elementary Sacramento | 477 | 93.9% | 18.3% |
| Sutherland Elementary Stockton | 360 | 86.4% | 28.7% |
| Franklin Elementary Oakland | 499 | 95.8% | 29.7% |
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 Fairbanks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #4,219 of 5,151 | #158 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #3,925 of 5,172 ▲ 233 | #139 of 217 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #4,300 of 5,172 ▲ 26 | #167 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #1,305 of 5,116 | #47 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #4,573 of 5,915 | #200 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,711 of 5,352 | #39 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #341 of 5,354 | #68 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #731 of 5,625 | #9 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #1,378 of 3,837 | #32 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
320
-39 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 93% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 15 | 24.6:1 | 93% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 15 | 24.5:1 | 95% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 15 | 23.9:1 | 97% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 17 | 23.6:1 | 96% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 94% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | N/A | N/A | 92% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairbanks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (402 to 320); teachers down 12% (17 to 15).
About Fairbanks Elementary
Families in Sacramento, California, are served by Fairbanks Elementary, a small elementary school. The school reports 320 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Twin Rivers Unified runs Fairbanks Elementary along with 43 other schools, enrolling 24,770 students in total.
Asian students form the largest group at Fairbanks Elementary, 35% of enrollment. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% White. By comparison, Sacramento County residents are about 18% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairbanks Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Its teaching staff equals 15 full-time positions, a ratio of 21.3:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 93% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 30 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
allk12 grades Fairbanks Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fairbanks Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.8%, compared with a predicted 25.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sacramento County show that median household income is about $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Fairbanks Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County, which together enroll about 259,342 students.
Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Fairbanks Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.8% against a local average of 27.6%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 320 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 359. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.3:1) than in 2020-21 (23.9:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Twin Rivers Unified
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Other Fairbanks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fairbanks Elementary. Fairbanks Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Fairbanks Elementary SchoolMilford Center, OH · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy0.6 mi · 503
- Las Palmas Elementary0.6 mi · 1,001
- Del Paso Heights Elementary0.7 mi · 477
- Garden Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 365
- Rio Tierra Junior High1.0 mi · 328
- Hazel Strauch Elementary1.1 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Fairbanks ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairbanks Elementary?
Fairbanks Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Fairbanks Elementary serve?
Fairbanks Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Fairbanks Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Fairbanks Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairbanks Elementary?
At Fairbanks Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 35% Hispanic, 13% Black, 35% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Fairbanks Elementary public or private?
Fairbanks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.