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What advice would you give to incoming students at Folsom Hills Elementary?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389010294
Folsom Hills Elementary
106 Manseau Dr., Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9135 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
48 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
63%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
75.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.8pp since 2014
Math
70.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.3pp 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 70 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.6% | 26.2% | 12.9% | 11.3% |
| Math | 38.3% | 32.0% | 22.7% | 7.0% |
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 | 75.8% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 76.1% |
| 2022-23 | 76.7% | 74.8% |
| 2021-22 | 76.3% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 77.0% | 66.8% |
| 2017-18 | 78.3% | 73.8% |
| 2016-17 | 72.0% | 68.4% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 Folsom Hills Elementary
Folsom Hills Elementary's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Hills Elementary this school | 496 | 9.7% | 74.5% |
| Oak Chan Elementary Folsom | 437 | 11.2% | 73.4% |
| Oakhills Elementary Granite Bay | 554 | 9.9% | 79.0% |
| Newland (William T.) Elementary Huntington Beach | 531 | 14.1% | 88.2% |
| Kensington Elementary Kensington | 473 | 14.2% | 78.0% |
| Cabrillo Elementary Pacifica | 524 | 13.5% | 55.2% |
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 Folsom Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #448 of 5,151 | #10 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #589 of 5,172 ▼ 212 | #15 of 217 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #458 of 5,172 ▼ 17 | #13 of 217 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,600 of 5,116 | #73 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,481 of 5,915 | #111 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,093 of 5,352 | #21 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #1,440 of 5,354 | #165 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.7% | #5,483 of 5,625 | #234 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #2,561 of 3,837 | #83 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
496
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 496 | 24.4 | 20.3:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 20.6 | 23.0:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 22.1 | 22.3:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 24 | 23.2:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | N/A | N/A | 5% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 2% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folsom Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (557 to 496); teachers up 2% (24 to 24.4).
About Folsom Hills Elementary
Folsom Hills Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Folsom, California. The school enrolls 496 students in kindergarten through 5.
Folsom-Cordova Unified is made up of 35 schools with 21,699 students in all.
More than half of the students at Folsom Hills Elementary are White (55%). The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 13% Asian. In Sacramento County overall, about 45% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Folsom Hills Elementary scores 63%.
A staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.3:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.0 students per teacher. By family income, 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 53 points below the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Folsom Hills Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Folsom Hills Elementary is 73.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.5%.
In Sacramento County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
The closest school to Folsom Hills Elementary is Oak Chan Elementary, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 68.9% on proficiency, and Folsom Hills Elementary is above that at 74.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 504 students in 2020-21 and 496 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Elementary0.8 mi · 437
- Empire Oaks Elementary1.2 mi · 366
- Folsom Middle1.2 mi · 1,508
- Blanche Sprentz Elementary1.3 mi · 348
- Theodore Judah Elementary2.0 mi · 600
- Lakeview Elementary2.0 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Folsom Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Folsom Hills Elementary?
Folsom Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Folsom Hills Elementary serve?
Folsom Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Folsom Hills Elementary have?
Folsom Hills Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Folsom Hills Elementary?
At Folsom Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Folsom Hills Elementary public or private?
Folsom Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.