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Enrollment
779
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233009361
Foulks Ranch Elementary
6211 Laguna Park Dr., Elk Grove, CA 95758 · (916) 686-8177 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- 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
24.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
389 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (122).
Student demographics
76%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
58.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.6pp since 2014
Math
48.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.1% | 27.5% | 19.6% | 21.8% |
| Math | 24.6% | 23.7% | 24.1% | 27.5% |
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 | 58.6% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 40.9% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.1% | 45.6% |
| 2020-21 | 48.8% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 58.1% | 48.9% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 51.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.5% | 46.9% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Foulks Ranch Elementary
Foulks Ranch Elementary's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foulks Ranch Elementary this school | 779 | 49.9% | 50.9% |
| Brentwood Elementary Brentwood | 811 | 45.6% | 48.1% |
| Cambridge Elementary Vacaville | 738 | 46.1% | 42.9% |
| K. I. Jones Elementary Fairfield | 760 | 47.2% | 58.3% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Riverside | 767 | 48.9% | 62.6% |
| Foxboro Elementary Vacaville | 717 | 47.4% | 33.8% |
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 Foulks Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,663 of 5,151 | #60 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,694 of 5,172 ▲ 417 | #57 of 217 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #1,424 of 5,172 ▲ 135 | #51 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,971 of 5,116 | #109 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #442 of 5,915 | #31 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,723 of 5,352 | #139 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #57 of 5,354 | #21 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #3,914 of 5,625 | #168 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #2,289 of 3,837 | #77 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
779
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 779 | 32.5 | 24.0:1 | 50% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 41% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 31 | 25.1:1 | 41% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 33 | 24.4:1 | 37% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 38 | 23.6:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 44 | 20.9:1 | 40% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | N/A | N/A | 28% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 1,121 | 51 | 22.0:1 | 8% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 753 | 27 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foulks Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (895 to 779); teachers down 14% (38 to 32.5).
About Foulks Ranch Elementary
Foulks Ranch Elementary is one of the public schools in Elk Grove, California. It is a large elementary school. Enrolled students number 779 students, in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Foulks Ranch Elementary is one school in Elk Grove Unified, a system of 67 schools with 63,232 students.
Foulks Ranch Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 32%. The remaining students are 30% White, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 9% Black. By the diversity index, Foulks Ranch Elementary comes in at 76%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.0:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Foulks Ranch Elementary is 50%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 13 points.
Foulks Ranch Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 50.3% for a school in California with Foulks Ranch Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Foulks Ranch Elementary posts 50.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sacramento County show that 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, Laguna Creek High is about 0.7 miles away. Foulks Ranch Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.0% on proficiency, and Foulks Ranch Elementary is above that at 50.9%.
NCES assigns Foulks Ranch Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Foulks Ranch Elementary went from 805 students to 779.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Elk Grove
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Elk Grove HighHigh · 1,684 students
Nearby schools
- Laguna Creek High0.7 mi · 2,142
- John Ehrhardt Elementary0.8 mi · 827
- Harriet G. Eddy Middle0.8 mi · 1,034
- Elitha Donner Elementary1.1 mi · 706
- Marion Mix Elementary1.1 mi · 736
- Helen Carr Castello Elementary1.4 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Foulks Ranch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Foulks Ranch Elementary?
Foulks Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 779 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Foulks Ranch Elementary serve?
Foulks Ranch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Foulks Ranch Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Foulks Ranch Elementary.
How diverse is Foulks Ranch Elementary?
Foulks Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 16% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Foulks Ranch Elementary in?
Foulks Ranch Elementary is part of Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.