F. C. Joyce TK-8

As an average-sized elementary-level community in North Highlands, California, F. C. Joyce TK-8 caters to 537 students from grades K through 8, operated by Twin Rivers Unified.

F. C. Joyce TK-8 is one of 44 schools operated by Twin Rivers Unified, a district that caters to 24,770 students overall.

In terms of who attends, F. C. Joyce TK-8 shows that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Asian, 14% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, F. C. Joyce TK-8 has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), F. C. Joyce TK-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.6%, the actual is 18.2%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which F. C. Joyce TK-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Community Collaborative Charter, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around F. C. Joyce TK-8. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts F. C. Joyce TK-8 at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 9% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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