Frontier Elementary

Frontier Elementary operates as an intimate elementary campus in Sacramento, California, part of Twin Rivers Unified. Current enrollment sits at 379 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Frontier Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Frontier Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% White, 15% multiracial, 12% Black, 8% Asian. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Frontier Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frontier Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.3%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Frontier Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Foothill High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frontier Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Frontier Elementary's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 379). White enrollment moved from 41% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

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