Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133205097
Frontier Elementary
6691 Silverthorne Cir., Sacramento, CA 95842 · (916) 566-1840 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- A-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
25.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
326 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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
74%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
45.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.1pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.1% | 27.0% | 26.2% | 28.7% |
| Math | 13.8% | 20.9% | 32.6% | 32.6% |
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 | 45.1% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 38.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 36.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.3% | 37.3% |
| 2018-19 | 41.3% | 39.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 40.5% | 34.8% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Frontier Elementary
Frontier Elementary's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Elementary this school | 379 | 86.0% | 38.8% |
| Cordova Meadows Elementary Rancho Cordova | 374 | 88.8% | 15.6% |
| Warren A. Allison Elementary North Highlands | 391 | 91.3% | 29.0% |
| D. W. Babcock Elementary Sacramento | 369 | 89.7% | 25.1% |
| Calvert Charter for Enriched Studies Woodland Hills | 324 | 82.4% | 31.0% |
| Lenwood Elementary Lenwood | 351 | 85.5% | 13.5% |
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 Frontier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,602 of 5,151 | #93 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,773 of 5,172 ▼ 477 | #105 of 217 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #2,436 of 5,172 ▲ 668 | #86 of 217 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,956 of 5,116 | #108 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #3,929 of 5,915 | #166 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,565 of 5,352 | #182 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #172 of 5,354 | #51 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #1,560 of 5,625 | #47 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #1,045 of 3,837 | #23 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
379
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 379 | 15 | 25.3:1 | 86% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 14.5 | 25.8:1 | 84% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 13.5 | 29.0:1 | 83% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 16 | 26.8:1 | 81% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 18.5 | 26.8:1 | 77% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 19 | 27.1:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 68% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (495 to 379); teachers down 19% (18.5 to 15).
About Frontier Elementary
Frontier Elementary, located in Sacramento, California, is a small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 379 students in kindergarten through 6.
Frontier Elementary is part of a district of 44 schools: Twin Rivers Unified, with 24,770 students.
The student body at Frontier Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 41%. The remaining shares are 22% White, 15% multiracial, 12% Black, and 8% Asian. Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 25.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 326 students, or 86%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Sacramento County.
On the allk12 Grade, Frontier Elementary lands at B, ahead of 60% of California public elementary schools.
Frontier Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% and a predicted 29.1%.
For Sacramento County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 387 public schools and about 259,342 students.
The closest school to Frontier Elementary is Foothill High, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Frontier Elementary at 3rd of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.8:1 to 25.3:1.
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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
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Other Frontier Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Frontier Elementary. Frontier Elementary is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Frontier ElementaryHanford, CA · 619 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 846 students
- Frontier Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 809 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOXAHATCHEE, FL · 688 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Foothill High0.4 mi · 1,417
- Foothill Ranch Middle0.6 mi · 509
- Pioneer TK-80.7 mi · 648
- Hillsdale Elementary0.7 mi · 234
- Foothill Oaks Elementary0.7 mi · 508
- Woodridge Elementary0.8 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier ElementaryHow large is Frontier Elementary?
Frontier Elementary enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Frontier Elementary serve?
Frontier Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Frontier Elementary have?
Frontier Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
How diverse is Frontier Elementary?
Frontier Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 41% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Frontier Elementary in?
Frontier Elementary is part of Twin Rivers Unified.
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