Garden Valley Elementary

Garden Valley Elementary, an intimate elementary-level community in Sacramento, California, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified, instructs 365 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Garden Valley Elementary sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Twin Rivers Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 24,770 students, Garden Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Garden Valley Elementary shows that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 23% Asian, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Garden Valley Elementary records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Garden Valley Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Garden Valley Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 24.6%; Garden Valley Elementary posts 47.8%, +23.2 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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. Garden Valley Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Rio Tierra Junior High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Garden Valley Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 57% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Garden Valley Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.