Glenwood Elementary

Glenwood Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Sacramento, California, run under Robla Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 481 students spanning grades K through 6.

Glenwood Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Robla Elementary, a district that works with 1,892 students overall.

On demographics, Glenwood Elementary reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 11% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White, 2% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glenwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 19.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Glenwood Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

New Hope Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenwood Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.5%.

Glenwood Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenwood Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 474 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 62% to 74% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Glenwood Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.