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Enrollment
760
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATOMAS UNIFIED·NCES 060003612351
H. Allen Hight Elementary
3200 North Park Dr., Sacramento, CA 95835 · (916) 567-5700 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
24.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
580 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 158 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
28.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
16.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.4% | 17.9% | 18.2% | 53.5% |
| Math | 3.8% | 12.4% | 26.9% | 56.9% |
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 | 28.3% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.1% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 30.9% |
| 2017-18 | 31.2% | 21.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.0% | 21.4% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 H. Allen Hight Elementary
H. Allen Hight Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. Allen Hight Elementary this school | 760 | 76.3% | 22.7% |
| Laurel Elementary Oakland | 473 | 85.4% | 28.8% |
| Lone Tree Elementary Antioch | 518 | 72.8% | 23.4% |
| Jack London Elementary Antioch | 446 | 76.9% | 18.0% |
| Carmen Dragon Elementary Antioch | 495 | 61.6% | 22.1% |
| Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary Vallejo | 676 | 66.0% | 33.0% |
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 H. Allen Hight Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,317 of 5,151 | #162 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #4,637 of 5,172 ▼ 393 | #184 of 217 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #4,145 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #158 of 217 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #1,024 of 5,116 | #50 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #494 of 5,915 | #34 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,024 of 5,352 | #151 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #80 of 5,354 | #31 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #2,510 of 5,625 | #94 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.9% | #143 of 1,139 | #17 of 64 |
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
760
+62 (+9%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 760 | 31.2 | 24.4:1 | 76% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 33.5 | 24.0:1 | 74% (593) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 32.5 | 24.7:1 | 59% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 30 | 23.3:1 | 61% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 23 | 25.8:1 | 60% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 58% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | N/A | N/A | 51% (380) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. Allen Hight Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (594 to 760); teachers up 35% (23 to 31.2).
About H. Allen Hight Elementary
H. Allen Hight Elementary, located in Sacramento, California, is a large elementary school. Enrollment totals 760 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
H. Allen Hight Elementary is in Natomas Unified, a district with 14,902 students across 20 schools.
No group is above 50% at H. Allen Hight Elementary; the largest is Black, at 34%. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 7% White. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Black share is about 9%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
A staff of 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 24.4:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
H. Allen Hight Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, H. Allen Hight Elementary would be expected to post about 34.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.7%.
In Sacramento County, home to about 1,594,006 people, median household income comes to about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County's 387 public schools enroll about 259,342 students and include H. Allen Hight Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Natomas Middle is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. H. Allen Hight Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school grew from 698 students in 2020-21 to 760 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 23.3:1 in 2020-21 to 24.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Natomas Unified
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Westlake CharterCombined · 1,493 students
- Natomas HighHigh · 1,157 students
- HeronElementary · 977 students
- Paso VerdeElementary · 897 students
- Leroy Greene AcademyHigh · 755 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
Nearby schools
- Natomas Middle0.0 mi · 672
- Westlake Charter0.7 mi · 1,493
- Northlake TK-80.8 mi · 380
- Natomas Charter0.9 mi · 1,850
- Inderkum High1.0 mi · 2,194
- Paso Verde1.1 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About H. Allen Hight ElementaryHow many students attend H. Allen Hight Elementary?
H. Allen Hight Elementary enrolls approximately 760 students in grades KG-05.
Is H. Allen Hight Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
H. Allen Hight Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does H. Allen Hight Elementary have?
H. Allen Hight Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at H. Allen Hight Elementary?
Student demographics at H. Allen Hight Elementary are roughly 7% White, 24% Hispanic, 34% Black, 23% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is H. Allen Hight Elementary in?
H. Allen Hight Elementary is part of Natomas Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.