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Best kept secret at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005773
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary
7025 Falcon Rd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 · (916) 867-2020 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
183 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
48.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.0pp since 2014
Math
40.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 28.2% | 24.7% | 27.3% |
| Math | 14.9% | 25.4% | 27.6% | 32.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 40.9% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 44.3% |
| 2018-19 | 62.2% | 57.5% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 48.0% |
| 2016-17 | 54.4% | 48.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary this school | 408 | 44.9% | 42.4% |
| Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts Santa Rosa | 384 | 45.8% | 35.6% |
| Oakview Community Elementary Orangevale | 407 | 46.4% | 51.1% |
| Trajan Elementary Orangevale | 391 | 48.6% | 46.1% |
| Monterey Road Elementary Atascadero | 382 | 42.1% | 59.9% |
| Summerville Elementary Tuolumne | 457 | 45.1% | 33.7% |
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 Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,273 of 5,151 | #86 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,270 of 5,172 ▲ 44 | #84 of 217 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,189 of 5,172 ▲ 442 | #78 of 217 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.6pp | #478 of 5,116 | #25 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,601 of 5,915 | #152 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,233 of 5,352 | #63 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #2,470 of 5,354 | #205 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #4,146 of 5,625 | #182 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #1,823 of 3,837 | #53 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
408
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 408 | 18.5 | 22.1:1 | 45% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 18 | 21.6:1 | 41% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 17 | 22.3:1 | 37% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 17 | 22.4:1 | 31% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 21 | 23.3:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 35% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | N/A | N/A | 24% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 23 | 20.1:1 | 14% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (490 to 408); teachers down 12% (21 to 18.5).
About Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary serves students in Fair Oaks, California. The school counted 408 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
San Juan Unified runs 67 schools with a combined 39,171 students. Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary is one of them.
The share of White students at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary is 64%, a majority. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Sacramento County is about 45% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 22.1:1 is based on 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
Among California public elementary schools, Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary is 10.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The county, Sacramento County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $92,175 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary.
Will Rogers Middle sits about 0.4 miles from Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Fair Oaks
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- Earl LeGette ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Orangevale Open K-8Elementary · 593 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 564 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Middle0.4 mi · 564
- Albert Schweitzer Elementary0.6 mi · 331
- Del Campo High0.6 mi · 1,548
- La Vista Center0.8 mi · 28
- Thomas Kelly Elementary0.9 mi · 321
- Cambridge Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Harry Dewey Fundamental ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary?
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary serve?
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary.
How diverse is Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary?
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary in?
Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.