Herman Leimbach Elementary

Herman Leimbach Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Sacramento, California, overseen by Elk Grove Unified, serveing 659 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Herman Leimbach Elementary sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. Herman Leimbach Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Herman Leimbach Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% Asian, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Herman Leimbach Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Herman Leimbach Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Herman Leimbach Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Las Flores High (Alternative) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Herman Leimbach Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Herman Leimbach Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 659). The Asian share of enrollment rose from 17% to 31% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Herman Leimbach Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.