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Best kept secret at Herman Leimbach Elementary?
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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001404
Herman Leimbach Elementary
8101 Grandstaff Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823 · (916) 689-2120 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
22.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
573 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 35% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
27.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 20.2% | 27.7% | 44.6% |
| Math | 5.3% | 10.3% | 25.0% | 59.4% |
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 | 27.7% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 17.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.9% | 13.2% |
| 2020-21 | 17.4% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 17.0% |
| 2017-18 | 22.9% | 16.6% |
| 2016-17 | 29.7% | 21.2% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Herman Leimbach Elementary
Herman Leimbach Elementary's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Leimbach Elementary this school | 659 | 86.9% | 20.6% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Sacramento | 722 | 81.3% | 11.3% |
| Oak Park Elementary San Diego | 545 | 83.3% | 48.2% |
| Union House Elementary Sacramento | 795 | 87.7% | 32.2% |
| Pulliam Elementary Stockton | 599 | 84.1% | 15.6% |
| John Reith Elementary Sacramento | 572 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
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 Herman Leimbach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,534 of 5,151 | #179 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #4,690 of 5,172 ▲ 88 | #186 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #4,204 of 5,172 ▲ 81 | #159 of 217 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,240 of 5,116 | #85 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #964 of 5,915 | #58 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,165 of 5,352 | #58 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #375 of 5,354 | #73 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #1,478 of 5,625 | #38 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #963 of 1,139 | #54 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
659
+36 (+6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 965
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 659 | 30 | 22.0:1 | 87% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 29 | 21.9:1 | 80% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 29 | 21.7:1 | 69% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 29 | 21.5:1 | 67% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 29 | 22.3:1 | 86% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 86% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | N/A | N/A | 82% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 55 | 18.9:1 | 76% (784) |
| 1990-91 | 965 | 37 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herman Leimbach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (646 to 659); teachers up 3% (29 to 30).
About Herman Leimbach Elementary
Located in Sacramento, California, Herman Leimbach Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 659 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 42% bigger than that.
Herman Leimbach Elementary sits within Elk Grove Unified, which has 67 schools and 63,232 students.
Herman Leimbach Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 37%. Other reported shares: 31% Asian, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Sacramento County residents. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 22.0:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Herman Leimbach Elementary is 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
allk12 grades Herman Leimbach Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Herman Leimbach Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.6% and a predicted 28.6%.
Sacramento County census figures show that the median household income is $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 387 public schools in Sacramento County, enrolling about 259,342 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Las Flores High (Alternative) is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Herman Leimbach Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 20.6% is below the 28.8% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Herman Leimbach Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Herman Leimbach Elementary grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 623 to 659 students.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Las Flores High (Alternative)0.7 mi · 532
- Rio Cazadero High0.7 mi · 120
- Valley High0.8 mi · 1,622
- Anna Kirchgater Elementary0.9 mi · 738
- Prairie Elementary1.0 mi · 858
- John Reith Elementary1.0 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Herman Leimbach ElementaryHow many students attend Herman Leimbach Elementary?
Herman Leimbach Elementary enrolls approximately 659 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Herman Leimbach Elementary serve?
Herman Leimbach Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Herman Leimbach Elementary have?
Herman Leimbach Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Herman Leimbach Elementary?
At Herman Leimbach Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 37% Hispanic, 20% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Herman Leimbach Elementary in?
Herman Leimbach Elementary is part of Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.