Irene B. West Elementary

Irene B. West Elementary is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Elk Grove, California, part of Elk Grove Unified, with 1,063 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 129% larger than typical.

Across the 67 schools in Elk Grove Unified (63,232 students total), Irene B. West Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Irene B. West Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% White, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Irene B. West Elementary records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Irene B. West Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Irene B. West Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Irene B. West Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Irene B. West Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Irene B. West Elementary's enrollment has increased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 1,063). Asian enrollment moved from 41% to 51% across the same window.

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