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Does James A. McKee Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001407
James A. McKee Elementary
8701 Halverson Dr., Elk Grove, CA 95624 · (916) 686-3715 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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
23.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
332 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
74%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
42.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.5pp since 2014
Math
36.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 24.1% | 23.8% | 33.7% |
| Math | 16.5% | 19.5% | 27.2% | 36.8% |
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 | 42.5% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 32.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 34.8% |
| 2020-21 | 39.9% | 34.0% |
| 2018-19 | 54.1% | 48.3% |
| 2017-18 | 61.9% | 55.0% |
| 2016-17 | 58.0% | 56.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 James A. McKee Elementary
James A. McKee Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A. McKee Elementary this school | 488 | 68.0% | 37.2% |
| Donaldson Way Elementary American Canyon | 528 | 65.5% | 43.9% |
| Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary Tracy | 555 | 67.2% | 35.9% |
| Mason Elementary San Diego | 538 | 71.0% | 44.1% |
| Ione Olson Elementary Marina | 409 | 68.2% | 34.2% |
| Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet Chatsworth | 422 | 63.0% | 56.2% |
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 James A. McKee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,736 of 5,151 | #105 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,643 of 5,172 ▲ 169 | #98 of 217 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,687 of 5,172 ▲ 302 | #94 of 217 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,826 of 5,116 | #103 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,584 of 5,915 | #118 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,175 of 5,352 | #108 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #219 of 5,354 | #53 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #3,069 of 5,625 | #121 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #2,816 of 3,837 | #99 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
488
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 893
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 488 | 21 | 23.2:1 | 68% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 63% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 19 | 25.7:1 | 49% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 20.8 | 25.8:1 | 61% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 61% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | N/A | N/A | 52% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 35 | 20.4:1 | 40% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 893 | 41 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James A. McKee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (536 to 488); teachers up 1% (20.8 to 21).
About James A. McKee Elementary
James A. McKee Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Elk Grove, California, (ZIP code 95624). The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 488 students in 2024-25.
Elk Grove Unified, which runs James A. McKee Elementary, has 67 schools and 63,232 students.
No group is above 50% at James A. McKee Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. It is also 22% White, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Sacramento County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 17 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James A. McKee Elementary scores 74%.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, James A. McKee Elementary has a ratio of 23.2:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 68%.
Among California public elementary schools, James A. McKee Elementary outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, James A. McKee Elementary's results are 2.5 points below predicted: 37.2% against 39.7%.
Sacramento County is the school's county. There, 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 James A. McKee Elementary.
Ellen Feickert Elementary is the nearest public school to James A. McKee Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. James A. McKee Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 37.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
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).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 496 in 2020-21, 488 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.8:1 to 23.2:1.
This page is set up for the James A. McKee Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Elk Grove
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Elk Grove HighHigh · 1,684 students
Nearby schools
- Ellen Feickert Elementary0.5 mi · 541
- Joseph Kerr Middle0.8 mi · 877
- California Montessori Project - Elk Grove Campus0.8 mi · 577
- Elk Grove Elementary0.8 mi · 839
- Jessie Baker0.9 mi · 170
- Elk Grove High1.3 mi · 1,684
Frequently asked questions
About James A. McKee ElementaryHow large is James A. McKee Elementary?
James A. McKee Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does James A. McKee Elementary serve?
James A. McKee Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at James A. McKee Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at James A. McKee Elementary.
What is the student diversity at James A. McKee Elementary?
Student demographics at James A. McKee Elementary are roughly 22% White, 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is James A. McKee Elementary in?
James A. McKee Elementary is part of Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.