James A. McKee Elementary

James A. McKee Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Elk Grove, California, one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified, educates 488 students, covering grades K through 6.

Within Elk Grove Unified, which oversees 67 schools and 63,232 students, James A. McKee Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, James A. McKee Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 22% White, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at James A. McKee Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, James A. McKee Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), James A. McKee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ellen Feickert Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, James A. McKee Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. James A. McKee Elementary's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 488). White enrollment moved from 29% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for James A. McKee Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.