John Cabrillo Elementary

John Cabrillo Elementary, a small elementary-level community in Sacramento, California, part of Sacramento City Unified, instructs 382 students, covering grades K through 6.

John Cabrillo Elementary is one of 73 schools operated by Sacramento City Unified, a district that works with 37,657 students overall.

In terms of who attends, John Cabrillo Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% White, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, John Cabrillo Elementary shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John Cabrillo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate 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), John Cabrillo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sam Brannan Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Cabrillo Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. John Cabrillo Elementary's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 382). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 25% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.