John D. Sloat Elementary

Set in Sacramento, California, John D. Sloat Elementary is a small K-5 school, one of the schools within Sacramento City Unified. It hosts 218 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so John D. Sloat Elementary sits 53% below that benchmark.

Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 37,657 students. John D. Sloat Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, John D. Sloat Elementary shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 27% Asian, 17% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, John D. Sloat Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.5%; this one comes in at 12.8%, -16.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John D. Sloat Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Nearest neighbor: Capitol Collegiate Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John D. Sloat Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 19% to 27%. Class-load math has grew: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.