Kingswood K-8

Kingswood K-8 is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Citrus Heights, California, one of the schools within San Juan Unified, serveing 546 students in grades K through 8.

Across the 67 schools in San Juan Unified (39,171 students total), Kingswood K-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kingswood K-8 lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kingswood K-8 lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Kingswood K-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kingswood K-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 16.8%, a residual of -14.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kingswood K-8 is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Skycrest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kingswood K-8 comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kingswood K-8 has edged down 6%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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