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What's one thing Kohler TK-8 gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS UNIFIED·NCES 060133205100
Kohler TK-8
4004 Bruce Way, North Highlands, CA 95660 · (916) 566-1850 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C-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.
- A-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
23.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
349 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
37.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 22.4% | 20.7% | 41.8% |
| Math | 11.9% | 10.2% | 20.9% | 57.0% |
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 | 37.5% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 15.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 34.5% | 28.6% |
| 2017-18 | 32.8% | 28.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.2% | 20.6% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Kohler TK-8
Kohler TK-8's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohler TK-8 this school | 400 | 87.3% | 26.4% |
| Montara Elementary Barstow | 403 | 83.9% | 16.6% |
| Katherine Finchy Elementary Palm Springs | 464 | 87.9% | 38.9% |
| Lenwood Elementary Lenwood | 351 | 85.5% | 13.5% |
| Wolters Elementary Fresno | 411 | 92.2% | 31.6% |
| Eshelman Avenue Elementary Lomita | 449 | 86.9% | 45.3% |
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 Kohler TK-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,922 of 5,151 | #142 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,087 of 5,172 ▲ 534 | #152 of 217 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #3,172 of 5,172 ▲ 981 | #114 of 217 ▲ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #1,021 of 5,116 | #34 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,684 of 5,915 | #158 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,075 of 5,352 | #105 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #1,800 of 5,354 | #186 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #1,436 of 5,625 | #34 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #1,353 of 3,837 | #31 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
400
-65 (-14%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 27.4:1
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 | 400 | 17.3 | 23.1:1 | 87% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 17.5 | 21.4:1 | 88% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 84% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 17 | 27.4:1 | 96% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 96% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 19 | 26.5:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 94% (392) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kohler TK-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (504 to 400); teachers down 13% (20 to 17.3).
About Kohler TK-8
Kohler TK-8 is a medium-sized elementary school in North Highlands, California. The school had 400 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
The 44 schools of Twin Rivers Unified, including Kohler TK-8, enroll 24,770 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Kohler TK-8, with 59% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.1:1, with 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Kohler TK-8 is 87%. On average, public schools in Sacramento County report 63%.
Kohler TK-8 is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Kohler TK-8 scores 26.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sacramento County, the median household income is $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County is home to 387 public schools and about 259,342 public school students.
The shortest distance from Kohler TK-8 to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Miles P. Richmond. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Kohler TK-8 is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 65 students since 2020-21, to 400. By 2024-25, the school had 23.1 students per teacher, compared with 27.4 in 2020-21.
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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 Twin Rivers Unified
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Linda HighHigh · 1,594 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · 1,091 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 1,001 students
- Woodridge ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in North Highlands
- Highlands HighHigh · 778 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 754 students
- Creative Connections Arts AcademyCombined · 716 students
- Oakdale TK-8Elementary · 559 students
- F. C. Joyce TK-8Elementary · 537 students
- Village TK-8Elementary · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Miles P. Richmond0.5 mi · 79
- Pacific Career and Technology High0.5 mi · 69
- Hillsdale Elementary0.7 mi · 234
- Highlands High0.7 mi · 778
- Warren A. Allison Elementary0.7 mi · 391
- Woodridge Elementary0.9 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Kohler TK-8How many students attend Kohler TK-8?
Kohler TK-8 enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-08.
Is Kohler TK-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kohler TK-8 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Kohler TK-8 have?
Kohler TK-8 employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Kohler TK-8?
Student demographics at Kohler TK-8 are roughly 15% White, 59% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Kohler TK-8 in?
Kohler TK-8 is part of Twin Rivers Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.