Marion Mix Elementary

As a sizable K-5 school in Elk Grove, California, Marion Mix Elementary hosts 736 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 58% above typical.

Marion Mix Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Elk Grove Unified, a district that serves 63,232 students overall.

On demographics, Marion Mix Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 26% Asian, 13% Black, 13% White, 11% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, Marion Mix Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Marion Mix Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 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), Marion Mix Elementary is one campus in the mix.

SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - EGUSD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marion Mix Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marion Mix Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Marion Mix Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 792 (now 736). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 20% to 26%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 in 2025.

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