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Enrollment
989
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001034
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary
8737 Brittany Park Dr., Sacramento, CA 95828 · (916) 689-7580 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL989 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
24.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
688 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 170 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 148 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (148).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
53.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.3pp since 2014
Math
42.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.0% | 30.2% | 23.2% | 23.5% |
| Math | 17.6% | 25.0% | 27.6% | 29.8% |
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 | 53.3% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 42.4% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 30.5% |
| 2020-21 | 36.2% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 46.3% | 36.7% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 36.8% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Mary Tsukamoto Elementary
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Tsukamoto Elementary this school | 989 | 69.6% | 45.4% |
| Maeola R. Beitzel Elementary Sacramento | 888 | 72.6% | 49.0% |
| Eastvale Elementary Eastvale | 1,066 | 67.8% | 62.5% |
| Arthur C. Butler Elementary Elk Grove | 949 | 65.4% | 49.2% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Corona | 970 | 67.9% | 59.9% |
| Clara Barton Elementary Eastvale | 1,136 | 63.5% | 66.4% |
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 Mary Tsukamoto Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #2,034 of 5,151 | #75 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,099 of 5,172 ▲ 279 | #78 of 217 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,805 of 5,172 ▲ 161 | #72 of 217 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #411 of 5,116 | #12 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 989 | #82 of 5,915 | #8 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,238 of 5,352 | #160 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #579 of 5,354 | #99 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #2,981 of 5,625 | #117 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #962 of 1,139 | #53 of 64 |
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
989
+14 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 1,032
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 989 | 40.1 | 24.7:1 | 70% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 964 | 39 | 24.7:1 | 67% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 980 | 38 | 25.8:1 | 53% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 975 | 38 | 25.7:1 | 61% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 970 | 36.4 | 26.6:1 | 75% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 44 | 21.6:1 | 76% (721) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | N/A | N/A | 69% (646) |
| 2000-01 | 1,032 | 50 | 20.6:1 | 29% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Tsukamoto Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (970 to 989); teachers up 10% (36.4 to 40.1).
About Mary Tsukamoto Elementary
Sacramento, California, is home to Mary Tsukamoto Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 989 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 113% bigger than average.
Elk Grove Unified enrolls 63,232 students in 67 schools, including Mary Tsukamoto Elementary.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Mary Tsukamoto Elementary. The largest is Asian students, at 42%. Next come 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% White. That compares with about 18% Asian among all Sacramento County residents. Mary Tsukamoto Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.7:1, with 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Mary Tsukamoto Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mary Tsukamoto Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 45.4% actual against 38.8% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sacramento County, the median household income is $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Mary Tsukamoto Elementary is one of 387 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Calvine High is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.4% proficiency; Mary Tsukamoto Elementary posts 45.4%.
In the federal locale system, Mary Tsukamoto Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 989, close to the 975 recorded in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mary Tsukamoto Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Mary Tsukamoto ElementaryHow large is Mary Tsukamoto Elementary?
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary enrolls approximately 989 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mary Tsukamoto Elementary serve?
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mary Tsukamoto Elementary?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Mary Tsukamoto Elementary.
How diverse is Mary Tsukamoto Elementary?
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 42% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mary Tsukamoto Elementary public or private?
Mary Tsukamoto Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.