Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389008575
Mather Heights Elementary
4370 Mather School Rd., Mather, CA 95655 · (916) 294-2440 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
90 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
73%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
65.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
60.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.4% | 22.5% | 16.3% | 17.8% |
| Math | 33.1% | 27.1% | 23.3% | 16.5% |
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 | 65.9% | 60.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 61.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.3% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 64.9% |
| 2018-19 | 68.2% | 61.4% |
| 2017-18 | 67.0% | 57.5% |
| 2016-17 | 63.2% | 59.2% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Mather Heights Elementary
Mather Heights Elementary's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mather Heights Elementary this school | 236 | 38.1% | 64.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Roseville | 302 | 39.4% | 58.9% |
| Chapman Hills Elementary Orange | 321 | 37.1% | 60.4% |
| Academy for Enriched Sciences Encino | 291 | 30.9% | 76.8% |
| Pomerado Elementary Poway | 305 | 31.5% | 56.5% |
| Alcott Elementary San Diego | 234 | 38.9% | 44.3% |
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 Mather Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #922 of 5,151 | #27 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,058 of 5,172 ▼ 97 | #30 of 217 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #966 of 5,172 ▼ 122 | #35 of 217 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,751 of 5,116 | #82 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #5,187 of 5,915 | #221 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #335 of 5,352 | #7 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #271 of 5,354 | #58 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #4,412 of 5,625 | #192 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.0% | #64 of 3,837 | #1 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
236
-148 (-39%) vs 2020
+141% since 2000-01, when it was 98
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 236 | 12.9 | 18.3:1 | 38% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 14.5 | 19.2:1 | 38% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 13.9 | 22.8:1 | 22% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 18.5 | 23.6:1 | 30% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 25% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | N/A | N/A | 26% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 98 | 6 | 16.3:1 | 59% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mather Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (437 to 236); teachers down 30% (18.5 to 12.9).
About Mather Heights Elementary
Mather Heights Elementary is a small elementary school in California, with an address in Mather. The school serves 236 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Besides Mather Heights Elementary, Folsom-Cordova Unified runs 34 other schools. The district enrolls 21,699 students.
White students are the largest group at Mather Heights Elementary, with 38% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 14% Asian, and 3% Black. Mather Heights Elementary has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Mather Heights Elementary employs 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Mather Heights Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 38%. The 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 25 points higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.2%.
In the county around the school, Sacramento County, median household income is about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 387 public schools operate in Sacramento County, serving about 259,342 students.
The closest public school to Mather Heights Elementary is Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Mather Heights Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Mather Heights Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Mather Heights Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Mather Heights Elementary went from 384 students to 236.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Mather
- Foundations AcademyCombined · 171 students
- Folsom Cordova K-8 Community CharterElementary · 150 students
Nearby schools
- Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter0.6 mi · 150
- Foundations Academy1.9 mi · 171
- Navigator Elementary2.1 mi · 431
- New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova2.1 mi · 164
- Sunrise Elementary2.3 mi · 1,235
- Robert J. McGarvey Elementary2.4 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Mather Heights ElementaryHow many students attend Mather Heights Elementary?
Mather Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 236 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mather Heights Elementary serve?
Mather Heights Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mather Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mather Heights Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mather Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Mather Heights Elementary are roughly 38% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Mather Heights Elementary public or private?
Mather Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.