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Alumni: what's one memory from Natomas Park Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATOMAS UNIFIED·NCES 060003608583
Natomas Park Elementary
4700 Crest Dr., Sacramento, CA 95835 · (916) 928-5234 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-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
25.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
517 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 159 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (159) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
30.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
30.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 11.4% | 19.3% | 23.2% | 46.1% |
| Math | 12.3% | 17.7% | 25.2% | 44.7% |
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 | 30.7% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 27.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.4% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.3% | 34.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.4% | 32.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.4% | 26.5% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Natomas Park Elementary
Natomas Park Elementary's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natomas Park Elementary this school | 745 | 69.4% | 29.4% |
| Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary Vallejo | 676 | 66.0% | 33.0% |
| Regency Park Elementary Sacramento | 619 | 71.6% | 48.6% |
| Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary Sacramento | 719 | 75.8% | 40.3% |
| Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC San Francisco | 555 | 76.6% | 11.7% |
| Greer Elementary Sacramento | 762 | 81.5% | 14.9% |
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 Natomas Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,590 of 5,151 | #128 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,218 of 5,172 ▲ 135 | #116 of 217 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #3,915 of 5,172 ▼ 82 | #145 of 217 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #644 of 5,116 | #30 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #552 of 5,915 | #37 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,727 of 5,352 | #199 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #39 of 5,354 | #15 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #2,987 of 5,625 | #119 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #1,109 of 1,139 | #64 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
745
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+152% since 2000-01, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 745 | 29 | 25.7:1 | 69% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 30.5 | 24.3:1 | 73% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 30 | 23.0:1 | 61% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 63% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 28 | 26.5:1 | 62% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 36 | 24.6:1 | 49% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 930 | N/A | N/A | 41% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 15% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Natomas Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (742 to 745); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).
About Natomas Park Elementary
At 4700 Crest Dr. in Sacramento, California, Natomas Park Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 745 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 60% above that mark.
A total of 20 schools make up Natomas Unified, with 14,902 students enrolled.
The student body at Natomas Park Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 30%. Next come 26% Asian, 23% Black, 11% White, and 10% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 77, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Natomas Park Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.9% at Natomas Park Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.4%.
For Sacramento County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Of the public schools around it, Natomas Park Elementary is closest to Heron, about 0.7 miles away. Natomas Park Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Natomas Park Elementary at 5th of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Natomas Park Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment rose 3% over 4 years, reaching 745 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.2:1 in 2020-21, and 25.7:1 in 2024-25.
The Natomas Park Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Natomas Unified
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Westlake CharterCombined · 1,493 students
- Natomas HighHigh · 1,157 students
- HeronElementary · 977 students
- Paso VerdeElementary · 897 students
- H. Allen Hight ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Nearby schools
- Heron0.7 mi · 977
- Heredia-Arriaga0.7 mi · 223
- Inderkum High0.8 mi · 2,194
- SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy1.3 mi · 234
- Natomas Charter1.4 mi · 1,850
- Regency Park Elementary1.4 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Natomas Park ElementaryHow many students attend Natomas Park Elementary?
Natomas Park Elementary enrolls approximately 745 students in grades KG-05.
Is Natomas Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Natomas Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Natomas Park Elementary have?
Natomas Park Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Natomas Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Natomas Park Elementary are roughly 11% White, 30% Hispanic, 23% Black, 26% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Natomas Park Elementary in?
Natomas Park Elementary is part of Natomas Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.