Natomas Park Elementary

As a sprawling K-5 school in Sacramento, California, Natomas Park Elementary hosts 745 students from grades K through 5, run under Natomas Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Natomas Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 14,902 students. Natomas Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Natomas Park Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 26% Asian, 23% Black, 11% White, 10% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Natomas Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 28.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Sacramento County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Natomas Park Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Heron, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Natomas Park Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Natomas Park Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 742 (now 745). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 25% to 30%.

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