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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389011729
Navigator Elementary
10679 Bear Hollow Dr., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 · (916) 294-2420 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
219 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
77%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
39.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
40.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.6% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 36.6% |
| Math | 16.2% | 24.0% | 21.2% | 38.5% |
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 | 39.4% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 38.3% |
| 2021-22 | 55.4% | 40.6% |
| 2018-19 | 52.2% | 40.1% |
| 2017-18 | 55.7% | 39.1% |
| 2016-17 | 51.0% | 44.1% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Navigator Elementary
Navigator Elementary's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigator Elementary this school | 431 | 50.8% | 38.4% |
| Gregory Gardens Elementary Pleasant Hill | 409 | 47.4% | 41.7% |
| Ellen Feickert Elementary Elk Grove | 541 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
| William G. Paden Elementary Alameda | 372 | 46.0% | 53.7% |
| Hardy Elementary San Diego | 353 | 54.4% | 59.6% |
| Maple Creek Elementary Fresno | 536 | 48.3% | 61.4% |
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 Navigator Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #2,635 of 5,151 | #96 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,274 of 5,172 ▲ 698 | #85 of 217 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,980 of 5,172 ▼ 437 | #106 of 217 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.2pp | #208 of 5,116 | #8 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,270 of 5,915 | #140 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #858 of 5,352 | #16 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.4% | #24 of 5,354 | #11 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #3,868 of 5,625 | #164 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.7% | #276 of 1,139 | #24 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
431
+83 (+24%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 431 | 21.7 | 19.8:1 | 51% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 18.2 | 22.1:1 | 54% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 21.1 | 19.0:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 40% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 50% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 49% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | N/A | N/A | 44% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Navigator Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (363 to 431); teachers up 14% (19 to 21.7).
About Navigator Elementary
This page covers Navigator Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Rancho Cordova, California. It reported 431 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Folsom-Cordova Unified has a total of 35 schools and 21,699 students, Navigator Elementary among them.
At Navigator Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 28%. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Sacramento County, the White share is about 45%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
The school has 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Navigator Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 23% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.8% at Navigator Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.4%.
Looking at the county, Sacramento County, median household income comes to about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova is less than a tenth of a mile from Navigator Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Navigator Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Navigator Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Navigator Elementary as City: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 24% increase, from 348 to 431. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.3:1 to 19.8:1.
Navigator Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 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 Rancho Cordova
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 1,235 students
- Lake View CharterCombined · 969 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
- Robert J. McGarvey ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- W. E. Mitchell MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Nearby schools
- New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova0.1 mi · 164
- Cordova Villa Elementary0.9 mi · 475
- Foundations Academy0.9 mi · 171
- White Rock Elementary1.2 mi · 381
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary1.5 mi · 498
- George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science1.8 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Navigator ElementaryHow large is Navigator Elementary?
Navigator Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
Is Navigator Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Navigator Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Navigator Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Navigator Elementary is approximately 19.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Navigator Elementary?
At Navigator Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 20% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Navigator Elementary public or private?
Navigator 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.