Navigator Elementary

Navigator Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Rancho Cordova, California, part of Folsom-Cordova Unified, with 431 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 35 schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified (21,699 students total), Navigator Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Navigator Elementary lists that 28% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Navigator Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 36.4%, a residual of -12.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Navigator Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Navigator Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Navigator Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 20.5%.

Navigator Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 19%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 28% across the same window.

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