Nicholas Elementary

Nicholas Elementary is an average-sized elementary school in Sacramento, California, overseen by Sacramento City Unified. The school hosts 482 students in grades K through 6.

Sacramento City Unified comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 37,657 students; Nicholas Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Nicholas Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Asian, 11% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Nicholas Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Nicholas Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.5%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Nicholas Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ethel I. Baker Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nicholas Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Nicholas Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nicholas Elementary's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 651 (now 482). Black enrollment moved from 17% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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