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What's the one class at Northridge Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005802
Northridge Elementary
5150 Cocoa Palm Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 · (916) 971-2066 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
253 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
CA avg 47.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
CA avg 35.6% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
+51 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 24.8:1
% White
37%
was 40%
% Hispanic
39%
was 42%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
6%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Northridge Elementary
Northridge Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Fair Oaks, California, part of San Juan Unified. The school hosts 423 students in grades K through 6.
San Juan Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 39,171 students. Northridge Elementary is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Northridge Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 37% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Northridge Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northridge Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.9%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider 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 roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Northridge Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bella Vista High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northridge Elementary. On composite proficiency, Northridge Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Looking at the recent track record. Northridge Elementary's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 423). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.
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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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Fair Oaks
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- Earl LeGette ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Orangevale Open K-8Elementary · 593 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 564 students
- Harry Dewey Fundamental ElementaryElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Bella Vista High0.5 mi · 1,939
- Earl LeGette Elementary1.0 mi · 622
- Meraki High1.1 mi · 93
- El Sereno Alternative Education1.1 mi · 166
- Kingswood K-81.2 mi · 546
- Orangevale Open K-81.4 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Northridge ElementaryHow large is Northridge Elementary?
Northridge Elementary enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Northridge Elementary serve?
Northridge Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Northridge Elementary have?
Northridge Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Northridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Northridge Elementary are roughly 37% White, 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Northridge Elementary in?
Northridge Elementary is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.