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If you could change one rule at Northridge Elementary, what would it be?
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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
D
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Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
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
5
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 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
23.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 15.2% | 25.6% | 50.4% |
| Math | 8.1% | 16.6% | 35.3% | 40.0% |
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 | 23.9% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 20.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.8% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 27.8% | 19.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 28.1% |
| 2016-17 | 19.1% | 18.9% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 →
Schools most like Northridge Elementary
Northridge Elementary's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge Elementary this school | 423 | 59.8% | 25.6% |
| Citizens of the World Charter School Hollywood Los Angeles | 446 | 60.3% | N/A |
| A. M. Winn Waldorf-Inspired Sacramento | 405 | 58.0% | 21.2% |
| Lemon Crest Elementary Lakeside | 437 | 59.0% | 25.4% |
| Maryland Avenue Elementary La Mesa | 451 | 58.5% | 49.6% |
| Knollwood Preparatory Academy Granada Hills | 381 | 61.7% | 44.2% |
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 Northridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,016 of 5,151 | #149 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #3,806 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #133 of 217 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,580 of 5,172 ▼ 972 | #180 of 217 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,996 of 5,116 | #112 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #3,385 of 5,915 | #143 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,371 of 5,352 | #118 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #732 of 5,354 | #118 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #3,485 of 5,625 | #145 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #399 of 1,139 | #29 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
423
+81 (+24%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 423 | 18 | 23.5:1 | 60% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 18 | 22.1:1 | 59% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 73% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 13 | 26.3:1 | 57% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 15 | 24.8:1 | 81% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 16 | 25.9:1 | 81% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | N/A | N/A | 71% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 34% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 19 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (372 to 423); teachers up 20% (15 to 18).
About Northridge Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Northridge Elementary serves students in Fair Oaks, California. It educates 423 students in kindergarten through 6.
Northridge Elementary is one of the 67 schools that make up San Juan Unified (39,171 students in total).
Enrollment at Northridge Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 39%. The school is also 37% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Sacramento County residents. By the diversity index, Northridge Elementary comes in at 69%.
The count of teachers at Northridge Elementary is 18 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Around 60% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
allk12 grades Northridge Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In California, Northridge Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.6% compared with a predicted 44.5%.
Sacramento County has these Census figures: median household income is about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Northridge Elementary is among the 387 public schools in Sacramento County.
The shortest distance from Northridge Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Bella Vista High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Northridge Elementary is 6th among 7 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 342 in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25, a 24% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 26.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.5:1.
Community posts for Northridge Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Northridge Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Northridge Elementary. Northridge Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Northridge Elementary SchoolDayton, OH · 796 students
- Northridge Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 700 students
- Northridge Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 560 students
- Northridge ElementaryJohnstown, OH · 546 students
- NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 410 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.