1
What's the most underrated thing about Oak Ridge Elementary that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005271
Oak Ridge Elementary
4501 Martin Luther King Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95820 · (916) 395-4665 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
28.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
414 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
18.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
13.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.0% | 14.3% | 21.1% | 60.6% |
| Math | 3.6% | 10.3% | 26.1% | 60.1% |
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 | 18.3% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| 2018-19 | 20.6% | 14.3% |
| 2017-18 | 15.3% | 14.4% |
| 2016-17 | 15.0% | 10.7% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Oak Ridge Elementary
Oak Ridge Elementary's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge Elementary this school | 429 | 96.5% | 15.4% |
| David L. Greenberg Elementary Fresno | 490 | 95.3% | 36.4% |
| Homan Elementary Fresno | 475 | 94.3% | 31.2% |
| Garfield Elementary Oakland | 454 | 98.0% | 16.0% |
| Monroe Elementary Stockton | 426 | 92.3% | 15.2% |
| Central Elementary San Diego | 497 | 95.2% | 22.5% |
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 Oak Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,913 of 5,151 | #198 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #4,847 of 5,172 ▼ 32 | #191 of 217 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,933 of 5,172 ▲ 89 | #200 of 217 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,104 of 5,116 | #79 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #3,294 of 5,915 | #141 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.4:1 | #5,266 of 5,352 | #226 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #1,700 of 5,354 | #178 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #255 of 5,625 | #2 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #2,099 of 3,837 | #69 of 145 |
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
429
-55 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
28.4:1
was 26.9:1
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 | 429 | 15.1 | 28.4:1 | 97% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 17 | 25.4:1 | 97% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 17 | 26.8:1 | 96% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 18 | 26.9:1 | 95% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 92% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 19 | 30.4:1 | 96% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 98% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 24 | 27.0:1 | 89% (578) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 28 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (502 to 429); teachers down 34% (23 to 15.1).
About Oak Ridge Elementary
At 4501 Martin Luther King Blvd. in Sacramento, California, Oak Ridge Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 429 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Oak Ridge Elementary is one of the 73 schools that make up Sacramento City Unified (37,657 students in total).
At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Oak Ridge Elementary combined. Other students are 18% Asian, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. By comparison, Sacramento County residents are about 24% Hispanic. Oak Ridge Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Oak Ridge Elementary operates with 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 28.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Oak Ridge Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Oak Ridge Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.4% and a predicted 23.0%.
Within Sacramento County, median household income is about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Sacramento County number 387 and enroll about 259,342.
St. HOPE Public School 7 is the public school closest to Oak Ridge Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Oak Ridge Elementary places 5th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 429, 11% below the 484 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 28.4:1, from 26.9:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sacramento City Unified
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Hiram W. Johnson HighHigh · 1,682 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Luther Burbank HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Rosemont HighHigh · 1,485 students
- Miwok MiddleMiddle · 1,181 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Other Oak Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Ridge Elementary. Oak Ridge Elementary is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Oak Ridge ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 521 students
- Oak Ridge ElementarySan Jose, CA · 495 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolPalos Hills, IL · 774 students
- Oak Ridge ElementaryOak Ridge, NC · 712 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 678 students
Nearby schools
- St. HOPE Public School 70.4 mi · 471
- Father Keith B. Kenny0.6 mi · 254
- Ethel Phillips Elementary0.7 mi · 428
- American Legion High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 163
- Bret Harte Elementary1.0 mi · 173
- Ethel I. Baker Elementary1.1 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Ridge ElementaryHow large is Oak Ridge Elementary?
Oak Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 429 students in grades KG-06.
Is Oak Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 28.4:1 students per teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Oak Ridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Oak Ridge Elementary are roughly 5% White, 58% Hispanic, 9% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Oak Ridge Elementary in?
Oak Ridge Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.