Oakdale TK-8

Oakdale TK-8 operates as a moderately sized primary school in North Highlands, California, part of Twin Rivers Unified. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 20% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Oakdale TK-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Oakdale TK-8 reports that 27% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 24% Asian, 19% White, 17% Black, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Oakdale TK-8 higher than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Oakdale TK-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Oakdale TK-8 is one campus in the mix.

Madison Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakdale TK-8 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.8%.

Oakdale TK-8 operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakdale TK-8 has fell 17%, going from 673 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 8% to 24% over that span.

On this page, members of the Oakdale TK-8 community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.