Orchard Elementary

Orchard Elementary is an intimate elementary campus in Rio Linda, California, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified. The school educates 366 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Orchard Elementary sits 21% below that benchmark.

Twin Rivers Unified runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 24,770 students. Orchard Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orchard Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 39% White, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Orchard Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orchard Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 34.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Orchard Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Peak Charter, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Orchard Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orchard Elementary has declined 35%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 49% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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