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What's the biggest difference between Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
647
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005276
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary
1410 60th St., Sacramento, CA 95819 · (916) 395-4685 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
24.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
95 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 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (93).
Student demographics
66%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
83.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
77.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.0% | 26.8% | 11.1% | 5.1% |
| Math | 51.8% | 25.5% | 15.4% | 7.3% |
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 | 83.8% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 82.2% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 83.3% | 75.3% |
| 2021-22 | 86.7% | 79.0% |
| 2018-19 | 90.2% | 83.3% |
| 2017-18 | 87.2% | 81.4% |
| 2016-17 | 85.5% | 78.5% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary this school | 647 | 14.7% | 79.7% |
| Crocker/Riverside Elementary Sacramento | 631 | 14.7% | 78.9% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Burbank | 591 | 13.9% | 64.6% |
| J. H. McGaugh Elementary Seal Beach | 721 | 18.0% | 65.4% |
| Richmond Street Elementary El Segundo | 597 | 10.1% | 76.9% |
| Francis Hopkinson Elementary Los Alamitos | 642 | 11.7% | 78.3% |
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 Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #238 of 5,151 | #3 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #334 of 5,172 ▲ 65 | #6 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #143 of 5,172 ▲ 25 | #2 of 217 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,107 of 5,116 | #54 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #1,043 of 5,915 | #63 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,373 of 5,352 | #174 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #1,101 of 5,354 | #147 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #5,328 of 5,625 | #228 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #3,467 of 3,837 | #129 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
647
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 647 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 26 | 25.3:1 | 19% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 26 | 25.2:1 | 17% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 25 | 26.4:1 | 19% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 25 | 26.9:1 | 18% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 21 | 30.6:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 22% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 33% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 19 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (672 to 647); teachers up 4% (25 to 26).
About Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Sacramento, California, administered by Sacramento City Unified. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 647 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Sacramento City Unified includes 73 schools. Together they enroll 37,657 students.
The largest group at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary is White students, at 50%. After that, the student body is 26% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary scores 66%.
With 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.9:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary, 15% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.9% for Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary. The school posts 79.7%, 8.7 points above the prediction.
The county, Sacramento County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $92,175 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary, Sacramento County has 387 public schools.
Umoja International Academy is about 0.4 miles from Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary was 659 in 2020-21 and 647 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 26.4:1 in 2020-21 and 24.9:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Phoebe A. Hearst ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary?
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary enrolls approximately 647 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary serve?
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary.
How diverse is Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary?
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary in?
Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary is part of Sacramento City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.