Prairie Elementary

As a roomy primary school in Sacramento, California, Prairie Elementary caters to 858 students from grades K through 6, part of Elk Grove Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 85% larger than typical.

Elk Grove Unified comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 63,232 students; Prairie Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie Elementary records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% Asian, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 demographically-adjusted basis, Prairie Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.8%.

In the area at large, Sacramento County reports that 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%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Prairie Elementary is one.

Samuel Jackman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Elementary has ticked down 6%, going from 912 students in 2018 to 858 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 22% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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