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What tradition at Prairie Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
858
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233001411
Prairie Elementary
5251 Valley Hi Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823 · (916) 422-1843 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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
24.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
741 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
26.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
19.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.8% | 16.0% | 22.1% | 51.1% |
| Math | 6.3% | 12.8% | 26.4% | 54.5% |
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 | 26.8% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 15.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 22.2% | 15.5% |
| 2020-21 | 20.5% | 16.5% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 29.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Prairie Elementary
Prairie Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Elementary this school | 858 | 86.4% | 21.4% |
| Charles E. Mack Elementary Sacramento | 840 | 83.8% | 25.1% |
| David Reese Elementary Sacramento | 769 | 84.3% | 24.6% |
| George Y. Komure Elementary Stockton | 752 | 81.0% | 21.4% |
| Union House Elementary Sacramento | 795 | 87.7% | 32.2% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Sacramento | 722 | 81.3% | 11.3% |
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 Prairie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,439 of 5,151 | #171 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,383 of 5,172 ▲ 244 | #168 of 217 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #4,291 of 5,172 ▲ 88 | #164 of 217 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #1,936 of 5,116 | #70 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #240 of 5,915 | #19 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,104 of 5,352 | #155 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #704 of 5,354 | #116 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #1,536 of 5,625 | #43 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #3,211 of 3,837 | #115 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
858
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 858 | 35 | 24.5:1 | 86% (741) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 34 | 25.2:1 | 80% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 31 | 25.6:1 | 64% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 881 | 35 | 25.2:1 | 76% (666) |
| 2017-18 | 912 | 34.4 | 26.5:1 | 89% (815) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 47 | 21.4:1 | 91% (919) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | N/A | N/A | 91% (969) |
| 2000-01 | 1,116 | 56 | 19.9:1 | 82% (920) |
| 1990-91 | 948 | 37 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (912 to 858); teachers up 2% (34.4 to 35).
About Prairie Elementary
Prairie Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Sacramento, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 858 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools with a combined 63,232 students. Prairie Elementary is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Prairie Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Asian, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
On staff are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.5:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. About 86% of students at Prairie Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Sacramento County.
Prairie Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools.
Prairie Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.4% and a predicted 28.9%.
Census data for Sacramento County show the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Prairie Elementary's nearest public school is Samuel Jackman Middle (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Prairie Elementary. By average proficiency, Prairie Elementary is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Prairie Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
People who know Prairie Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Elk Grove Unified
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Other Prairie Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Prairie Elementary. Prairie Elementary is the largest of the 15.
- Prairie ElementaryAnderson, CA · 332 students
- PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYWORTHINGTON, MN · 690 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolLafayette, LA · 663 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 515 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolOrland Park, IL · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Samuel Jackman Middle0.2 mi · 909
- Rio Cazadero High0.4 mi · 120
- Las Flores High (Alternative)0.5 mi · 532
- Union House Elementary0.9 mi · 795
- Herman Leimbach Elementary1.0 mi · 659
- John Reith Elementary1.0 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Elementary?
Prairie Elementary enrolls approximately 858 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Prairie Elementary serve?
Prairie Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Elementary is approximately 24.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Elementary?
At Prairie Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 45% Hispanic, 12% Black, 28% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Elementary?
Prairie Elementary is overseen by Elk Grove Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.