Robert J. Fite Elementary

Robert J. Fite Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified, caters to 674 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Robert J. Fite Elementary sits 45% above that benchmark.

Within Elk Grove Unified, which oversees 67 schools and 63,232 students, Robert J. Fite Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Robert J. Fite Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 18% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Robert J. Fite Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 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 Robert J. Fite Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: T. R. Smedberg Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert J. Fite Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert J. Fite Elementary has edged up 7%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 674 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 41% to 48%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.