Rosa Parks Elementary

Located at 2250 68th Ave., in Sacramento, California, Rosa Parks Elementary is a big elementary-level community that works with 722 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Sacramento City Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 55% above typical.

Within Sacramento City Unified, which oversees 73 schools and 37,657 students, Rosa Parks Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rosa Parks Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Asian, 16% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rosa Parks Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.1%; this one comes in at 10.1%, -21.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Sacramento County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rosa Parks Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Success Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosa Parks Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rosa Parks Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.6%.

Rosa Parks Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 829 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Rosa Parks Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.