Roy Herburger Elementary

Roy Herburger Elementary is a roomy K-5 school in Elk Grove, California, part of Elk Grove Unified. The school caters to 937 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 102% above typical.

Roy Herburger Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Elk Grove Unified, a district that teaches 63,232 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roy Herburger Elementary lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Roy Herburger Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roy Herburger Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +14.2 points.

Around the school, Sacramento County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Roy Herburger Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Nearest neighbor: Raymond Case Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roy Herburger Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roy Herburger Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.3%.

Roy Herburger Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 924 students in 2018 compared to 937 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.