Samuel Kennedy Elementary

Samuel Kennedy Elementary is one of the sprawling elementary schools in Sacramento, California, run under Elk Grove Unified, with 883 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 90% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

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

Looking at the student body, Samuel Kennedy Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 36% Asian, 7% Black, 5% White, 5% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Samuel Kennedy Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Samuel Kennedy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Samuel Kennedy Elementary is one.

David Reese Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Samuel Kennedy Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 913 students in 2018 compared to 883 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 25% to 36% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.