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If you had an hour of school board time for Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389011205
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary
775 Russi Rd., Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9170 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
66 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
67%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
76.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
73.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.4% | 25.6% | 14.8% | 9.1% |
| Math | 46.5% | 27.2% | 13.8% | 12.5% |
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 | 76.1% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 74.9% |
| 2022-23 | 77.5% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.8% | 81.8% |
| 2018-19 | 86.5% | 85.4% |
| 2017-18 | 87.2% | 83.5% |
| 2016-17 | 81.2% | 82.9% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary this school | 490 | 13.5% | 74.3% |
| Red Oak Elementary Oak Park | 569 | 11.6% | 80.2% |
| Shoal Creek Elementary San Diego | 500 | 13.8% | 68.0% |
| Bonita Canyon Elementary Irvine | 395 | 14.2% | 81.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Burlingame | 415 | 13.5% | 78.9% |
| Louise Van Meter Elementary Los Gatos | 507 | 6.7% | 71.6% |
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 Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #452 of 5,151 | #11 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #464 of 5,172 ▼ 49 | #9 of 217 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #433 of 5,172 ▲ 149 | #10 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.4pp | #258 of 5,116 | #13 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #2,553 of 5,915 | #116 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #909 of 5,352 | #17 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #1,001 of 5,354 | #142 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #5,371 of 5,625 | #230 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #3,706 of 3,837 | #140 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
490
+30 (+7%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 490 | 24.6 | 19.9:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 24.6 | 21.0:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 20.1 | 17.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 20.5 | 24.2:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 21 | 26.2:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | N/A | N/A | 3% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (497 to 490); teachers up 20% (20.5 to 24.6).
About Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Folsom, California, one of the schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 490 students enrolled.
District-wide, Folsom-Cordova Unified has 35 schools and 21,699 students.
Enrollment at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share in Sacramento County as a whole is similar, at about 45%. The chance that two students picked at random at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Teachers at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary total 24.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 13%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary would be expected to post about 71.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.3%.
In the county around the school, Sacramento County, median household income is about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is among the 387 public schools in Sacramento County.
The shortest distance from Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Folsom High. The five-mile area around Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 63.9%, lower than Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary's 74.3%.
For locale, NCES codes Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary as City: Small.
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.0:1 to 19.9:1 over the same years.
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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 Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Folsom
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Theodore Judah ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Mangini Ranch ElementaryElementary · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Folsom High0.3 mi · 2,901
- Folsom Lake High0.3 mi · 47
- Natoma Station Elementary1.1 mi · 548
- Gold Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 496
- Sutter Middle1.7 mi · 1,628
- Folsom Middle1.7 mi · 1,508
Frequently asked questions
About Sandra J. Gallardo ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary?
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary serve?
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary.
How diverse is Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary?
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary public or private?
Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.