Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Folsom, California, Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary hosts 490 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Folsom-Cordova Unified.

Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is one of 35 schools operated by Folsom-Cordova Unified, a district that hosts 21,699 students overall.

On demographics, Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary reports that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 34% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Folsom High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 497 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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