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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525008475
Sanger Academy Charter
2207 Ninth St., Sanger, CA 93657 · (559) 524-6840 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
21.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
420 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
61.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.4pp since 2014
Math
52.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 7 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 | 27.8% | 33.8% | 23.3% | 15.0% |
| Math | 27.3% | 24.8% | 24.3% | 23.6% |
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 | 61.6% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.2% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 57.6% | 40.3% |
| 2018-19 | 68.9% | 62.9% |
| 2017-18 | 64.0% | 53.6% |
| 2016-17 | 65.3% | 53.4% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Sanger Academy Charter
Sanger Academy Charter's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger Academy Charter this school | 609 | 69.0% | 52.5% |
| Ladera Palma Elementary La Habra | 583 | 70.3% | 45.4% |
| James Monroe Elementary Fountain Valley | 555 | 69.2% | 47.9% |
| John Muir Fundamental Elementary Santa Ana | 557 | 70.4% | 56.7% |
| Tierra Vista Elementary Oxnard | 560 | 71.4% | 23.9% |
| Harding Elementary El Centro | 601 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
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 Sanger Academy Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,560 of 5,151 | #43 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,453 of 5,172 ▲ 618 | #37 of 185 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #1,218 of 5,172 ▲ 268 | #27 of 185 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #937 of 5,116 | #52 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #1,320 of 5,915 | #72 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,700 of 5,352 | #91 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #4,564 of 5,354 | #157 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #3,018 of 5,625 | #152 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #3,746 of 3,837 | #128 of 135 |
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
609
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+109% since 2000-01, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 609 | 28.6 | 21.3:1 | 69% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 29.2 | 21.2:1 | 68% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 29.3 | 21.3:1 | 65% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 60% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 29.6 | 20.8:1 | 69% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 27 | 22.2:1 | 71% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 47% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 53% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanger Academy Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (616 to 609); teachers down 3% (29.6 to 28.6).
About Sanger Academy Charter
Sanger Academy Charter is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Sanger. Federal data show 609 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 31% larger than average.
Sanger Academy Charter is part of a district of 20 schools: Sanger Unified, with 13,313 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Sanger Academy Charter are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% White and 4% Asian. County-wide, 55% of Fresno County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Sanger Academy Charter is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sanger Academy Charter has 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.3:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 69% at Sanger Academy Charter.
On the allk12 Grade, Sanger Academy Charter lands at A, ahead of 87% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sanger Academy Charter lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.5%; the prediction is 39.1%.
Census data for Fresno County show median household income comes to about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 368 public schools and about 206,072 students.
Hallmark Academy is the nearest public school to Sanger Academy Charter, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 52.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe. Sanger Academy Charter is one of the charter schools in California.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 609, compared with 625 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 22.3 in 2020-21 to 21.3 in 2024-25.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Sanger
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Ronald W. Reagan ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Hallmark Academy0.2 mi · 287
- Kings River High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 89
- Sanger High0.4 mi · 2,426
- Washington Academic Middle0.5 mi · 1,539
- Madison Elementary0.5 mi · 408
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Sanger Academy CharterHow many students attend Sanger Academy Charter?
Sanger Academy Charter enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Sanger Academy Charter serve?
Sanger Academy Charter serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Sanger Academy Charter have?
Sanger Academy Charter employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sanger Academy Charter?
At Sanger Academy Charter, the student body is approximately 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sanger Academy Charter?
Sanger Academy Charter is overseen by Sanger Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.