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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005281
Sequoia Elementary
3333 Rosemont Dr., Sacramento, CA 95826 · (916) 395-4695 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- CBeats 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
20.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
260 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
41.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.5% | 25.2% | 23.8% | 34.5% |
| Math | 13.2% | 22.1% | 26.8% | 38.0% |
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 | 41.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.3% | 24.1% |
| 2018-19 | 44.3% | 45.5% |
| 2017-18 | 47.6% | 42.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.0% | 39.3% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Elementary this school | 408 | 63.7% | 37.6% |
| Golden Empire Elementary Sacramento | 438 | 62.3% | 42.6% |
| La Mesa Dale Elementary La Mesa | 460 | 68.3% | 44.3% |
| Angier Elementary San Diego | 398 | 64.1% | 52.5% |
| Nipaquay Elementary San Diego | 378 | 61.1% | 41.8% |
| Mira Vista Elementary Richmond | 510 | 57.3% | 37.6% |
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 Sequoia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #2,707 of 5,151 | #102 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,728 of 5,172 ▲ 242 | #100 of 217 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,753 of 5,172 ▼ 80 | #99 of 217 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #980 of 5,116 | #32 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,597 of 5,915 | #150 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,152 of 5,352 | #24 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #134 of 5,354 | #45 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #3,296 of 5,625 | #134 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #2,629 of 3,837 | #90 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
408
+30 (+8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 64% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 18.6 | 23.7:1 | 70% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 77% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 15 | 25.2:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | 68% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 17 | 27.9:1 | 65% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | N/A | N/A | 47% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 22 | 24.9:1 | 46% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 22 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (456 to 408); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Sacramento, California. It had 408 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
Federal data list 73 schools in Sacramento City Unified, with 37,657 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Sequoia Elementary, 39%, is Hispanic. Next come 22% White, 16% multiracial, 12% Black, and 9% Asian. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Sacramento County residents. The diversity index for Sequoia Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 20.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Sequoia Elementary, which has 20. The school's 20.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 64%. The average for public schools in Sacramento County is similar, at 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sequoia Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 44% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sequoia Elementary's results are 4.6 points below predicted: 37.6% against 42.2%.
The school's county is Sacramento County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 387 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,342, Sequoia Elementary among them.
The closest school to Sequoia Elementary is Isador Cohen Elementary, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sequoia Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sequoia Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 378 to 408. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 25.2:1 to 20.4:1.
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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
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Other Sequoia Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Elementary. Sequoia Elementary is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Sequoia ElementaryManteca, CA · 814 students
- Sequoia ElementaryFresno, CA · 696 students
- Sequoia ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 594 students
- Sequoia ElementaryShafter, CA · 534 students
- Sequoia ElementaryOakland, CA · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Isador Cohen Elementary0.7 mi · 370
- Albert Einstein Middle0.7 mi · 579
- Golden Empire Elementary0.8 mi · 438
- Growth Public0.9 mi · 300
- O. W. Erlewine Elementary1.0 mi · 300
- James Marshall Elementary1.1 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia ElementaryHow large is Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sequoia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sequoia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sequoia Elementary have?
Sequoia Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sequoia Elementary?
At Sequoia Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 39% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary is overseen by Sacramento City Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.