Sheldon High

Located at 8333 Kingsbridge Dr., in Sacramento, California, Sheldon High is a heavily attended four-year high school that hosts 2,368 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Elk Grove Unified. That puts it 183% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Sheldon High is one of 67 schools operated by Elk Grove Unified, a district that educates 63,232 students overall.

On demographics, Sheldon High reports that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% White, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Sheldon High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Sheldon High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Sheldon High is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

T. R. Smedberg Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sheldon High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Sheldon High's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,471 (now 2,368). White enrollment moved from 16% to 10% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.