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What's one thing Sierra Oaks K-8 gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005819
Sierra Oaks K-8
171 Mills Rd., Sacramento, CA 95864 · (916) 575-2390 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
349 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
32.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.1pp since 2014
Math
21.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 19.0% | 23.2% | 43.9% |
| Math | 8.0% | 13.9% | 19.4% | 58.7% |
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 | 32.9% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 22.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 31.9% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 43.6% |
| 2017-18 | 52.1% | 39.6% |
| 2016-17 | 44.9% | 32.0% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sierra Oaks K-8
Sierra Oaks K-8's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Oaks K-8 this school | 614 | 56.8% | 27.4% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Antelope | 700 | 60.7% | 29.1% |
| Serrania Avenue Charter for Enriched Studies Woodland Hills | 525 | 56.4% | 47.0% |
| North Country Elementary Antelope | 563 | 61.1% | 30.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Vacaville | 710 | 52.1% | 47.4% |
| George C. Marshall Elementary Seaside | 516 | 55.4% | 36.9% |
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 Sierra Oaks K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,811 of 5,151 | #138 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,116 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #155 of 217 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,678 of 5,172 ▼ 311 | #131 of 217 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #71 of 5,116 | #3 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #1,274 of 5,915 | #73 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,642 of 5,352 | #132 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #168 of 5,354 | #50 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #3,606 of 5,625 | #151 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,383 of 3,837 | #80 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
614
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 614 | 25.7 | 23.9:1 | 57% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 26.3 | 23.5:1 | 51% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 26.5 | 23.2:1 | 47% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 26.9 | 26.1:1 | 47% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 25 | 28.2:1 | 41% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | N/A | N/A | 32% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 17% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 18 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Oaks K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (701 to 614); teachers down 4% (26.9 to 25.7).
About Sierra Oaks K-8
Sierra Oaks K-8 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Sacramento, California. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 614 students. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Sierra Oaks K-8 reports to San Juan Unified, which has 67 schools and 39,171 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Sierra Oaks K-8, at 37%. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.9:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Sierra Oaks K-8 reports 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Sierra Oaks K-8 a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in California with Sierra Oaks K-8's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 46.2%. Sierra Oaks K-8 scores 27.4%.
Across Sacramento County, the median household income is $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Sacramento County is home to 387 public schools and about 259,342 public school students.
The nearest public school is Gateway International, at about 0.9 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sierra Oaks K-8 ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Sierra Oaks K-8 is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Sierra Oaks K-8 had 632 students, to 2024-25, when it had 614. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.8:1 in 2020-21, and 23.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- California Montessori Project - Capitol Campus1.1 mi · 417
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- Thomas Edison Language Institute K-81.2 mi · 883
- Isador Cohen Elementary1.5 mi · 370
- Greer Elementary1.6 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Oaks K-8How large is Sierra Oaks K-8?
Sierra Oaks K-8 enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-08.
Is Sierra Oaks K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sierra Oaks K-8 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Sierra Oaks K-8?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Sierra Oaks K-8.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sierra Oaks K-8?
At Sierra Oaks K-8, the student body is approximately 37% White, 27% Hispanic, 10% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Sierra Oaks K-8 in?
Sierra Oaks K-8 is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.