Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALIDA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063390009432
Sisk Elementary
5337 Sugar Creek Ln., Salida, CA 95368 · (209) 545-1671 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
195 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sisk Elementary→Salida Middle School - Vella Campus
Based on grade levels within Salida Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
38.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.8pp 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 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 24.2% | 28.1% | 29.7% |
| Math | 15.5% | 23.3% | 34.1% | 27.1% |
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 | 42.2% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 32.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 39.2% | 32.9% |
| 2020-21 | 32.6% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 43.0% |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 42.4% |
| 2016-17 | 46.8% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Sisk Elementary
Sisk Elementary's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisk Elementary this school | 286 | 68.2% | 37.5% |
| Morrice Schaefer Charter Santa Rosa | 304 | 71.4% | N/A |
| Santa Susana Elementary Simi Valley | 312 | 67.6% | 25.8% |
| Barbara Benson Elementary Tustin | 313 | 73.2% | 44.7% |
| Miwok Valley Elementary Charter Petaluma | 288 | 64.6% | 20.9% |
| Glen Yermo Elementary Mission Viejo | 308 | 67.2% | 45.6% |
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 Sisk Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,711 of 5,151 | #33 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,386 of 5,172 ▲ 489 | #27 of 100 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #2,716 of 5,172 ▲ 319 | #32 of 100 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,822 of 5,116 | #39 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #4,879 of 5,915 | #93 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,192 of 5,352 | #40 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #2,395 of 5,354 | #41 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #3,063 of 5,625 | #69 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #1,698 of 3,837 | #10 of 56 |
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
286
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 286 | 13 | 22.0:1 | 68% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 74% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 13.3 | 21.6:1 | 63% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 13 | 22.5:1 | 65% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 14 | 24.8:1 | 67% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 19 | 27.7:1 | 62% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | N/A | N/A | 53% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 866 | 41 | 21.1:1 | 27% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sisk Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (347 to 286); teachers down 7% (14 to 13).
About Sisk Elementary
In Salida, California, Sisk Elementary is a small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 286 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 38% below that mark.
Salida Union Elementary operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,038 students.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Sisk Elementary. Other reported shares: 17% White, 12% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 50% Hispanic among all Stanislaus County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Sisk Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Sisk Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 68%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sisk Elementary is 39.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.5%.
In the wider Stanislaus County area, the median household earns about $81,468 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Stanislaus County, 190 public schools serve about 106,477 students.
The closest school to Sisk Elementary is Great Valley Academy - Salida, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 37.4% on proficiency, and Sisk Elementary is above that at 37.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sisk Elementary had 293 students in 2020-21 and 286 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salida Union Elementary
- Salida Middle School - Vella CampusMiddle · 673 students
- Dena Boer ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- Mildred Perkins ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Other schools in Salida
- Salida Middle School - Vella CampusMiddle · 673 students
- Dena Boer ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Great Valley Academy - Salida0.6 mi · 927
- Salida Elementary0.8 mi · 273
- Salida Middle School - Vella Campus0.9 mi · 673
- Joseph A. Gregori High1.1 mi · 2,346
- Dena Boer Elementary1.2 mi · 444
- Mildred Perkins Elementary1.9 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Sisk ElementaryHow many students attend Sisk Elementary?
Sisk Elementary enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sisk Elementary serve?
Sisk Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sisk Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sisk Elementary is approximately 22.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sisk Elementary?
At Sisk Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sisk Elementary in?
Sisk Elementary is part of Salida Union Elementary.
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