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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Southport Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON UNIFIED·NCES 064158007936
Southport Elementary
2747 Linden Rd., West Sacramento, CA 95691 · (916) 375-7890 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- DBeats 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
21.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
396 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 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 63% larger than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
71%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
42.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
35.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp 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 36 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.6% | 26.8% | 25.3% | 32.3% |
| Math | 16.3% | 19.3% | 24.1% | 40.3% |
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 | 42.4% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 44.1% | 33.6% |
| 2021-22 | 54.7% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 61.3% | 47.2% |
| 2017-18 | 59.7% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 52.1% | 37.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Southport Elementary
Southport Elementary's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Elementary this school | 785 | 50.4% | 38.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Riverside | 767 | 48.9% | 62.6% |
| Taawila Elementary Menifee | 803 | 49.8% | 57.1% |
| Foxboro Elementary Vacaville | 717 | 47.4% | 33.8% |
| Jean Callison Elementary Vacaville | 762 | 55.0% | 37.8% |
| Kester Avenue Elementary Van Nuys | 886 | 47.0% | 74.1% |
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 Southport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,594 of 5,151 | #14 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #2,690 of 5,172 ▼ 43 | #15 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,699 of 5,172 ▼ 233 | #15 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.9pp | #178 of 5,116 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #429 of 5,915 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,103 of 5,352 | #13 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #477 of 5,354 | #6 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #3,887 of 5,625 | #22 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #2,971 of 3,837 | #15 of 23 |
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
785
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
+35% since 2000-01, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 785 | 35.9 | 21.9:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 35.2 | 21.1:1 | 48% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 32.5 | 21.8:1 | 50% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 34 | 22.2:1 | 55% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 35.8 | 23.8:1 | 57% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 55% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | N/A | N/A | 56% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 39% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (851 to 785); teachers unchanged (35.8 to 35.9).
About Southport Elementary
West Sacramento, California, is home to Southport Elementary, a large elementary school. It had 785 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 69% higher.
Southport Elementary is a school in Washington Unified. The district has 11 schools and 7,448 students.
The biggest share of students at Southport Elementary, 40%, is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southport Elementary scores 71%.
The school lists 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 50% of the student body. On average, public schools in Yolo County report 59%.
Among California public elementary schools, Southport Elementary outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 50.0% for a school in California with Southport Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Southport Elementary posts 38.9%.
In the surrounding county, Yolo County, median household income comes to about $91,752, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Yolo County has 67 public schools with about 29,820 students, including Southport Elementary.
About 0.7 miles separate Southport Elementary from the closest public school, River City High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Southport Elementary ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 38.9% versus a 37.7% average.
In the federal locale system, Southport Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 30 students, from 755 to 785.
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Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Unified
- River City HighHigh · 2,168 students
- Bridgeway Island ElementaryElementary · 1,062 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 928 students
- Riverbank ElementaryElementary · 599 students
- Elkhorn Village ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Westmore Oaks ElementaryElementary · 531 students
Other schools in West Sacramento
- River City HighHigh · 2,168 students
- Bridgeway Island ElementaryElementary · 1,062 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 928 students
- Riverbank ElementaryElementary · 599 students
- Elkhorn Village ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Westmore Oaks ElementaryElementary · 531 students
Other Southport Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Southport Elementary. Southport Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHPORT, FL · 531 students
- Southport Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 450 students
- Southport ElementaryKenosha, WI · 438 students
- Southport ElementarySouthport, NC · 413 students
Nearby schools
- River City High0.7 mi · 2,168
- Empowering Possibilities International Charter0.7 mi · 426
- Bridgeway Island Elementary1.3 mi · 1,062
- Stonegate Elementary1.3 mi · 928
- Westmore Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 531
- Washington Unified Virtual Academy1.6 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Southport ElementaryHow large is Southport Elementary?
Southport Elementary enrolls approximately 785 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Southport Elementary serve?
Southport Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Southport Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Southport Elementary.
How diverse is Southport Elementary?
Southport Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 40% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Southport Elementary public or private?
Southport Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.