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How has Starr King K-8 changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
885
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005822
Starr King K-8
4848 Cottage Way, Carmichael, CA 95608 · (916) 971-7320 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
759 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 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (98).
Student demographics
69%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
13.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.8pp since 2014
Math
7.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.4% | 10.8% | 23.4% | 63.5% |
| Math | 1.1% | 6.3% | 17.1% | 75.5% |
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 | 13.2% | 7.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 6.4% |
| 2022-23 | 14.4% | 8.7% |
| 2021-22 | 12.3% | 6.8% |
| 2018-19 | 24.1% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 17.3% | 11.2% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 12.8% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
10.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% 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 Starr King K-8
Starr King K-8's state test result (10.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr King K-8 this school | 885 | 85.8% | 10.2% |
| Dyer-Kelly Elementary Sacramento | 735 | 89.0% | 7.5% |
| Howe Avenue Elementary Sacramento | 741 | 84.3% | 10.9% |
| Castelar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 626 | 85.5% | 50.4% |
| Anna Kirchgater Elementary Sacramento | 738 | 81.6% | 36.8% |
| Maeola R. Beitzel Elementary Sacramento | 888 | 72.6% | 49.0% |
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 Starr King K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #5,098 of 5,151 | #211 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #5,123 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #212 of 217 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #5,094 of 5,172 ▼ 25 | #212 of 217 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,142 of 5,116 | #122 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #191 of 5,915 | #16 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,726 of 5,352 | #40 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #737 of 5,354 | #119 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #1,582 of 5,625 | #48 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.1% | #72 of 1,139 | #12 of 64 |
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
885
+72 (+9%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 885 | 41.5 | 21.4:1 | 86% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 854 | 37.7 | 22.6:1 | 83% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 38.7 | 20.8:1 | 88% (713) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 35 | 23.2:1 | 92% (751) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 25 | 25.1:1 | 90% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 20 | 26.3:1 | 85% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | N/A | N/A | 70% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | 38% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 23 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Starr King K-8.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (627 to 885); teachers up 66% (25 to 41.5).
About Starr King K-8
Students in Carmichael, California, attend Starr King K-8, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 885 students in kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
The district for Starr King K-8 is San Juan Unified, with 67 schools and 39,171 students.
No group is above 50% at Starr King K-8; the largest is Asian, at 46%. It is also 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Sacramento County's residents are about 18% Asian, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Starr King K-8 scores 69%.
There are 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 21.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Of all students at Starr King K-8, 86% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is higher.
After accounting for student poverty, Starr King K-8 is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 10.2% is 19.1 points below the 29.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Sacramento County, home to about 1,594,006 people, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Ralph Richardson Center sits less than a tenth of a mile from Starr King K-8. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Starr King K-8 comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Starr King K-8 is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 23.2 to 21.4 over 4 years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Carmichael
- Visions In EducationCombined · 7,460 students
- California Montessori Project-San Juan CampusesElementary · 1,545 students
- Winston Churchill MiddleMiddle · 987 students
- John Barrett MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Options for Youth-San JuanHigh · 720 students
- Mary Deterding ElementaryElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Ralph Richardson Center0.0 mi · 54
- San Juan Choices Charter0.4 mi · 246
- Visions In Education0.7 mi · 7,460
- El Camino Fundamental High0.8 mi · 1,226
- Mariemont Elementary1.0 mi · 589
- Del Dayo Elementary1.1 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Starr King K-8How many students attend Starr King K-8?
Starr King K-8 enrolls approximately 885 students in grades KG-08.
Is Starr King K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Starr King K-8 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Starr King K-8 have?
Starr King K-8 employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Starr King K-8?
At Starr King K-8, the student body is approximately 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 46% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Starr King K-8 public or private?
Starr King K-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.