Starr King K-8

Starr King K-8 is a primary school of sprawling scale in Carmichael, California, overseen by San Juan Unified, enrolling 885 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Starr King K-8 sits 90% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 67 schools in San Juan Unified (39,171 students total), Starr King K-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Starr King K-8 shows that 46% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Starr King K-8 is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 28.4%; Starr King K-8 posts 10.0%, -18.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Starr King K-8 is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ralph Richardson Center, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Starr King K-8 at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Starr King K-8's enrollment has climbed 41% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 885). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 13% to 46%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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