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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sutter Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH UNIFIED·NCES 060285000217
Sutter Elementary
3410 Longview Rd., Antioch, CA 94509 · (925) 779-7425 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
341 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
25.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
19.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 17.2% | 30.8% | 44.0% |
| Math | 3.5% | 15.7% | 27.4% | 53.5% |
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 | 25.1% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 40.3% | 29.2% |
| 2017-18 | 33.6% | 21.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sutter Elementary
Sutter Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Elementary this school | 450 | 75.8% | 23.9% |
| Dan O. Root Elementary Suisun City | 426 | 76.1% | 28.4% |
| Highlands Elementary Pittsburg | 480 | 76.0% | 19.7% |
| Don Riggio Stockton | 436 | 81.4% | 24.5% |
| Vista La Mesa Academy La Mesa | 518 | 71.8% | 32.2% |
| John Cabrillo Elementary Sacramento | 382 | 75.7% | 29.9% |
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 Sutter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,200 of 5,151 | #104 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,380 of 5,172 ▼ 619 | #115 of 153 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,470 of 5,172 ▼ 401 | #118 of 153 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #3,007 of 5,116 | #73 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #3,029 of 5,915 | #96 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,496 of 5,352 | #40 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #1,471 of 5,354 | #94 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #2,568 of 5,625 | #40 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #1,112 of 3,837 | #20 of 107 |
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
450
-80 (-15%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,040
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 450 | 21.4 | 21.0:1 | 76% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 79% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 22.9 | 20.3:1 | 81% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 26 | 20.4:1 | 67% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 23 | 25.3:1 | 61% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 63% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | N/A | N/A | 47% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 38 | 19.6:1 | 24% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 1,040 | 40 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (582 to 450); teachers down 7% (23 to 21.4).
About Sutter Elementary
Sutter Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Antioch, California. It educates 450 students in kindergarten through 5.
Antioch Unified is responsible for 25 schools, Sutter Elementary included, with 15,111 students in all.
Hispanic students are the majority at Sutter Elementary, with 56% of enrollment. The school is also 15% White, 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. Sutter Elementary's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Sutter Elementary's 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.0:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 21.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 76%. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sutter Elementary's results are 11.2 points below predicted: 23.9% against 35.1%.
Contra Costa County has these Census figures: the median household income is $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Contra Costa County is home to 280 public schools and about 167,423 public school students.
The closest public school, Park Middle, is about 0.6 miles from Sutter Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sutter Elementary places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, Sutter Elementary's enrollment declined 15%, to 450.
The Sutter Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Antioch Unified
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Orchard ParkElementary · 751 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
Other schools in Antioch
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
- Antioch MiddleMiddle · 665 students
Other Sutter Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sutter Elementary. Sutter Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Sutter ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 314 students
Nearby schools
- Park Middle0.6 mi · 1,055
- Antioch Charter Academy0.8 mi · 202
- Belshaw Elementary1.0 mi · 431
- Marsh Elementary1.0 mi · 522
- Muir (John) Elementary1.1 mi · 660
- Mission Elementary1.3 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Sutter ElementaryHow many students attend Sutter Elementary?
Sutter Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sutter Elementary serve?
Sutter Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sutter Elementary have?
Sutter Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sutter Elementary?
Student demographics at Sutter Elementary are roughly 15% White, 56% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sutter Elementary?
Sutter Elementary is overseen by Antioch Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.