Theodore Judah Elementary

Theodore Judah Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Folsom, California, one of the schools within Folsom-Cordova Unified, caters to 600 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Folsom-Cordova Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 21,699 students, Theodore Judah Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Theodore Judah Elementary reports that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Theodore Judah Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Theodore Judah Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 67.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Theodore Judah Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sutter Middle, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Theodore Judah Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Theodore Judah Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 613 students in 2018 to 600 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 32% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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