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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001572
Theodore Judah Elementary
101 Dean Way, Folsom, CA 95630 · (916) 294-9175 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
194 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
74.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
66.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 58.0% | 16.6% | 7.6% | 17.8% |
| Math | 53.2% | 13.5% | 15.2% | 18.1% |
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 | 74.6% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 65.1% |
| 2022-23 | 70.3% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 66.0% |
| 2018-19 | 74.7% | 66.2% |
| 2017-18 | 81.8% | 71.5% |
| 2016-17 | 69.0% | 66.2% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Theodore Judah Elementary
Theodore Judah Elementary's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Judah Elementary this school | 600 | 32.3% | 69.2% |
| Proctor Elementary Castro Valley | 613 | 30.2% | 77.3% |
| Heritage Elementary Tustin | 567 | 32.5% | 69.7% |
| Cox (James H.) Elementary Fountain Valley | 607 | 35.7% | 68.2% |
| Chabot Elementary Castro Valley | 496 | 28.2% | 71.6% |
| Springbrook Elementary Irvine | 539 | 29.1% | 61.8% |
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 Theodore Judah Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #691 of 5,151 | #20 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #744 of 5,172 ▲ 69 | #21 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #509 of 5,172 ▲ 214 | #15 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,241 of 5,116 | #86 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #1,402 of 5,915 | #77 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,827 of 5,352 | #43 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #595 of 5,354 | #102 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #4,666 of 5,625 | #205 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #3,634 of 3,837 | #136 of 145 |
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
600
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 600 | 27.9 | 21.5:1 | 32% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 27.6 | 22.7:1 | 30% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 24.3 | 23.9:1 | 25% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 25 | 23.1:1 | 26% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 31% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 22 | 26.3:1 | 24% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | N/A | N/A | 43% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 21 | 19.4:1 | 35% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 26 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Theodore Judah Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (613 to 600); teachers up 16% (24 to 27.9).
About Theodore Judah Elementary
Among the schools in Folsom, California, is Theodore Judah Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 600 students. That is 29% above the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Folsom-Cordova Unified operates 35 schools. Combined enrollment is 21,699 students.
The largest group at Theodore Judah Elementary is Asian students, at 43%. Other students are 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 18% Asian share among all Sacramento County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
The school had 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.5:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 0.8 students per teacher. The school reported 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 31 points higher.
Theodore Judah Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of California public elementary schools.
Theodore Judah Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.2%, compared with a predicted 60.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Sacramento County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 387 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,342, Theodore Judah Elementary among them.
About 0.5 miles separate Theodore Judah Elementary from the closest public school, Sutter Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Theodore Judah Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment increased 4% over 4 years, reaching 600 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.1:1 to 21.5:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Folsom
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mangini Ranch ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Alder Creek ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Other Theodore Judah Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Theodore Judah Elementary. Theodore Judah Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Theodore Judah ElementarySacramento, CA · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Sutter Middle0.5 mi · 1,628
- Blanche Sprentz Elementary0.7 mi · 348
- Folsom Middle0.9 mi · 1,508
- Carl H. Sundahl Elementary1.6 mi · 435
- Golden Valley River1.7 mi · 297
- Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary1.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Theodore Judah ElementaryHow large is Theodore Judah Elementary?
Theodore Judah Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Theodore Judah Elementary serve?
Theodore Judah Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Theodore Judah Elementary have?
Theodore Judah Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Theodore Judah Elementary?
Student demographics at Theodore Judah Elementary are roughly 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 43% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Theodore Judah Elementary?
Theodore Judah Elementary is overseen by Folsom-Cordova Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.