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What's the biggest difference between Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005775
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8
2950 Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA 95864 · (916) 979-8960 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
24.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
677 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 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 112% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
70%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
27.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.3pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.8% | 19.5% | 24.1% | 48.6% |
| Math | 7.0% | 15.8% | 27.1% | 50.1% |
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 | 27.3% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.2% | 15.6% |
| 2018-19 | 22.7% | 17.6% |
| 2017-18 | 18.3% | 13.7% |
| 2016-17 | 16.6% | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 this school | 883 | 76.7% | 26.6% |
| Old River Elementary Bakersfield | 795 | 76.0% | 48.4% |
| Louis VanderMolen Fundamental Elementary Jurupa Valley | 959 | 74.9% | 39.2% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Bakersfield | 713 | 70.8% | 52.1% |
| Leo B. Hart Elementary Bakersfield | 705 | 71.6% | 48.5% |
| Rudolph Rivera Elementary Merced | 917 | 75.5% | 26.4% |
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 Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,905 of 5,151 | #141 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,019 of 5,172 ▼ 420 | #148 of 217 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #4,233 of 5,172 ▼ 343 | #161 of 217 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,763 of 5,116 | #67 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #195 of 5,915 | #18 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,773 of 5,352 | #141 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #688 of 5,354 | #115 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #2,484 of 5,625 | #93 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #722 of 1,139 | #41 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
883
+95 (+12%) vs 2020
+125% since 1990-91, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 883 | 36.8 | 24.0:1 | 77% (677) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 36.8 | 23.5:1 | 64% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 35.6 | 22.9:1 | 71% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 39 | 20.2:1 | 63% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 835 | 35.1 | 23.8:1 | 83% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 35 | 23.5:1 | 84% (690) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | N/A | N/A | 87% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 77% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 18 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (835 to 883); teachers up 5% (35.1 to 36.8).
About Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8, located in Sacramento, California, is a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 883 students in kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Across its 67 schools, San Juan Unified enrolls 39,171 students. Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8, 48%, is Hispanic. Next come 19% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Sacramento County residents. The diversity index for Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 77%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County is 14 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 lands at C-, ahead of 22% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is -8.0 points: 26.6% actual, 34.6% predicted.
For Sacramento County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
The closest school to Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is Gateway International, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 26.6% versus a 27.5% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 95 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.2:1 in 2020-21, and 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8How many students attend Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8?
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 enrolls approximately 883 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 serve?
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is approximately 24.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8?
Student demographics at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 are roughly 19% White, 48% Hispanic, 8% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 in?
Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is part of San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.