Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8

Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is a large elementary campus in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within San Juan Unified. The school enrolls 883 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 sits 90% larger than that benchmark.

San Juan Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 39,171 students. Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 19% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 27.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Gateway International, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 has climbed 6%, going from 835 students in 2018 to 883 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 10% to 17% over that span.

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