Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005786
Thomas Kelly Elementary
6301 Moraga Dr., Carmichael, CA 95608 · (916) 867-2041 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
180 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
65%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
25.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.5pp since 2014
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 16.6% | 18.6% | 55.9% |
| Math | 0.6% | 13.7% | 25.5% | 60.3% |
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 | 25.5% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 30.5% | 24.5% |
| 2017-18 | 31.4% | 20.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.5% | 22.7% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kelly Elementary
Thomas Kelly Elementary's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Kelly Elementary this school | 321 | 56.1% | 22.5% |
| Albert Schweitzer Elementary Carmichael | 331 | 58.0% | 33.0% |
| Canfield Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 285 | 49.5% | 73.6% |
| James R. Cowan Fundamental Elementary Sacramento | 406 | 48.3% | 44.0% |
| Ferris Spanger Elementary Roseville | 301 | 61.8% | 47.1% |
| Olivet Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 323 | 53.9% | N/A |
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 Kelly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,335 of 5,151 | #165 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #4,813 of 5,172 ▼ 591 | #190 of 217 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,435 of 5,172 ▼ 632 | #175 of 217 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #667 of 5,116 | #34 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #4,571 of 5,915 | #199 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,241 of 5,352 | #161 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #1,231 of 5,354 | #154 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #3,640 of 5,625 | #153 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.1% | #252 of 3,837 | #6 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
321
-71 (-18%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
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 | 321 | 13 | 24.7:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 13 | 25.5:1 | 58% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 60% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 19 | 26.4:1 | 63% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 17 | 27.3:1 | 56% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | N/A | N/A | 54% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 37% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 16 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Kelly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (502 to 321); teachers down 32% (19 to 13).
About Thomas Kelly Elementary
Thomas Kelly Elementary is a small elementary school located in Carmichael, California. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 321 students enrolled. It has 31% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Thomas Kelly Elementary is run by San Juan Unified, whose 67 schools enroll 39,171 students.
At Thomas Kelly Elementary, 53% of students are White. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black, and 7% Asian. Census figures show Sacramento County is about 45% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
With 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.7:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Thomas Kelly Elementary, 56% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Thomas Kelly Elementary falls short of its prediction by 24.2 points. The model expects 46.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 22.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household earns about $92,175 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including Thomas Kelly Elementary.
Del Campo High is about 0.4 miles from Thomas Kelly Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Thomas Kelly Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Thomas Kelly Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 321, down from 392 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 24.7 students per teacher, compared with 23.1 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Carmichael
- Visions In EducationCombined · 7,460 students
- California Montessori Project-San Juan CampusesElementary · 1,545 students
- Winston Churchill MiddleMiddle · 987 students
- Starr King K-8Elementary · 885 students
- John Barrett MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Options for Youth-San JuanHigh · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Del Campo High0.4 mi · 1,548
- Charles Peck Elementary0.5 mi · 303
- Will Rogers Middle0.6 mi · 564
- Options for Youth-San Juan0.6 mi · 720
- John Barrett Middle0.7 mi · 802
- Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary0.9 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Kelly ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Kelly Elementary?
Thomas Kelly Elementary enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Thomas Kelly Elementary serve?
Thomas Kelly Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Kelly Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Kelly Elementary is approximately 24.7:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Kelly Elementary?
At Thomas Kelly Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Thomas Kelly Elementary public or private?
Thomas Kelly Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
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