Trajan Elementary

Located at 6601 Trajan Dr., in Orangevale, California, Trajan Elementary is a compact primary school that educates 391 students (grades K through 5), run under San Juan Unified.

Across the 67 schools in San Juan Unified (39,171 students total), Trajan Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Trajan Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Trajan Elementary lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Trajan Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Trajan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) reports that median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Trajan Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Woodside K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Trajan Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trajan Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Trajan Elementary's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 391). White enrollment moved from 69% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

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