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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005825
Twin Lakes Elementary
5515 Main Ave., Orangevale, CA 95662 · (916) 986-2243 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
26.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
165 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 65% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
50%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
57.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.7pp since 2014
Math
43.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.9% | 33.9% | 21.5% | 20.8% |
| Math | 16.5% | 26.5% | 33.1% | 23.9% |
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 | 57.7% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 36.7% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 36.3% |
| 2021-22 | 52.7% | 41.2% |
| 2018-19 | 55.9% | 50.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.8% | 46.9% |
| 2016-17 | 48.8% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Twin Lakes Elementary
Twin Lakes Elementary's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lakes Elementary this school | 494 | 33.4% | 45.9% |
| Cottage Hill Elementary Grass Valley | 485 | 34.8% | 43.8% |
| Penngrove Elementary Penngrove | 472 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
| Brittan Elementary Sutter | 539 | 34.7% | 32.0% |
| Bay Park Elementary San Diego | 504 | 28.8% | 66.2% |
| Ocean View Elementary Arroyo Grande | 547 | 34.0% | 70.3% |
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 Twin Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #2,008 of 5,151 | #73 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,060 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #74 of 217 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #1,488 of 5,172 ▲ 719 | #52 of 217 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,163 of 5,116 | #81 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #2,518 of 5,915 | #114 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,860 of 5,352 | #209 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #2,770 of 5,354 | #212 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #4,628 of 5,625 | #202 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #2,907 of 3,837 | #101 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
494
+77 (+18%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 494 | 19 | 26.0:1 | 33% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 19 | 25.5:1 | 30% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 18 | 26.2:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 19.3 | 28.0:1 | 30% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 20 | 28.1:1 | 30% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | N/A | N/A | 28% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 16% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 30 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (539 to 494); teachers down 1% (19.3 to 19).
About Twin Lakes Elementary
Families in Orangevale, California, are served by Twin Lakes Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 494 students.
San Juan Unified is made up of 67 schools with 39,171 students in all.
At Twin Lakes Elementary, 67% of students are White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Sacramento County is about 45% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Twin Lakes Elementary scores 50%.
Staffing at Twin Lakes Elementary comes to 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 26.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Twin Lakes Elementary counts 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Sacramento County report 63%.
Twin Lakes Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.0%. Twin Lakes Elementary scores 45.9%.
The school is in Sacramento County, where median household income comes to about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County's 387 public schools enroll about 259,342 students and include Twin Lakes Elementary.
Golden Valley River is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Twin Lakes Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.7% on proficiency, and Twin Lakes Elementary is below that at 45.9%.
The NCES locale for Twin Lakes Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 494, from 417 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 26.0 students per teacher, compared with 24.5 in 2020-21.
People who know Twin Lakes Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Orangevale
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
- Louis Pasteur Fundamental MiddleMiddle · 708 students
- Andrew Carnegie MiddleMiddle · 687 students
- Pershing ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Oakview Community ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Trajan ElementaryElementary · 391 students
Other Twin Lakes Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Twin Lakes Elementary. Twin Lakes Elementary is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Twin Lakes ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 502 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 704 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 535 students
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 523 students
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Golden Valley River0.7 mi · 297
- Pershing Elementary1.0 mi · 494
- Golden Valley Orchard1.4 mi · 292
- Andrew Carnegie Middle1.7 mi · 687
- Orangevale Open K-81.7 mi · 593
- Natoma Station Elementary1.8 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Lakes ElementaryHow large is Twin Lakes Elementary?
Twin Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 494 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Twin Lakes Elementary serve?
Twin Lakes Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Twin Lakes Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at Twin Lakes Elementary.
How diverse is Twin Lakes Elementary?
Twin Lakes Elementary reports a student body of 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Twin Lakes Elementary?
Twin Lakes Elementary is overseen by San Juan Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.