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Which teacher or staff member at Union House Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
795
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233009362
Union House Elementary
7850 Deercreek Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823 · (916) 424-9201 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
24.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
697 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (124).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
37.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.6pp since 2014
Math
29.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.9% | 21.8% | 24.5% | 37.9% |
| Math | 12.8% | 17.0% | 28.7% | 41.5% |
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 | 37.6% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 26.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.5% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 24.1% |
| 2020-21 | 29.2% | 19.5% |
| 2018-19 | 35.5% | 25.8% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 28.3% | 22.9% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Union House Elementary
Union House Elementary's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union House Elementary this school | 795 | 87.7% | 32.2% |
| David Reese Elementary Sacramento | 769 | 84.3% | 24.6% |
| John H. Still Sacramento | 655 | 81.7% | 22.6% |
| Prairie Elementary Sacramento | 858 | 86.4% | 21.4% |
| Herman Leimbach Elementary Sacramento | 659 | 86.9% | 20.6% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Sacramento | 722 | 81.3% | 11.3% |
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 Union House Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,253 of 5,151 | #118 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,241 of 5,172 ▲ 252 | #118 of 217 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #3,167 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #113 of 217 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #1,270 of 5,116 | #45 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #404 of 5,915 | #28 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,340 of 5,352 | #169 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #408 of 5,354 | #80 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #1,372 of 5,625 | #28 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #3,695 of 3,837 | #139 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
795
+50 (+7%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,005
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 795 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 88% (697) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 30 | 25.3:1 | 79% (596) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 28 | 25.4:1 | 57% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 91% (677) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 33 | 24.4:1 | 83% (673) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 43 | 20.7:1 | 89% (793) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | N/A | N/A | 78% (667) |
| 2000-01 | 975 | 50 | 19.5:1 | 66% (639) |
| 1990-91 | 1,005 | 36 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union House Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (807 to 795); teachers down 3% (33 to 32).
About Union House Elementary
Located in Sacramento, California, Union House Elementary is a large elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 795 students. That is 71% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Elk Grove Unified has a total of 67 schools and 63,232 students, Union House Elementary among them.
The student body at Union House Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 36%. Other groups make up 35% Asian, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Pacific Islander. Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Union House Elementary are from different groups.
Union House Elementary lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.8 students per teacher. The school's 24.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 88% of the student body. That is 25 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Among California public elementary schools, Union House Elementary outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Union House Elementary would be expected to post about 28.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.2%.
The school's county is Sacramento County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Union House Elementary from the closest public school, Susan B. Anthony Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 23.1%; Union House Elementary's is 32.2%, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES assigns Union House Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 7%.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Union House Elementary. 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
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Nearby schools
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.6 mi · 329
- Samuel Jackman Middle0.8 mi · 909
- Charles E. Mack Elementary0.8 mi · 840
- Prairie Elementary0.9 mi · 858
- Rio Cazadero High1.2 mi · 120
- Parkway Elementary1.3 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Union House ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Union House Elementary?
Union House Elementary enrolls approximately 795 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Union House Elementary serve?
Union House Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Union House Elementary have?
Union House Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union House Elementary?
At Union House Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 36% Hispanic, 15% Black, 35% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Union House Elementary public or private?
Union House Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.