Enrollment
131
Elementary
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER DELTA JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063311005127
Walnut Grove Elementary
14181 Grove St., Walnut Grove, CA 95690 · (916) 776-1844 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
122 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 29 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 53% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
32.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.4% | 27.9% | 23.5% | 44.1% |
| Math | 8.8% | 16.2% | 29.4% | 45.6% |
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 | 32.4% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 15.9% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 20.6% |
| 2018-19 | 57.6% | 54.4% |
| 2017-18 | 50.6% | 35.8% |
| 2016-17 | 31.5% | 30.1% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Walnut Grove Elementary
Walnut Grove Elementary's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove Elementary this school | 131 | 93.1% | 24.3% |
| Monroe Elementary Fresno | 150 | 91.3% | N/A |
| El Nido Elementary El Nido | 156 | 94.9% | 34.5% |
| Maple Primary Center Los Angeles | 127 | 96.1% | N/A |
| Hollywood Elementary Los Angeles | 175 | 94.3% | 29.7% |
| Latona Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 149 | 89.3% | 40.2% |
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 Walnut Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,149 of 5,151 | #156 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #3,769 of 5,172 ▲ 817 | #131 of 217 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,744 of 5,172 ▲ 798 | #133 of 217 ▲ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,654 of 5,116 | #76 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #5,563 of 5,915 | #235 of 238 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #684 of 5,625 | #8 of 235 |
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
131
-39 (-23%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 131 | 8 | 16.4:1 | 93% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 7.1 | 19.9:1 | 93% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 6.1 | 25.3:1 | 75% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 9 | 18.9:1 | 83% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 165 | 8 | 20.6:1 | 85% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 162 | 8 | 20.3:1 | 85% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 113 | N/A | N/A | 97% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 250 | 13 | 19.2:1 | 68% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 12 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (165 to 131); teachers unchanged (8 to 8).
About Walnut Grove Elementary
At 14181 Grove St. in Walnut Grove, California, Walnut Grove Elementary operates as a very small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 131 students, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 72% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Walnut Grove Elementary is one of the 11 schools that make up River Delta Joint Unified (1,705 students in total).
Of every 100 students at Walnut Grove Elementary, about 82 are Hispanic. The school is also 10% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Sacramento County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary is 16.4:1, based on 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Walnut Grove Elementary counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Sacramento County, the average is 63%.
Walnut Grove Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.0% for Walnut Grove Elementary. The school posts 24.3%, within a point of the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household earns about $92,175 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Sacramento County, 387 public schools serve about 259,342 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, New Hope Elementary, is about 4.8 miles. There are 5 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walnut Grove Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 39 students, from 170 to 131. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
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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 River Delta Joint Unified
- D. H. White ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Rio Vista HighHigh · 317 students
- Delta HighHigh · 196 students
- Isleton ElementaryElementary · 188 students
- Clarksburg MiddleMiddle · 171 students
- Riverview MiddleMiddle · 160 students
Other Walnut Grove Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Walnut Grove Elementary. Walnut Grove Elementary is the 13th largest of the 13.
- Walnut Grove ElementaryPatterson, CA · 744 students
- Walnut Grove ElementaryPleasanton, CA · 629 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 819 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolBargersville, IN · 735 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolCovington, GA · 721 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope Elementary4.8 mi · 164
- Bates Elementary6.9 mi · 82
- Mokelumne High (Continuation)6.9 mi · 8
- River Delta Community Day6.9 mi · 2
- Isleton Elementary7.5 mi · 188
- Vernon E. Greer Elementary10.5 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Grove ElementaryHow large is Walnut Grove Elementary?
Walnut Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 131 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Walnut Grove Elementary serve?
Walnut Grove Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Grove Elementary?
At Walnut Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Grove Elementary in?
Walnut Grove Elementary is part of River Delta Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.