Washington Elementary

Located at 520 18th St., in Sacramento, California, Washington Elementary is a close-knit primary school that educates 376 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Sacramento City Unified.

Across the 73 schools in Sacramento City Unified (37,657 students total), Washington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Washington Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 27% White, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.8%; Washington Elementary posts 35.8%, -15.0 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Washington Elementary is one.

Miwok Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary has rose 66%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 48% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Washington Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.