Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384014056
Washington Elementary
520 18th St., Sacramento, CA 95814 · (916) 395-4760 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- 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
22.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
181 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 83 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 113% larger than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
35.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2016
Math
27.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2016
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.4% | 19.5% | 24.6% | 39.5% |
| Math | 12.9% | 14.5% | 25.9% | 46.6% |
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 | 35.9% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 28.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 46.3% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.1% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.9% | 21.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 376 | 48.1% | 33.8% |
| Scandia Elementary Travis AFB | 432 | 51.9% | 44.6% |
| Elevate San Diego | 476 | 45.6% | N/A |
| Redwood Heights Elementary Oakland | 374 | 42.8% | 72.7% |
| Las Posas Elementary Camarillo | 455 | 48.8% | 59.1% |
| Travis Elementary Travis AFB | 421 | 45.6% | 49.8% |
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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,076 of 5,151 | #113 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,479 of 5,172 ▼ 939 | #123 of 217 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #3,338 of 5,172 ▼ 200 | #118 of 217 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,193 of 5,116 | #83 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,989 of 5,915 | #169 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,825 of 5,352 | #87 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #153 of 5,354 | #49 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #3,996 of 5,625 | #177 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +66.4% | #23 of 1,139 | #5 of 64 |
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
376
+57 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 376 | 16.5 | 22.8:1 | 48% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 15.8 | 20.2:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 15.8 | 20.6:1 | 53% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 14 | 22.8:1 | 58% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 10.6 | 21.3:1 | 66% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 66% (226 to 376); teachers up 56% (10.6 to 16.5).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary, located in Sacramento, California, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It serves 376 students in kindergarten through 6.
Washington Elementary is one school in a 73-school district, Sacramento City Unified, which enrolls 37,657 students.
At Washington Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 38%. The next largest groups are 27% White, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 13 points above the 24% share among Sacramento County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 16.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.8:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
Washington Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 51.3% for Washington Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 33.8%. The 17.5-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Sacramento County has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,175, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Sacramento County has 387 public schools and roughly 259,342 students.
The shortest distance from Washington Elementary to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Miwok Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Washington Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Washington Elementary's enrollment climbed from 319 in 2020-21 to 376 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Washington Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Sacramento City Unified
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Hiram W. Johnson HighHigh · 1,682 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Luther Burbank HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Rosemont HighHigh · 1,485 students
- Miwok MiddleMiddle · 1,181 students
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- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
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Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 72nd largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Miwok Middle1.1 mi · 1,181
- William Land Elementary1.4 mi · 367
- David Lubin Elementary1.5 mi · 454
- The MET1.5 mi · 190
- Theodore Judah Elementary1.7 mi · 485
- Sacramento Charter High2.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary is approximately 22.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Elementary?
At Washington Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 38% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary is overseen by Sacramento City Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.