Westside Elementary

Westside Elementary is one of the cozy primary schools in Rio Linda, California, part of Twin Rivers Unified, with 376 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Westside Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Westside Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 37% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household earnings sit near $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 Westside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Westside Preparatory Charter, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westside Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westside Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Elementary has ticked down 11%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 37% over that span.

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