Whitney Avenue Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary campus in Sacramento, California, Whitney Avenue Elementary serves 411 students from grades K through 5, run under San Juan Unified.

Across the 67 schools in San Juan Unified (39,171 students total), Whitney Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Whitney Avenue Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 22% White, 14% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 18% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Whitney Avenue Elementary shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitney Avenue Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.6%; this one comes in at 15.1%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Sacramento County shows median household income runs about $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Whitney Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James R. Cowan Fundamental Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whitney Avenue Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Whitney Avenue Elementary's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 411). Asian enrollment moved from 6% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the Whitney Avenue Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.