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What do you wish you knew before starting at Whitney Avenue Elementary?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005826
Whitney Avenue Elementary
4248 Whitney Ave., Sacramento, CA 95821 · (916) 575-2407 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
24.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
350 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
15.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
10.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.5% | 9.5% | 17.5% | 67.5% |
| Math | 2.7% | 8.0% | 24.1% | 65.2% |
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 | 15.0% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 11.9% |
| 2021-22 | 20.7% | 8.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.7% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.7% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% 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 Whitney Avenue Elementary
Whitney Avenue Elementary's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Avenue Elementary this school | 411 | 85.2% | 15.1% |
| Isador Cohen Elementary Sacramento | 370 | 86.5% | 17.0% |
| Oakdale TK-8 North Highlands | 559 | 92.7% | 15.0% |
| Oakwood Elementary Stockton | 522 | 84.7% | 20.0% |
| John Reith Elementary Sacramento | 572 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Fairbanks Elementary Sacramento | 320 | 92.8% | 23.8% |
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 Whitney Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #4,930 of 5,151 | #199 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #5,013 of 5,172 ▼ 295 | #205 of 217 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #5,047 of 5,172 ▼ 256 | #207 of 217 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,239 of 5,116 | #60 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #3,550 of 5,915 | #147 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,884 of 5,352 | #144 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #43 of 5,354 | #17 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #1,643 of 5,625 | #51 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #576 of 1,139 | #35 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
411
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 411 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 85% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 86% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 84% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 16 | 24.5:1 | 89% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 14 | 27.1:1 | 92% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 15 | 25.6:1 | 92% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | N/A | N/A | 88% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 79% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 20 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitney Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (379 to 411); teachers up 21% (14 to 17).
About Whitney Avenue Elementary
Whitney Avenue Elementary is an elementary school located in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. The school serves 411 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
San Juan Unified has 39,171 students spread across 67 schools.
Asian students form the largest group at Whitney Avenue Elementary, 32% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 22% White, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. In Sacramento County overall, about 18% of residents are Asian. Whitney Avenue Elementary has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Whitney Avenue Elementary and a ratio of 24.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 85% of enrollment. That is 22 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Whitney Avenue Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Whitney Avenue Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools. It scores 15.1%; the prediction is 29.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sacramento County show that median household income is about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Whitney Avenue Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County, which together enroll about 259,342 students.
The nearest other public school, James R. Cowan Fundamental Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.8%; Whitney Avenue Elementary's is 15.1%, ranking 9th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 392 in 2020-21 and 411 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
Discussions about Whitney Avenue Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
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- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
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Nearby schools
- James R. Cowan Fundamental Elementary0.4 mi · 406
- Mira Loma High0.4 mi · 1,655
- Pasadena Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 343
- Winston Churchill Middle0.8 mi · 987
- Mission Avenue Open Elementary0.8 mi · 415
- Arcade Middle0.9 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Whitney Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Whitney Avenue Elementary?
Whitney Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 411 students in grades KG-05.
Is Whitney Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitney Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Whitney Avenue Elementary have?
Whitney Avenue Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Whitney Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Whitney Avenue Elementary are roughly 22% White, 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, 32% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitney Avenue Elementary?
Whitney Avenue Elementary is overseen by San Juan Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.