William Land Elementary

Located at 2120 12th St., in Sacramento, California, William Land Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school that hosts 367 students (grades K through 6), run under Sacramento City Unified. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Sacramento City Unified, which oversees 73 schools and 37,657 students, William Land Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, William Land Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, William Land Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Land Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.1%; actual is 68.0%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which William Land Elementary is one.

The MET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, William Land Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. William Land Elementary's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 367). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 16% to 9%.

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