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What do you wish you knew before starting at Williamson Elementary?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001584
Williamson Elementary
2275 Benita Dr., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 · (916) 294-9185 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- CThree-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
21.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
392 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
22.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
17.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 16.0% | 22.7% | 54.7% |
| Math | 3.0% | 14.5% | 30.6% | 51.9% |
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 | 22.7% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.9% | 16.5% |
| 2022-23 | 24.6% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.6% | 17.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.2% | 28.5% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 27.4% |
| 2016-17 | 31.4% | 28.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Williamson Elementary
Williamson Elementary's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson Elementary this school | 489 | 80.2% | 18.7% |
| Cameron Ranch Elementary Carmichael | 406 | 80.0% | 17.7% |
| Little Chico Creek Elementary Chico | 471 | 75.6% | 45.0% |
| Kingswood K-8 Citrus Heights | 546 | 81.1% | 16.7% |
| Citrus Avenue Elementary Chico | 383 | 82.2% | 29.0% |
| Foothill Oaks Elementary Sacramento | 508 | 83.1% | 50.1% |
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 Williamson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,681 of 5,151 | #187 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,525 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #178 of 217 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,674 of 5,172 ▲ 136 | #183 of 217 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #1,398 of 5,116 | #67 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #2,570 of 5,915 | #117 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,980 of 5,352 | #50 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #245 of 5,354 | #55 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #2,174 of 5,625 | #78 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #2,240 of 3,837 | #75 of 145 |
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
489
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 489 | 22.5 | 21.7:1 | 80% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 22.4 | 20.6:1 | 82% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 19.4 | 23.9:1 | 87% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 81% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 23 | 24.5:1 | 89% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 82% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | N/A | N/A | 79% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 79% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 19 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williamson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (564 to 489); teachers down 2% (23 to 22.5).
About Williamson Elementary
Rancho Cordova, California, is home to Williamson Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 489 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Williamson Elementary reports to Folsom-Cordova Unified, which has 35 schools and 21,699 students.
Of every 100 students at Williamson Elementary, about 38 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 30% White, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Sacramento County residents. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Williamson Elementary are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Williamson Elementary totals 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Federal data show 80% of students (392) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sacramento County is 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Williamson Elementary lands at D, ahead of 5% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Williamson Elementary's results are 13.8 points below predicted: 18.7% against 32.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that median household income comes to about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County counts 387 public schools with about 259,342 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, W. E. Mitchell Middle, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Williamson Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 474 to 489.
The discussion board for Williamson Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Rancho Cordova
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 1,235 students
- Lake View CharterCombined · 969 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
- Robert J. McGarvey ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- W. E. Mitchell MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Other Williamson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Williamson Elementary. Williamson Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWILLIAMSON, NY · 396 students
Nearby schools
- W. E. Mitchell Middle0.4 mi · 755
- Walnutwood High (Independent Study)0.5 mi · 221
- Innovations Academy0.5 mi · 113
- Riverview STEM Elementary0.5 mi · 357
- Prospect Community Day0.9 mi · 17
- Kinney High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Williamson ElementaryHow large is Williamson Elementary?
Williamson Elementary enrolls approximately 489 students in grades KG-05.
Is Williamson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Williamson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Williamson Elementary?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Williamson Elementary.
How diverse is Williamson Elementary?
Williamson Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 38% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Williamson Elementary in?
Williamson Elementary is part of Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.