Williamson Elementary

Williamson Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Rancho Cordova, California, one of the schools within Folsom-Cordova Unified. The school enrolls 489 students in grades K through 5.

Folsom-Cordova Unified runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 21,699 students. Williamson Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Williamson Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 80% of students at Williamson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Williamson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 17.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put median household income runs about $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 Williamson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: W. E. Mitchell Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Williamson Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Williamson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Williamson Elementary's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 489). Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 2% to 12%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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