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Enrollment
1,019
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233014065
Zehnder Ranch Elementary
9880 Denali Cir., Elk Grove, CA 95757 · (916) 793-3300 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
25.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
366 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 166 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 165 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (165).
Student demographics
62%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
76.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2017
Math
70.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.5pp since 2017
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2017, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.3% | 27.1% | 14.0% | 9.7% |
| Math | 49.1% | 21.5% | 15.9% | 13.6% |
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 | 76.4% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.3% | 71.4% |
| 2022-23 | 74.8% | 69.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.6% | 66.8% |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | 61.5% |
| 2018-19 | 75.0% | 66.5% |
| 2017-18 | 76.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Zehnder Ranch Elementary
Zehnder Ranch Elementary's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zehnder Ranch Elementary this school | 1,019 | 35.9% | 73.2% |
| Miwok Village Elementary Elk Grove | 1,050 | 36.0% | 67.7% |
| Yu Ming Charter Oakland | 959 | 33.9% | N/A |
| Arnold Adreani Elementary Sacramento | 944 | 35.4% | 78.0% |
| Leal (Frank C.) Elementary Cerritos | 774 | 35.1% | 83.9% |
| Edna Batey Elementary Elk Grove | 786 | 40.5% | 70.0% |
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 Zehnder Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #506 of 5,151 | #14 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #574 of 5,172 ▼ 40 | #13 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #423 of 5,172 ▲ 32 | #9 of 217 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,024 of 5,116 | #77 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #65 of 5,915 | #6 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,644 of 5,352 | #192 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #1,647 of 5,354 | #176 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #4,511 of 5,625 | #199 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #712 of 1,139 | #40 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
1,019
-294 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 1,019 | 40 | 25.5:1 | 36% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 1,048 | 41 | 25.6:1 | 27% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 1,035 | 41 | 25.2:1 | 23% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 1,313 | 50 | 26.3:1 | 21% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 38.5 | 25.0:1 | 24% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zehnder Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (962 to 1,019); teachers up 4% (38.5 to 40).
About Zehnder Ranch Elementary
As a high-enrollment elementary school, Zehnder Ranch Elementary serves students in Elk Grove, California. The school enrolls 1,019 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 119% above average.
Elk Grove Unified has 67 schools; together they serve 63,232 students.
More than half of enrollment at Zehnder Ranch Elementary is Asian: 58%. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. The school's Asian share is 40 points above the 18% share among Sacramento County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Staffing at Zehnder Ranch Elementary comes to 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Zehnder Ranch Elementary counts 36% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Sacramento County report 63%.
Zehnder Ranch Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Zehnder Ranch Elementary beats its 58.5% prediction with 73.2%, a top-10% result in California.
In the surrounding county, Sacramento County, median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
Of the public schools around it, Zehnder Ranch Elementary is closest to Cosumnes Oaks High, about 0.5 miles away. Zehnder Ranch Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.8% on proficiency, and Zehnder Ranch Elementary is above that at 73.2%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 1,313 (2020-21) to 1,019 (2024-25).
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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 Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Elk Grove
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Elk Grove HighHigh · 1,684 students
Nearby schools
- Cosumnes Oaks High0.5 mi · 2,109
- Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle0.6 mi · 1,136
- Arlene Hein Elementary0.9 mi · 817
- Miwok Village Elementary1.1 mi · 1,050
- Elitha Donner Elementary1.2 mi · 706
- Franklin High1.4 mi · 2,650
Frequently asked questions
About Zehnder Ranch ElementaryHow large is Zehnder Ranch Elementary?
Zehnder Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Zehnder Ranch Elementary serve?
Zehnder Ranch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zehnder Ranch Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zehnder Ranch Elementary is approximately 25.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zehnder Ranch Elementary?
At Zehnder Ranch Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 58% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Zehnder Ranch Elementary public or private?
Zehnder Ranch Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.