NCES CCD 2024-25 39 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Elk Grove, CA

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39 public K-12 schools in Elk Grove from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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39
Schools
39,658
Students
32.5/100
Avg Resource Index
23.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elk Grove has more public-school enrollment than 97% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elk Grove's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

24 of Elk Grove's 39 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 6 middle and 6 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 46-point gap between Elk Grove Charter and Miwok Village Elementary shows the range hidden by Elk Grove's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 3%
School count
Top 6%
Resource Index average
18th percentile
Teacher staffing
4th percentile

Elk Grove school enrollment varies 16× across entities

Elk Grove school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 2,650 students (highest), a spread of 2,480 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Elk Grove student-teacher ratio is 23.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Elk Grove Charter 46
2. Franklin High 43
3. Pleasant Grove Elementary 43
4. Helen Carr Castello Elementary 41
5. Pleasant Grove High 40
6. Monterey Trail High 39
7. Katherine L. Albiani Middle 39
8. Cosumnes Oaks High 38
9. Toby Johnson Middle 38
10. Zehnder Ranch Elementary 38
11. Edna Batey Elementary 38
12. Elliott Ranch Elementary 38
13. Elk Grove High 37
14. Roy Herburger Elementary 37
15. Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle 36
16. Harriet G. Eddy Middle 35
17. Franklin Elementary 35
18. Carroll Elementary 35
19. Raymond Case Elementary 35
20. Stone Lake Elementary 35
21. Edward Harris Jr. Middle 34
22. Irene B. West Elementary 33
23. Joseph Kerr Middle 33
24. Laguna Creek High 32
25. Elk Grove Elementary 31
26. Joseph Sims Elementary 30
27. Arthur C. Butler Elementary 29
28. Ellen Feickert Elementary 29
29. John Ehrhardt Elementary 28
30. Foulks Ranch Elementary 28
31. Jessie Baker 28
32. Arlene Hein Elementary 27
33. Elitha Donner Elementary 26
34. Florence Markofer Elementary 26
35. Marion Mix Elementary 24
36. Sava - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - Egusd 24
37. James a. Mckee Elementary 23
38. California Montessori Project - Elk Grove Campus 16
39. Miwok Village Elementary -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elk Grove

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 John Ehrhardt Elementary 78.7/100
  2. 2 Laguna Creek High 77.9/100
  3. 3 Harriet G. Eddy Middle 77.9/100
  4. 4 Marion Mix Elementary 77.6/100
  5. 5 Joseph Sims Elementary 77.0/100

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Which Elk Grove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Elk Grove Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elk Grove schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elk Grove, CA? ▼

Elk Grove has 39 public schools with a total enrollment of 39,658 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.