Elementary school (grades K-5) · Sacramento, CA

Success Academy

Federal NCES profile for Success Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 063384008282
0/100100/10030/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Success Academy earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.

#26 of 124
elementary schools in Sacramento · Resource Index
30
Resource Index · Lower
1
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy ranks #26 of 124 elementary schools in Sacramento, CA.

Enrollment

1

California · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

3.0

Federal CCD staff survey

What stands out at Success Academy

Success Academy is a small elementary school in Sacramento, California, enrolling 1 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of California schools, with 1 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 9,998 scored California schools.

Its student body is predominantly Asian (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).

Its district draws 19.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 8 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 1 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Among Sacramento's elementary schools, it stands alongside Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (1,091 students): Success Academy is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Sacramento City Unified also operates C. K. Mcclatchy High (2,569 students) and Hiram W. Johnson High (1,682 students) alongside Success Academy.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Success Academy compares

Success Academy on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs California California avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 1 top 100% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

1
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$17,312
per pupil, district-wide - above California avg of $16,509
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 200.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 800.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Asian 100.0%

Largest group: Asian at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Success Academy is less mixed than the California school average of 46.0.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sacramento City Unified, which includes Success Academy.

$17,312
Per student
+5%
vs California
Avg $16,509
+4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.8%
State 53.8%
Federal 19.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Success Academy Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
C. K. Mcclatchy High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Hiram W. Johnson High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
John F. Kennedy High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Luther Burbank High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Rosemont High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Success Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Sacramento City Unified · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools in Sacramento

6 comparable elementary schools (grades K-5) serving the same city.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Success Academy's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Success Academy

How many students attend Success Academy?

Success Academy has 1 student enrolled. It is an elementary school in Sacramento, CA.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Success Academy?

The largest demographic group at Success Academy is Asian at 100.0% of enrollment, in Sacramento, CA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy?

Success Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 1 factor: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Success Academy rank among elementary schools in Sacramento?

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy ranks #26 of 124 elementary schools in Sacramento, CA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in Sacramento on the city page.

Is Success Academy a good school?

Success Academy earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in California. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Sacramento City Unified?

Besides Success Academy, Sacramento City Unified also operates C. K. Mcclatchy High (2,569 students), Hiram W. Johnson High (1,682 students), and John F. Kennedy High (1,652 students). See the Sacramento City Unified district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.