Is Herman Leimbach Elementary a good school?

Herman Leimbach Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.7% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Herman Leimbach Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 635 students attended Herman Leimbach Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Herman Leimbach Elementary?

Students at Herman Leimbach Elementary are 38% Hispanic, 30% Asian, 19% African American, 7% Two or more races, 4% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Herman Leimbach Elementary attend?

Students who attend Herman Leimbach Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Samuel Jackman Middle High : Valley High

Herman Leimbach Elementary

Summary:

Herman Leimbach Elementary is a public elementary school in Sacramento, California, serving 630 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District, which is ranked 594 out of 1,568 school districts in the state.

While nearby schools in the district generally perform well, Herman Leimbach Elementary has faced significant challenges in recent years. The school has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 20.8% in 2017-2018 to 44.1% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the rates at Charles E. Mack Elementary (39.5%) and Union House Elementary (34.9%). Additionally, the school consistently performs below the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with only 25.15% of students proficient or better in ELA and 13.72% in Math, compared to the district's 51.7% and 41.16%, respectively.

Herman Leimbach Elementary also struggles to support its diverse student population, with lower rankings for subgroups such as Asian, African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities compared to the state. The school's high percentage of students from low-income families, with 69.05% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, may be a contributing factor to its academic challenges. While the nearby Roy Herburger Elementary consistently ranks in the top 25% of California elementary schools, Herman Leimbach Elementary has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from the top 25% in 2016-2017 to the bottom 25% in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public K-6

8101 Grandstaff Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95823-5312

(916) 689-2120

District: Elk Grove Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5232^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,414

Students who attend Herman Leimbach Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Samuel Jackman Middle
High:	Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.8

Number of students: 635

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.6%

Asian:

29.9%

African American:

19.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Herman Leimbach Elementary ranks worse than 89.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 41^st among 42 ranked elementary schools in the Elk Grove Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.69. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Herman Leimbach Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37.6%), Asian (29.9%), African American (19.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 80.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Herman Leimbach Elementary is 21.8, which is the 3^rd best among 42 elementary schools in the Elk Grove Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Herman Leimbach Elementary employs 29 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herman Leimbach Elementary is $8,414, which is the 4^th highest among 42 elementary schools in the Elk Grove Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herman Leimbach Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Herman Leimbach Elementary 5232^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Herman Leimbach Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Elk Grove Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Elk Grove Unified 594^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Herman Leimbach Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	28.61	3326^th	4809	30.8%
2005	28.35	3388^th	4822	29.7%
2006	29.54	3335^th	4818	30.8%
2007	22.37	4101^st	5113	19.8%
2008	21.07	4267^th	5113	16.5%
2009	15.17	4724^th	5193	9.0%
2010	13.15	5003^rd	5314	5.9%
2011	14.33	4988^th	5377	7.2%
2012	15.55	4926^th	5390	8.6%
2013	13.70	5123^rd	5530	7.4%
2015	20.85	4535^th	5611	19.2%
2016	21.28	4499^th	5614	19.9%
2017	23.00	4432^nd	5692	22.1%
2018	12.95	5264^th	5662	7.0%
2019	18.22	4974^th	5789	14.1%
2021	15.11	1289^th	1417	9.0%
2022	16.53	5218^th	5883	11.3%
2023	22.71	4596^th	5874	21.8%
2024	15.69	5232^nd	5862	10.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.74	2474^th	3246	23.8%
2019	30.24	2475^th	3275	24.4%
2021	36.29	377^th	602	37.4%
2022	34.72	2226^th	3311	32.8%
2023	50.17	1192^nd	3250	63.3%
2024	43.56	1581^st	3160	50.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.38	1935^th	2420	20.0%
2024	24.91	2111^th	2634	19.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.17	4588^th	5084	9.8%
2019	24.79	4239^th	5173	18.1%
2021	20.83	975^th	1110	12.2%
2022	22.53	4461^st	5264	15.3%
2023	27.74	4100^th	5374	23.7%
2024	19.70	4796^th	5511	13.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.82	4794^th	5413	11.4%
2019	21.99	4463^rd	5492	18.7%
2021	14.84	1181^st	1267	6.8%
2022	17.62	4931^st	5635	12.5%
2023	23.83	4350^th	5617	22.6%
2024	18.04	4873^rd	5605	13.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.19	2046^th	2128	3.9%
2019	17.07	2533^rd	2585	2.0%
2021	22.79	243^rd	293	17.1%
2022	22.14	1913^th	2227	14.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.54	5239^th	5431	3.5%
2019	16.56	4931^st	5510	10.5%
2021	16.82	1112^th	1272	12.6%
2022	16.89	5037^th	5663	11.1%
2023	23.13	4435^th	5650	21.5%
2024	14.88	5165^th	5636	8.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	5.70	1009^th	1071	5.8%
2022	2.61	1114^th	1154	3.5%
2023	4.01	1124^th	1190	5.5%
2024	1.67	1172^nd	1203	2.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.61	543^rd	700	22.4%
2019	35.08	484^th	747	35.2%
2022	29.46	480^th	663	27.6%
2023	25.42	535^th	662	19.2%
2024	27.21	452^nd	593	23.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Herman Leimbach Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.21	4449^th	4830	7.9%
2019	20.43	4340^th	4963	12.6%
2022	19.46	4548^th	5084	10.5%
2023	37.58	3099^th	5098	39.2%
2024	25.60	4056^th	5102	20.5%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Herman Leimbach Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	470	188	102	110	4	n/a	n/a	0	874
1989	422	274	82	137	6	n/a	n/a	0	921
1990	405	229	97	138	7	n/a	n/a	0	876
1991	388	247	166	149	15	n/a	n/a	0	965
1992	297	258	151	166	17	n/a	n/a	0	889
1993	237	305	183	157	8	n/a	n/a	0	890
1994	207	347	217	152	12	n/a	n/a	0	935
1995	130	374	200	191	9	n/a	n/a	0	904
1996	130	374	200	191	9	n/a	n/a	0	904
1997	126	403	188	205	10	n/a	n/a	0	932
1998	91	415	198	220	8	n/a	n/a	0	932
1999	112	479	196	260	7	n/a	n/a	0	1054
2000	136	454	202	271	7	n/a	n/a	0	1070
2001	99	459	209	263	7	n/a	n/a	0	1037
2002	92	393	191	304	6	n/a	n/a	0	986
2003	92	393	191	304	6	n/a	n/a	0	986
2004	74	367	190	321	8	n/a	n/a	1	961
2005	58	358	185	322	7	n/a	n/a	3	933
2006	59	307	160	318	6	n/a	n/a	7	857
2007	53	245	186	281	1	n/a	n/a	24	790
2008	55	283	156	318	1	n/a	n/a	0	813
2009	61	252	153	270	3	25	53	0	817
2010	59	232	143	274	1	28	37	0	774
2011	45	207	127	277	5	19	35	0	715
2012	58	179	132	254	5	16	29	0	673
2013	70	178	129	265	6	26	24	0	698
2014	66	164	106	254	5	22	27	0	644
2015	62	170	99	251	2	13	26	0	623
2016	42	163	103	236	1	15	26	0	586
2017	44	172	97	245	3	19	38	0	618
2018	45	161	112	250	3	24	51	0	646
2019	35	154	118	284	2	20	50	0	663
2020	32	141	128	260	2	17	48	0	628
2021	27	144	137	246	3	17	49	0	623
2022	25	129	136	244	2	21	42	0	599
2023	17	118	178	251	1	9	56	0	630
2024	26	121	190	239	1	11	47	0	635

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Herman Leimbach Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	874	36.2	24.1	n/a
1989	921	35.0	26.3	n/a
1990	876	34.6	25.3	n/a
1991	965	37.0	26.0	n/a
1992	889	37.6	23.6	67.8
1993	890	35.8	24.9	67.6
1994	935	33.8	27.7	66.3
1995	904	35.5	25.5	71.6
1996	904	35.5	25.5	71.6
1997	932	37.4	24.9	72.7
1998	932	46.7	20.0	75.9
1999	1054	49.8	21.2	72.5
2000	1070	49.8	21.5	70
2001	1037	55.0	18.9	75.6
2002	986	50.0	19.7	80.6
2003	986	50.0	19.7	80.6
2004	961	48.7	19.7	84.8
2005	933	50.0	18.7	76.6
2006	857	45.1	19.0	78
2007	790	41.1	19.2	79.4
2008	813	45.1	18.0	82.4
2009	817	41.7	18.3	89.6
2010	774	39.1	19.8	82.3
2011	715	n/a	n/a	82.2
2012	673	28.0	24.0	n/a
2013	698	28.0	24.9	99.6
2014	644	30.5	21.1	67.9
2015	623	30.0	20.7	87.3
2016	586	30.0	19.5	86.3
2017	618	27.8	22.2	89.2
2018	646	29.0	22.2	85.6
2019	663	30.0	22.1	89.7
2020	628	n/a	n/a	85.2
2021	623	29.0	21.4	66.6
2022	599	29.0	20.6	83.3
2023	630	29.0	21.7	69
2024	635	29.0	21.8	80.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Herman Leimbach Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	874	36.2	24.1	n/a
1989	921	35.0	26.3	n/a
1990	876	34.6	25.3	n/a
1991	965	37.0	26.0	n/a
1992	889	37.6	23.6	67.8
1993	890	35.8	24.9	67.6
1994	935	33.8	27.7	66.3
1995	904	35.5	25.5	71.6
1996	904	35.5	25.5	71.6
1997	932	37.4	24.9	72.7
1998	932	46.7	20.0	75.9
1999	1054	49.8	21.2	72.5
2000	1070	49.8	21.5	70
2001	1037	55.0	18.9	75.6
2002	986	50.0	19.7	80.6
2003	986	50.0	19.7	80.6
2004	961	48.7	19.7	84.8
2005	933	50.0	18.7	76.6
2006	857	45.1	19.0	78
2007	790	41.1	19.2	79.4
2008	813	45.1	18.0	82.4
2009	817	41.7	18.3	89.6
2010	774	39.1	19.8	82.3
2011	715	n/a	n/a	82.2
2012	673	28.0	24.0	n/a
2013	698	28.0	24.9	99.6
2014	644	30.5	21.1	67.9
2015	623	30.0	20.7	87.3
2016	586	30.0	19.5	86.3
2017	618	27.8	22.2	89.2
2018	646	29.0	22.2	85.6
2019	663	30.0	22.1	89.7
2020	628	n/a	n/a	85.2
2021	623	29.0	21.4	66.6
2022	599	29.0	20.6	83.3
2023	630	29.0	21.7	69
2024	635	29.0	21.8	80.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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