Is Matsuyama Elementary a good school?

Matsuyama Elementary ranks 1292 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Matsuyama Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 437 students attended Matsuyama Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Matsuyama Elementary?

Students at Matsuyama Elementary are 33% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 15% Two or more races, 14% White, 13% African American.

What schools do graduates of Matsuyama Elementary attend?

Students who attend Matsuyama Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Sam Brannan Middle High : John F. Kennedy High

Matsuyama Elementary

Summary:

Matsuyama Elementary is a public elementary school in Sacramento, California, serving 460 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District, which is ranked 1000 out of 1568 districts in the state.

Matsuyama Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. For the 2023-2024 school year, 60.15% of Matsuyama students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 38.95% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, 52.63% of Matsuyama students were proficient or better, compared to 29.38% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school also performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, such as male students, Hispanic students, and students with disabilities.

However, Matsuyama Elementary faces some challenges, including fluctuating chronic absenteeism rates and a relatively high student-teacher ratio. The school serves a population with a relatively low socioeconomic status, with 45-49% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Compared to nearby schools, Matsuyama generally outperforms other district schools like Caroline Wenzel Elementary and John D. Sloat Elementary, but is outperformed by the nearby Genevieve Didion school and some local charter schools like Sol Aureus College Preparatory and Capitol Collegiate Academy.

Detail:

Public K-6

7680 Windbridge Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95831-4171

(916) 395-4650

District: Sacramento City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1292^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,825

Students who attend Matsuyama Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sam Brannan Middle
High:	John F. Kennedy High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.6

Number of students: 437

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

32.7%

Asian:

24.3%

Two or more races:

14.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Matsuyama Elementary ranks better than 78% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11^th among 49 ranked elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.83. (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 Matsuyama Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (32.7%), Asian (24.3%), two or more races (14.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 47.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Matsuyama Elementary is 23.6. 29 elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Matsuyama Elementary employs 18.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Matsuyama Elementary is $6,825. 31 elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Matsuyama Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Matsuyama Elementary 1292^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Matsuyama Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Sacramento City Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Sacramento City Unified 1000^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Matsuyama Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	88.75	562^nd	4809	88.3%
2005	83.96	771^st	4822	84.0%
2006	84.67	755^th	4818	84.3%
2007	84.87	758^th	5113	85.2%
2008	85.53	725^th	5113	85.8%
2009	88.59	551^st	5193	89.4%
2010	80.73	976^th	5314	81.6%
2011	80.67	963^rd	5377	82.1%
2012	70.45	1498^th	5390	72.2%
2013	63.12	1940^th	5530	64.9%
2015	62.35	1832^nd	5611	67.3%
2016	65.81	1722^nd	5614	69.3%
2017	71.45	1499^th	5692	73.7%
2018	70.88	1530^th	5662	73.0%
2019	65.44	1820^th	5789	68.6%
2022	79.17	1227^th	5883	79.1%
2023	78.04	1241^st	5874	78.9%
2024	76.83	1292^nd	5862	78.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.22	200^th	339	41.0%
2019	40.20	305^th	445	31.5%
2022	54.45	325^th	610	46.7%
2023	47.21	410^th	669	38.7%
2024	54.51	367^th	669	45.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	83.07	268^th	2420	88.9%
2024	94.52	119^th	2634	95.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.03	1449^th	5084	71.5%
2019	57.20	1938^th	5173	62.5%
2022	79.79	765^th	5264	85.5%
2023	80.61	756^th	5374	85.9%
2024	74.60	1072^nd	5511	80.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.03	1499^th	5413	72.3%
2019	66.03	1693^rd	5492	69.2%
2022	71.68	1458^th	5635	74.1%
2023	73.89	1327^th	5617	76.4%
2024	73.95	1316^th	5605	76.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.78	424^th	2128	80.1%
2019	59.68	738^th	2585	71.5%
2022	67.76	454^th	2227	79.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.98	1527^th	5431	71.9%
2019	62.00	1868^th	5510	66.1%
2022	83.56	937^th	5663	83.5%
2023	79.15	1126^th	5650	80.1%
2024	76.61	1206^th	5636	78.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.80	753^rd	1071	29.7%
2019	39.91	822^nd	1149	28.5%
2022	54.42	671^st	1154	41.9%
2023	40.03	843^rd	1190	29.2%
2024	42.88	826^th	1203	31.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	65.61	176^th	700	74.9%
2019	72.98	140^th	747	81.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.35	1217^th	4830	74.8%
2019	56.17	1896^th	4963	61.8%
2022	80.08	727^th	5084	85.7%
2023	83.50	599^th	5098	88.3%
2024	83.48	607^th	5102	88.1%

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Rank History for White students at Matsuyama Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.48	1060^th	2737	61.3%
2019	49.83	1552^nd	2834	45.2%
2022	70.40	796^th	2726	70.8%
2023	79.48	442^nd	2662	83.4%
2024	56.76	1218^th	2647	54.0%

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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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by a student
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

yes i once attented this school when i was 9 or 8 i went here from kidergarden all the way through third grade. i had many great expericences with the activites that they always had availible at the school. this school is my #1 and will always be i am myesha reneah eaton. and i am now in eighth grade and i got to ps7 middle school. that is kevin johnsons school that he had made. thank you for your help when i attended i miss this school more than anything. thanks for listenin. if you want to check out about my school wich is a middle and an elementary the web site is www.sthopepublicschools.org. thank you for listening and have a great day! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Matsuyama Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	123	64	137	62	2	n/a	n/a	0	388
1995	139	59	182	63	4	n/a	n/a	0	447
1996	139	59	182	63	4	n/a	n/a	0	447
1997	132	78	198	85	3	n/a	n/a	0	496
1998	143	91	227	82	6	n/a	n/a	0	549
1999	140	87	246	88	6	n/a	n/a	0	567
2000	155	77	265	102	3	n/a	n/a	1	603
2001	139	89	266	85	4	n/a	n/a	2	585
2002	124	88	246	77	4	n/a	n/a	8	547
2003	124	88	246	77	4	n/a	n/a	8	547
2004	135	87	243	84	4	n/a	n/a	4	557
2005	115	95	246	85	3	n/a	n/a	6	550
2006	103	97	257	81	3	n/a	n/a	12	553
2007	91	103	258	92	3	n/a	n/a	7	554
2008	86	81	260	100	2	n/a	n/a	0	529
2009	90	97	229	90	2	4	0	0	512
2010	94	127	232	143	5	5	42	0	648
2011	113	128	228	147	4	7	54	0	681
2012	104	125	228	151	3	14	47	0	672
2013	105	107	213	165	2	12	58	0	662
2014	118	102	190	169	0	7	61	0	647
2015	136	99	186	166	1	6	69	0	663
2016	121	83	190	178	1	5	69	0	647
2017	99	91	168	181	2	7	86	0	634
2018	96	83	167	176	1	5	82	0	610
2019	98	84	156	181	1	8	77	0	605
2020	97	66	150	161	1	7	93	0	575
2021	84	56	141	151	1	8	90	0	531
2022	78	51	111	139	1	12	79	0	471
2023	71	56	109	143	1	10	70	0	460
2024	62	57	106	143	1	4	64	0	437

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 Matsuyama Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	388	14.0	27.7	29.1
1995	447	17.0	26.3	25.1
1996	447	17.0	26.3	25.1
1997	496	21.0	23.6	27
1998	549	23.2	23.7	23.3
1999	567	25.0	22.7	27.7
2000	603	28.6	21.1	22.4
2001	585	27.0	21.7	28
2002	547	28.0	19.5	22.3
2003	547	28.0	19.5	22.3
2004	557	29.1	19.1	29.3
2005	550	28.0	19.6	24.4
2006	553	28.0	19.8	24.6
2007	554	27.0	20.5	32
2008	529	27.0	19.6	27.2
2009	512	23.5	19.4	28.9
2010	648	28.0	23.1	34.3
2011	681	n/a	n/a	34.5
2012	672	24.0	27.9	n/a
2013	662	21.5	30.7	37.6
2014	647	22.0	29.4	44
2015	663	23.0	28.8	38.2
2016	647	23.0	28.1	46.2
2017	634	25.9	24.4	40.5
2018	610	26.1	23.3	46.7
2019	605	26.1	23.1	48.3
2020	575	n/a	n/a	51
2021	531	21.5	24.6	49
2022	471	21.4	22.0	45
2023	460	20.0	22.9	47
2024	437	18.5	23.6	47.1

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 Matsuyama Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	388	14.0	27.7	29.1
1995	447	17.0	26.3	25.1
1996	447	17.0	26.3	25.1
1997	496	21.0	23.6	27
1998	549	23.2	23.7	23.3
1999	567	25.0	22.7	27.7
2000	603	28.6	21.1	22.4
2001	585	27.0	21.7	28
2002	547	28.0	19.5	22.3
2003	547	28.0	19.5	22.3
2004	557	29.1	19.1	29.3
2005	550	28.0	19.6	24.4
2006	553	28.0	19.8	24.6
2007	554	27.0	20.5	32
2008	529	27.0	19.6	27.2
2009	512	23.5	19.4	28.9
2010	648	28.0	23.1	34.3
2011	681	n/a	n/a	34.5
2012	672	24.0	27.9	n/a
2013	662	21.5	30.7	37.6
2014	647	22.0	29.4	44
2015	663	23.0	28.8	38.2
2016	647	23.0	28.1	46.2
2017	634	25.9	24.4	40.5
2018	610	26.1	23.3	46.7
2019	605	26.1	23.1	48.3
2020	575	n/a	n/a	51
2021	531	21.5	24.6	49
2022	471	21.4	22.0	45
2023	460	20.0	22.9	47
2024	437	18.5	23.6	47.1

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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