Is Elder Creek Elementary a good school?

Elder Creek Elementary ranks 3636 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Elder Creek Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 755 students attended Elder Creek Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Elder Creek Elementary?

Students at Elder Creek Elementary are 49% Asian, 38% Hispanic, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Elder Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend Elder Creek Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Will C. Wood Middle High : Hiram W. Johnson High

Elder Creek Elementary

Summary:

Elder Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Sacramento, California, serving 693 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elder Creek Elementary faces several challenges. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 10.4% in 2017-2018 to 31.4% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 32.58% of Elder Creek students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 38.95% in the district and 47.04% statewide. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 87.88% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, significantly higher than nearby schools like Florin Elementary (63.77%) and Camellia Elementary (89.62%).

Despite the challenges, Elder Creek Elementary's location within the Sacramento City Unified School District presents opportunities for improvement. The school is surrounded by several higher-performing schools, such as Camellia Elementary and Earl Warren Elementary, which have significantly higher proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism rates. This suggests that there may be opportunities for collaboration, resource-sharing, and learning from successful practices to help address the educational disparities at Elder Creek Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

7934 Lemon Hill Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95824-3345

(916) 382-5970

District: Sacramento City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3636^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,369

Students who attend Elder Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Will C. Wood Middle
High:	Hiram W. Johnson High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.9

Number of students: 755

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

48.9%

Hispanic:

38.1%

African American:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Elder Creek Elementary ranks worse than 62% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 20^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 33.44. (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 Racial makeup is: Asian (48.9%), Hispanic (38.1%), African American (4.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Elder Creek Elementary is 25.9. 45 elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Elder Creek Elementary employs 29 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Elder Creek Elementary is $5,369, which is the lowest among 51 elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Elder Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Elder Creek Elementary 3636^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Elder Creek 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 Elder Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	42.13	2537^th	4809	47.2%
2005	29.97	3276^th	4822	32.1%
2006	33.85	3063^rd	4818	36.4%
2007	37.46	3074^th	5113	39.9%
2008	42.95	2787^th	5113	45.5%
2009	40.61	3019^th	5193	41.9%
2010	42.48	3020^th	5314	43.2%
2011	39.63	3263^rd	5377	39.3%
2012	33.38	3706^th	5390	31.2%
2013	27.66	4228^th	5530	23.5%
2015	30.96	3630^th	5611	35.3%
2016	28.85	3860^th	5614	31.2%
2017	28.51	3958^th	5692	30.5%
2018	32.19	3646^th	5662	35.6%
2019	37.52	3348^th	5789	42.2%
2022	30.83	3808^th	5883	35.3%
2023	29.24	3966^th	5874	32.5%
2024	33.44	3636^th	5862	38.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.38	1279^th	3246	60.6%
2019	46.45	1420^th	3275	56.6%
2022	58.90	803^rd	3311	75.7%
2023	65.08	629^th	3250	80.6%
2024	64.38	558^th	3160	82.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	40.39	1202^nd	2420	50.3%
2024	37.76	1430^th	2634	45.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.17	2736^th	5084	46.2%
2019	51.06	2334^th	5173	54.9%
2022	43.98	2687^th	5264	49.0%
2023	40.99	2991^st	5374	44.3%
2024	43.44	2858^th	5511	48.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.91	3697^th	5413	31.7%
2019	39.43	3144^th	5492	42.8%
2022	28.95	3837^th	5635	31.9%
2023	30.00	3761^st	5617	33.0%
2024	36.05	3328^th	5605	40.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	37.53	1402^nd	2585	45.8%
2022	42.62	996^th	2227	55.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.28	3395^th	5431	37.5%
2019	35.80	3334^th	5510	39.5%
2022	33.41	3506^th	5663	38.1%
2023	29.32	3835^th	5650	32.1%
2024	32.03	3642^nd	5636	35.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	7.33	990^th	1071	7.6%
2019	13.25	1027^th	1149	10.6%
2022	11.22	1033^rd	1154	10.5%
2023	10.38	1069^th	1190	10.2%
2024	11.95	1061^st	1203	11.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	20.99	600^th	663	9.5%
2023	36.11	400^th	662	39.6%
2024	50.60	236^th	593	60.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Elder Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.84	3636^th	4830	24.7%
2019	23.32	4151^st	4963	16.4%
2022	15.11	4793^rd	5084	5.7%
2023	17.73	4637^th	5098	9.0%
2024	18.46	4554^th	5102	10.7%

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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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Friday, June 9, 2017

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Enrollment information for Elder Creek Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	58	100	327	108	10	n/a	n/a	0	603
1989	53	91	345	100	5	n/a	n/a	0	594
1990	63	98	387	99	3	n/a	n/a	0	650
1991	57	116	471	90	4	n/a	n/a	0	738
1992	55	90	494	90	5	n/a	n/a	0	734
1993	43	97	463	103	4	n/a	n/a	0	710
1994	57	102	480	113	5	n/a	n/a	0	757
1995	47	106	461	104	10	n/a	n/a	0	728
1996	47	106	461	104	10	n/a	n/a	0	728
1997	42	90	450	114	7	n/a	n/a	0	703
1998	46	93	425	123	5	n/a	n/a	0	692
1999	46	88	413	124	9	n/a	n/a	0	680
2000	58	77	415	147	8	n/a	n/a	4	709
2001	53	86	389	166	9	n/a	n/a	66	769
2002	41	82	416	191	8	n/a	n/a	51	789
2003	41	82	416	191	8	n/a	n/a	51	789
2004	40	82	420	206	10	n/a	n/a	18	776
2005	37	83	407	227	6	n/a	n/a	8	768
2006	40	69	412	215	13	n/a	n/a	9	758
2007	40	67	407	195	10	n/a	n/a	8	727
2008	33	64	401	175	6	n/a	n/a	0	679
2009	37	64	387	191	7	13	1	0	700
2010	30	58	378	210	2	15	13	0	706
2011	21	54	375	208	2	18	14	0	692
2012	22	52	395	199	2	16	14	0	700
2013	25	45	398	228	2	31	16	0	745
2014	22	43	430	247	2	23	22	0	789
2015	27	41	413	252	2	21	22	0	778
2016	30	43	426	247	1	26	19	0	792
2017	22	42	411	253	1	19	16	0	764
2018	20	42	399	254	0	18	16	0	749
2019	17	49	381	283	2	19	18	0	769
2020	13	35	394	322	3	19	17	0	803
2021	10	36	392	292	2	17	14	0	763
2022	9	35	358	276	2	20	12	0	712
2023	12	32	368	249	1	15	16	0	693
2024	18	34	369	288	1	21	24	0	755

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 Elder Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	603	24.0	25.1	n/a
1989	594	23.0	25.8	n/a
1990	650	28.0	23.2	n/a
1991	738	28.0	26.3	n/a
1992	734	28.5	25.7	85.6
1993	710	27.0	26.3	90.6
1994	757	29.5	25.7	80.8
1995	728	28.0	26.0	94.1
1996	728	28.0	26.0	94.1
1997	703	32.0	22.0	88.9
1998	692	34.9	19.8	94.9
1999	680	32.0	21.3	95
2000	709	34.0	20.9	97.9
2001	769	36.0	21.4	98.2
2002	789	41.0	19.2	104.2
2003	789	41.0	19.2	104.2
2004	776	39.0	19.9	98.2
2005	768	37.0	20.8	92.5
2006	758	38.0	19.9	93.9
2007	727	36.0	20.2	91
2008	679	36.0	18.9	89.4
2009	700	31.0	20.0	88.1
2010	706	32.0	22.0	97.5
2011	692	n/a	n/a	98.1
2012	700	23.4	29.9	n/a
2013	745	25.0	29.8	99.6
2014	789	26.0	30.3	91.3
2015	778	28.0	27.7	85.1
2016	792	27.0	29.3	91.9
2017	764	27.0	28.2	88.6
2018	749	27.0	27.7	92.3
2019	769	30.0	25.6	94
2020	803	n/a	n/a	93
2021	763	29.5	25.8	88.5
2022	712	29.0	24.5	90.7
2023	693	30.0	23.1	87.9
2024	755	29.0	25.9	85.3

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 Elder Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	603	24.0	25.1	n/a
1989	594	23.0	25.8	n/a
1990	650	28.0	23.2	n/a
1991	738	28.0	26.3	n/a
1992	734	28.5	25.7	85.6
1993	710	27.0	26.3	90.6
1994	757	29.5	25.7	80.8
1995	728	28.0	26.0	94.1
1996	728	28.0	26.0	94.1
1997	703	32.0	22.0	88.9
1998	692	34.9	19.8	94.9
1999	680	32.0	21.3	95
2000	709	34.0	20.9	97.9
2001	769	36.0	21.4	98.2
2002	789	41.0	19.2	104.2
2003	789	41.0	19.2	104.2
2004	776	39.0	19.9	98.2
2005	768	37.0	20.8	92.5
2006	758	38.0	19.9	93.9
2007	727	36.0	20.2	91
2008	679	36.0	18.9	89.4
2009	700	31.0	20.0	88.1
2010	706	32.0	22.0	97.5
2011	692	n/a	n/a	98.1
2012	700	23.4	29.9	n/a
2013	745	25.0	29.8	99.6
2014	789	26.0	30.3	91.3
2015	778	28.0	27.7	85.1
2016	792	27.0	29.3	91.9
2017	764	27.0	28.2	88.6
2018	749	27.0	27.7	92.3
2019	769	30.0	25.6	94
2020	803	n/a	n/a	93
2021	763	29.5	25.8	88.5
2022	712	29.0	24.5	90.7
2023	693	30.0	23.1	87.9
2024	755	29.0	25.9	85.3

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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