How does Blanche Sprentz Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Folsom?

Blanche Sprentz Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 47.8/100, placing it at the 61st percentile statewide. 28% of students exceed standard, with a total of 754 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Blanche Sprentz Elementary?

27.6% of students at Blanche Sprentz Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 53.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Blanche Sprentz Elementary improving or declining?

Blanche Sprentz Elementary's proficiency rate decreases by 21.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Blanche Sprentz Elementary?

10.8% of students at Blanche Sprentz Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Blanche Sprentz Elementary

Folsom-Cordova Unified Folsom Sacramento County 95630

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

754 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

343 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

37%

Teachers

15 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 25.1%

White 50.4%

Asian 7.0%

Black 3.5%

Other 14.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Blanche Sprentz Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	27.6%
Met Standard	25.4%
Below Standard	47.0%

Exceeded

27.6%

Met

25.4%

Below

47.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "53% proficient" for Blanche Sprentz Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

27.6% of students exceeded standard while 25.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.7 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Folsom-Cordova Unified district average of 28.8%. The 7 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 43.6% exceeded — 16.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 21.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.