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Northridge Elementary

San Juan Unified Fair Oaks Sacramento County 95628
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
930 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
398 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
59%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 43.0%
White 35.7%
Asian 2.5%
Black 5.3%
Other 13.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Northridge Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.0%
Met Standard15.8%
Below Standard76.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "24% proficient" for Northridge Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.0% of students exceeded standard while 15.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.0 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.9 points below the San Juan Unified district average of 13.0%. The 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 20.6% exceeded — 12.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 4.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 29.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+4.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
29.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
3.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
930
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 70 10.0% 12.9% 28.6% 48.6% 22.9%
4th 51 5.9% 13.7% 23.5% 56.9% 19.6%
5th 60 15.0% 20.0% 20.0% 45.0% 35.0%
6th 49 2.0% 14.3% 30.6% 53.1% 16.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 75 10.7% 18.7% 32.0% 38.7% 29.3%
4th 52 7.7% 19.2% 38.5% 34.6% 26.9%
5th 60 10.0% 16.7% 38.3% 35.0% 26.7%
6th 48 2.1% 10.4% 33.3% 54.2% 12.5%