📍 1040 Q St., Rio Linda, Sacramento County, 95673
Orchard Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rio Linda, Sacramento County. The school has 344 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Clark. It is part of the Twin Rivers Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
Orchard Elementary enrolls 344 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 8.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 141 | 41% |
| White | 135 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 8.7% |
| Asian | 26 | 7.6% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 344 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Orchard Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Orchard Elementary is one of 43 schools in Twin Rivers Unified, based in McClellan, California. The district serves 24,849 students district-wide and employs 1,081 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 344 students, Orchard Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 578 students per school.