📍 5251 Valley Hi Dr., Sacramento, Sacramento County, 95823
Prairie Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sacramento, Sacramento County. The school has 793 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura Anderson. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
Prairie Elementary enrolls 793 students across grades K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 23% Asian and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 378 | 48% |
| Asian | 183 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 114 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 5.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 36 | 4.5% |
| White | 35 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
504 of the school's 793 students (64%) 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.
Prairie Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Prairie Elementary is one of 67 schools in Elk Grove Unified, based in Elk Grove, California. The district serves 63,421 students district-wide and employs 2,728 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 793 students, Prairie Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 947 students per school.