📍 1250 56th Ave., Sacramento, Sacramento County, 95831
Pony Express Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sacramento, Sacramento County. The school has 359 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michele Rossi. It is part of the Sacramento City Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
Pony Express Elementary enrolls 359 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 27% Asian and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 41% |
| Asian | 97 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 9.2% |
| White | 28 | 7.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 3.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
220 of the school's 359 students (61%) 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.
Pony Express 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.
Pony Express Elementary is one of 73 schools in Sacramento City Unified, based in Sacramento, California. The district serves 37,913 students district-wide and employs 1,711 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 359 students, Pony Express Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 519 students per school.
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