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Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8

Public Grades K-8
4885th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of California elementary schools
Summary

Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 is a public K-8 school in Sacramento serving 883 students within the San Juan Unified district, and while it has shown steady improvement over the past decade, its academic performance remains below state averages.

The school faces challenges common to many in the area, with high rates of student poverty, but it performs notably better than several nearby schools with similar demographics, such as Howe Avenue Elementary and Greer Elementary. A clear strength is its Spanish language program, where students outperform state averages, living up to its "Language Institute" name. Furthermore, the school has made impressive progress in reducing chronic student absenteeism, a positive trend not seen in all neighboring schools.

However, performance varies significantly across different grade levels and student groups, and the school struggles particularly with supporting its English Language Learners. For families, it's useful to compare with Gateway International, a higher-performing school with a similar student population. While Caleb Greenwood Elementary and Mariemont Elementary are top performers in the region, they serve communities with far fewer students in poverty.

883
Students ?
24.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,459
Per pupil spending ?
76.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2950 Hurley Way
       Sacramento, CA  95864-3760

(916) 979-8960

District: San Juan Unified


Students who attend Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 usually attend:

High:    Encina High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
47.8%
White:
18.7%
Asian:
16.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 28th percentile in 2024 → 17th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 28th-percentile peak (2024) to 17th (2025)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg33%
California avg41%
Elementary school
4,885th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 10 pts since 2015
From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,858th of 2,761
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 33%▲ up 25 pts since 2015
From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 33% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
27th of 41Elementary Schools in the San Juan Unified
999th of 1,543San Juan Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202519.44885 of 585716.6%★☆☆☆☆
202426.74233 of 586927.9%★☆☆☆☆
202325.44319 of 585926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.64591 of 588322.0%★☆☆☆☆
201913.25369 of 57897.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.45472 of 56623.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.45334 of 56926.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.95230 of 56146.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201513.35255 of 56116.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.95409 of 55302.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201213.75039 of 53906.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201119.44723 of 537712.2%★☆☆☆☆
201016.34829 of 53149.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200922.34260 of 519318.0%★☆☆☆☆
200832.63413 of 511333.2%★★☆☆☆
200713.34754 of 51137.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200615.34341 of 48189.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200520.93910 of 482218.9%★☆☆☆☆
200422.33750 of 480922.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202450.2239 of 59359.7%★★★☆☆
202330.7456 of 66131.0%★★☆☆☆
202221.8591 of 66310.9%★☆☆☆☆
201925.6591 of 74720.9%★☆☆☆☆
201823.8574 of 70018.0%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20251.31175 of 12032.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.01113 of 12057.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.01167 of 11901.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.51096 of 11545.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201830.21425 of 212833.0%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202419.53090 of 31622.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.83179 of 32452.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202237.02038 of 331138.4%★★☆☆☆
201924.92872 of 327512.3%★☆☆☆☆
201819.93052 of 32466.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202520.24660 of 559716.7%★☆☆☆☆
202431.73663 of 561234.7%★★☆☆☆
202329.13845 of 560931.4%★★☆☆☆
202225.34184 of 563525.7%★☆☆☆☆
201912.65168 of 54925.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.25312 of 54131.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202526.14039 of 510720.9%★☆☆☆☆
202440.22950 of 510742.2%★★☆☆☆
202345.22542 of 508750.0%★★★☆☆
202240.12894 of 508443.1%★★☆☆☆
201918.44480 of 49639.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.94756 of 48301.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202435.5254 of 36430.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202518.64821 of 546011.7%★☆☆☆☆
202425.64327 of 551721.6%★☆☆☆☆
202322.74470 of 536316.7%★☆☆☆☆
202217.04845 of 52648.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.45013 of 51733.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.44978 of 50842.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202520.94634 of 562817.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.24345 of 564323.0%★☆☆☆☆
202323.84361 of 563822.6%★☆☆☆☆
202222.44477 of 566320.9%★☆☆☆☆
201916.34953 of 551010.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.55117 of 54315.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202528.92059 of 284727.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202515.12270 of 259812.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.32263 of 265114.6%★☆☆☆☆
202313.32402 of 26619.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.72552 of 27266.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.22725 of 28343.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.52609 of 27374.7%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202529.11858 of 276132.7%★★☆☆☆
202440.41444 of 278348.1%★★☆☆☆
202322.72136 of 278123.2%★☆☆☆☆
202217.92311 of 274015.7%★☆☆☆☆
201919.32207 of 271518.7%★☆☆☆☆
201812.62263 of 24808.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.92286 of 25088.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.42356 of 24975.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.12293 of 24777.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202447.0300 of 62752.2%★★★☆☆
202214.6607 of 6374.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.7525 of 60012.5%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20252.4715 of 7393.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.3653 of 74312.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202436.6862 of 147841.7%★★☆☆☆
202323.11510 of 15210.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202247.1549 of 154064.4%★★★☆☆
201947.4485 of 144266.4%★★★☆☆
201828.21094 of 136419.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202534.11551 of 253338.8%★★☆☆☆
202434.51524 of 255140.3%★★☆☆☆
202320.02089 of 253117.5%★☆☆☆☆
202216.62210 of 250911.9%★☆☆☆☆
201919.91950 of 238018.1%★☆☆☆☆
201810.92126 of 22626.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202553.7901 of 239562.4%★★★☆☆
202470.4505 of 238878.9%★★★★☆
202340.01271 of 237446.5%★★☆☆☆
202235.01460 of 235938.1%★★☆☆☆
201923.41772 of 221319.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.51879 of 20729.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202533.31634 of 254235.7%★★☆☆☆
202448.31098 of 257957.4%★★★☆☆
202328.61805 of 253128.7%★☆☆☆☆
202218.42162 of 245812.0%★☆☆☆☆
201924.21893 of 236920.1%★☆☆☆☆
201819.21927 of 223013.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202526.51805 of 253428.8%★☆☆☆☆
202445.31203 of 255252.9%★★★☆☆
202327.11773 of 253830.1%★★☆☆☆
202221.51990 of 252721.3%★☆☆☆☆
201920.81953 of 240718.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.42039 of 227310.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202525.51264 of 156619.3%★☆☆☆☆
202430.01099 of 155229.2%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20185.31455 of 14962.7%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2024)60th percentile+32 vs school
Disabled (2018)33rd percentile+30 vs school
Homeless (2024)30th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)28th percentile+11 vs school
Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)18th percentile~ school
Female (2025)17th percentile~ school
White (2025)13th percentile-4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2025)2nd percentile-14 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)2nd percentile-26 vs school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile+30 vs school
African American (2024)52nd percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)42nd percentile-6 vs school
Female (2025)39th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)29th percentile-4 vs school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile-13 vs school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile-29 vs school
White (2018)3rd percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
Listening42%+16 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy27%-21 vs state
Writing26%+9 vs state
Mathematics23%-15 vs state
Science22%-11 vs state
Overall17%+7 vs state
Reading13%+5 vs state

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Students who attend Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Encina High

Students at Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 are 48% Hispanic, 19% White, 17% Asian, 8% African American, 7% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 883 students attended Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8.

Thomas Edison Language Institute K-8 ranks in the bottom 16.6% of California elementary schools.


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