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Orchard Elementary

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Orchard Elementary ranks 3129 th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3129^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 46% of California elementary schools

Summary

Orchard Elementary serves 366 students in grades K–6 in Rio Linda, within Twin Rivers Unified. Its academic results are mixed, but its attendance figure is a clear concern: in 2025–26, 44% of students were chronically absent, up from 23% the year before and well above the state’s 18%.

Math and science are the school’s strongest subjects compared with nearby K–6 schools, while ELA is less distinctive. In 2025–26, math proficiency was 38% and science was 33%—third- and second-highest, respectively, among nine local K–6 schools including Orchard. Their nearby-school averages were 30% in math and 23% in science. ELA proficiency was 37%, essentially level with the nearby average of 37%; it was 13 points below the state, though 1 point above the district. Math was 11 points above the district and nearly matched the state; science was 12 points above the district and 3 points below the state. Third-grade ELA is a particular weakness: 23% were proficient, compared with 40% in fourth grade and 45% in fifth grade.

Results have improved over four reported years: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, proficiency rose 11 points in ELA, 13 in math, and 24 in science, and the school narrowed its gaps with the state in all three subjects. ELA has dipped 2 points from its 2023–24 peak, while math and science rose each reported year. SchoolDigger places Orchard at the 46th statewide percentile (2 stars) in 2025–26, up from the 27th percentile in 2022–23; the district is at the 29th percentile (1 star). In 2024–25, the student–teacher ratio was 22.8, below the nearby-school average of 23.8, and 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with an 80% nearby average. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well the school serves White students was at the 24th percentile, well below its overall 46th; its measure for Hispanic students rose 20 points, from the 18th to the 38th percentile. The supplied data report the free/reduced-lunch-eligible measure for 2024–25, not 2025–26.

366

Students ?

22.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,921

Per pupil spending ?

75.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

≥ 98%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

1040 Q St.
Rio Linda, CA 95673-1532

(916) 566-1930

District: Twin Rivers Unified

Students who attend Orchard Elementary usually attend:

High:

Rio Linda High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.2%

White:

38.5%

Asian:

7.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 34th percentile in 2015 → 46th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (37% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 18% California)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school37%

District avg30%

California avg42%

3,129^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 46%▲ up 19 pts since 2016

From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 46% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 29Elementary Schools in the Twin Rivers Unified

1075^th of 1,530Twin Rivers 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	41.6	3129 of 5817	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.1	3473 of 5857	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.6	3397 of 5869	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.5	4304 of 5859	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	4389 of 5883	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	4464 of 5789	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.1	3989 of 5662	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	33.5	3554 of 5692	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	26.2	4083 of 5614	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.2	3690 of 5611	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	20.6	4694 of 5530	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.0	3801 of 5390	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.4	3431 of 5377	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	52.0	2447 of 5314	54.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	28.3	1887 of 2585	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.4	866 of 2128	59.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	48.1	1340 of 3246	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	36.5	3368 of 5581	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.4	3060 of 5597	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.7	3082 of 5612	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.0	4221 of 5609	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	5081 of 5635	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	4554 of 5492	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	3752 of 5413	30.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	38.0	3154 of 5094	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	23.7	4194 of 5107	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.3	3245 of 5107	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.9	3794 of 5087	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.4	3107 of 5084	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.1	3619 of 4963	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.0	3340 of 4830	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	53.1	2293 of 5423	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	44.5	2838 of 5460	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.1	2805 of 5517	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	4045 of 5363	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	4186 of 5264	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.2	4211 of 5173	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.9	3623 of 5084	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	46.1	2723 of 5603	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	33.2	3613 of 5628	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	3478 of 5643	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.5	4085 of 5638	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.5	3096 of 5663	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.9	4030 of 5510	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.1	3857 of 5431	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.5	1924 of 2536	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	2170 of 2598	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	2233 of 2651	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	2404 of 2661	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.7	2551 of 2726	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	2515 of 2834	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.0	2461 of 2737	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	37.7	1528 of 2715	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.2	1517 of 2480	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	33.2	1586 of 2508	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.1	1458 of 2497	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	38.7	1372 of 2477	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	39.3	1451 of 2379	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	45.3	1214 of 2259	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	69.7	557 of 2236	75.1%	★★★★☆

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

English Language Learner (2018)59th percentile+29 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)58th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2026)51st percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)40th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2026)38th percentile-8 vs school

Disabled (2019)27th percentile+4 vs school

White (2026)24th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics38%~ state avg

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-13 vs state

Science33%-3 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, March 3, 2017

The principal is a bully and says not ok things to the children . shes been written up but twinrivers fails to fix the issue. She firced me to move my kids to a different school after my kids being there sense kindergarden. Now other parents are posting simliar complaints . this could of been avoided if they did somthing about the first time. Instead of ignore the parents. Orchard was once the best school ever and now id tell you dont send your kid there . Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Orchard Elementary	Public	K-6	1040 Q St.	Rio Linda	95673	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1930	366	16	22.8	75.1%	141 (38.5%)	8 (2.2%)	158 (43.2%)	28 (7.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.7%)	41.6	3129^th of 5817 public elementary schools	46.2%		36.1	3473^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	40.7%	344	33.3	33.3	22.5	40.5	45.2	40.0	36.7	38.5	40.5	31.0	40.0	38.1	≥ 98%		$21,921	$2,728	$19,193
Dry Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1230 G St.	Rio Linda	95673	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1820	645	26	24.8	85.1%	171 (26.5%)	16 (2.5%)	325 (50.4%)	72 (11.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	57 (8.8%)	51.7	2511^th of 5817 public elementary schools	56.8%		49.8	2603^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	55.6%	92	25.0	25.0	42.1	44.4	36.3	59.5	45.7	54.6	48.8	36.3	34.5	43.7	92%	0%	$18,955	$2,382	$16,573
Elverta Elementary	Public	K-5	7900 Eloise Ave.	Elverta	95626	Sacramento County	Elverta Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 991-2244	159	7	22.1	70.4%	62 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (52.2%)	8 (5.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	19.2	4887^th of 5817 public elementary schools	16.0%		26.5	4277^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.0%	610	28.0	28.0	13.6	13.0	28.0		18.6	18.2	21.7	28.0		22.9	90%	0%	$17,846	$1,844	$16,002
Westside Elementary	Public	K-6	6537 West Second St.	Rio Linda	95673	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1990	376	14	26.8	76.9%	140 (37.2%)	10 (2.7%)	153 (40.7%)	28 (7.4%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	39 (10.4%)	39.1	3286^th of 5817 public elementary schools	43.5%		40.5	3184^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.6%	102	20.8	20.8	40.0	45.5	38.9	31.5	39.0	37.0	49.1	24.1	33.3	35.9	92%	0%	$19,216	$2,459	$16,757
Robla Elementary	Public	K-6	5200 Marysville Blvd.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 649-5200	343	15	22.8	81.9%	49 (14.3%)	41 (12.0%)	165 (48.1%)	74 (21.6%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	21.2	4702^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	19.2%		26.4	4288^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.8%	414	22.8	22.8	23.2	38.7	28.1	27.8	29.7	30.4	10.9	21.1	16.4	19.4	≥ 95%		$22,249	$2,393	$19,856
Cyril Spinelli Elementary	Public	K-6	3401 Scotland Dr.	Antelope	95843	Sacramento County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 338-6490	347	15	23.1	72.6%	101 (29.1%)	40 (11.5%)	131 (37.8%)	37 (10.7%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	32 (9.2%)	28.2	4145^th of 5817 public elementary schools	28.7%		25	4399^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.9%	254	16.7	16.7	45.5	23.7	26.2	37.3	34.4	50.0	21.1	4.8	15.7	24.6	81%	0%	$21,140	$1,979	$19,161
Main Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1400 Main Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 929-9559	361	16	22.5	84.8%	38 (10.5%)	58 (16.1%)	167 (46.3%)	72 (19.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.8%)	13.3	5372^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	7.6%		13.8	5365^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.4%	7	14.6	14.6	26.8	17.4	30.9	25.8	25.4	19.5	10.9	9.1	6.5	11.6	94%	0%	$22,105	$2,207	$19,898
Sierra View Elementary	Public	K-6	3638 Bainbridge Dr.	North Highlands	95660	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1960	318	14	22.1	87.4%	68 (21.4%)	22 (6.9%)	157 (49.4%)	40 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (9.1%)	40.6	3194^th of 5817 public elementary schools	45.1%		36.6	3437^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.3%	243	23.1	23.1	45.2	35.0	41.0	40.0	40.4	57.1	15.0	25.6	40.0	34.8	90%	0%	$20,938	$2,568	$18,370
Regency Park Elementary	Public	K-6	5901 Bridgecross Dr.	Sacramento	95835	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1660	619	23	27.0	71.6%	81 (13.1%)	115 (18.6%)	154 (24.9%)	154 (24.9%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (1.8%)	101 (16.3%)	66.1	1777^th of 5817 public elementary schools	69.5%		64.2	1875^th of 5857 public elementary schools	68.0%	98	40.2	40.2	60.8	45.8	53.7	56.0	54.2	59.5	48.6	35.4	51.7	48.6	97%	0%	$19,593	$2,056	$17,537
Arthur S. Dudley Elementary	Public	K-6	8000 Aztec Way	Antelope	95843	Sacramento County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 338-6470	521	21	24.8	71.6%	154 (29.6%)	112 (21.5%)	146 (28.0%)	92 (17.7%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	19.2	4888^th of 5817 public elementary schools	16.0%		17.9	5021^st of 5857 public elementary schools	14.3%	133	17.4	17.4	25.6	22.2	23.2	29.0	25.1	32.1	13.7	10.1	29.9	21.9	90%	0%	$19,337	$1,126	$18,211

Frequently Asked Questions about Orchard Elementary

Is Orchard Elementary a good school?

Orchard Elementary ranks 3129^th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Orchard Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 366 students attended Orchard Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Orchard Elementary?

Students at Orchard Elementary are 43% Hispanic, 39% White, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What district is Orchard Elementary in?

Twin Rivers Unified

What schools do graduates of Orchard Elementary attend?

Students who attend Orchard Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Rio Linda High

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