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Glenwood Elementary

Public Grades K-6
5547th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of California elementary schools
Summary

Glenwood Elementary is a public elementary school in Sacramento, California, serving 477 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Robla Elementary District, which is ranked 1360 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Glenwood Elementary faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools based on the statewide SchoolDigger ranking. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, Glenwood Elementary's proficiency rates were 22.01% in ELA and 11.83% in Math, compared to the state averages of 48.81% and 37.3%, respectively. Additionally, Glenwood Elementary has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 51.2% in recent years, which are significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Robla Elementary and Main Avenue Elementary within the Robla Elementary District, as well as Hazel Strauch Elementary and Garden Valley Elementary in the Twin Rivers Unified District, Glenwood Elementary's academic performance is consistently lower. The school's lower spending per student and higher student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools may be contributing factors to its challenges.

481
Students ?
24.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,527
Per pupil spending ?
81.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 201 Jessie Ave.
       Sacramento, CA  95838-2500

(916) 922-2767

District: Robla Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
74.0%
African American:
11.2%
Asian:
7.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2013 → 5th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 27 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school16%
District avg24%
California avg41%
5,547th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 5Elementary Schools in the Robla Elementary
1343rd of 1,543Robla Elementary 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202511.35547 of 58575.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.55071 of 586913.6%★☆☆☆☆
202324.14434 of 585924.3%★☆☆☆☆
202217.85077 of 588313.7%★☆☆☆☆
201917.25065 of 578912.5%★☆☆☆☆
201816.44972 of 566212.2%★☆☆☆☆
201715.35089 of 569210.6%★☆☆☆☆
201614.75069 of 56149.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201522.24418 of 561121.3%★☆☆☆☆
20139.95296 of 55304.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201218.14769 of 539011.5%★☆☆☆☆
201118.04797 of 537710.8%★☆☆☆☆
201025.34202 of 531420.9%★☆☆☆☆
200921.84289 of 519317.4%★☆☆☆☆
200818.74417 of 511313.6%★☆☆☆☆
200728.13699 of 511327.7%★☆☆☆☆
200633.63075 of 481836.2%★★☆☆☆
200525.73578 of 482225.8%★☆☆☆☆
200425.83505 of 480927.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202443.81564 of 316250.5%★★★☆☆
202353.51029 of 324568.3%★★★☆☆
202238.81886 of 331143.0%★★☆☆☆
201946.71411 of 327556.9%★★★☆☆
201866.2663 of 324679.6%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202512.35288 of 55975.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.75151 of 56128.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202325.84149 of 560926.0%★☆☆☆☆
202221.74541 of 563519.4%★☆☆☆☆
201919.84645 of 549215.4%★☆☆☆☆
201818.54658 of 541313.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202516.64665 of 51078.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.74302 of 510715.8%★☆☆☆☆
202330.83640 of 508728.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.14434 of 508412.8%★☆☆☆☆
201922.54217 of 496315.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.53938 of 483018.5%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202521.4389 of 4299.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202514.85069 of 54607.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.14452 of 551719.3%★☆☆☆☆
202336.13383 of 536336.9%★★☆☆☆
202215.74931 of 52646.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.64257 of 517317.7%★☆☆☆☆
201824.74142 of 508418.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202512.45301 of 56285.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.84557 of 564319.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.54299 of 563823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202216.75046 of 566310.9%★☆☆☆☆
201917.84830 of 551012.3%★☆☆☆☆
201816.54862 of 543110.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202537.21591 of 284744.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2024)51st percentile+37 vs school
Special Education (2025)44th percentile+39 vs school
Homeless (2025)9th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Female (2025)6th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy22%-27 vs state
Mathematics12%-25 vs state
Science7%-26 vs state

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Glenwood Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.3% of California elementary schools.

Students at Glenwood Elementary are 74% Hispanic, 11% African American, 7% Asian, 5% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 481 students attended Glenwood Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026
2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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