Summary:
Zip code 95742 has two K–6 elementary schools, Sunrise Elementary and Robert J. McGarvey Elementary, both in Elk Grove Unified. In 2025–26, both schools scored above California’s all-grade results in English language arts (ELA), math and science. The most important finding is that both schools outperform the state in every reported subject, with Sunrise leading overall.
Sunrise is the top all-grade performer: it scored 69% in ELA, 61% in math and 45% in science, compared with 60%, 54% and 43% at McGarvey. Sunrise’s leads were 9 points in ELA, 7 in math and 1 in science. Both beat state results—49% in ELA, 38% in math and 36% in science—with math showing their largest advantages over the state. SchoolDigger gives Sunrise the 83rd-percentile statewide ranking and McGarvey the 76th; both have four stars. McGarvey does edge Sunrise in fifth-grade ELA, 64% to 63%, so the all-grade comparison does not hold for every grade.
Recent movement is mixed: across the two schools, their average advantage over the state narrowed from 19 to 15 points in ELA and from 22 to 19 in math, but widened from 7 to 8 in science. McGarvey’s ELA result fell 7 points, from 67% to 60%, while Sunrise stayed around 69%; science rose at both schools, from 38% to 45% at Sunrise and from 41% to 43% at McGarvey. SchoolDigger’s three-year rankings were steady at the 83rd percentile for Sunrise, while McGarvey’s declined from the 84th to the 76th percentile. For 2024–25, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 33% at Sunrise and 38% at McGarvey; student-teacher ratios were 24.2 and 24.7, respectively. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 16% at Sunrise and 19% at McGarvey, compared with 18% statewide. These are descriptive differences, not evidence that any one factor explains test results.
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