Summary:
ZIP code 95829 has five public schools in Elk Grove Unified: three elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 6, one middle school serving grades 7–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12. The clearest academic standout is Arnold Adreani Elementary, which led the five schools in all three reported subjects and outperformed the other elementary schools in every tested grade in ELA and math.
In 2025–2026, Adreani’s All Grades results were 75% in ELA, 74% in math and 64% in science. Among elementary schools, those results were 17 points above the average of the other two schools in ELA, 36 points higher in math and 39 points higher in science. At the lower end, Robert J. Fite Elementary had the lowest ELA and science results, at 46% and 24%; T. R. Smedberg Middle had the lowest math result, 29%. Results vary by grade: Smedberg was 2 points above the state in grade-7 ELA but 11 points below in grade-8 math. Sheldon High was above the state in all three grade-11 subjects, and its graduation rate was 96%, versus 88% statewide. All Grades figures are not grade-adjusted across elementary, middle and high schools.
Across the five schools, the unweighted average All Grades results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 4 in science, while state results rose in each subject. SchoolDigger gave Adreani five stars and Sheldon four; Fite’s statewide percentile ranking fell 19 points, from 68 to 49, while Maeola R. Beitzel Elementary fell 6 points, from 67 to 61. Context measures also differ: 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch-eligible shares ranged from 35% at Adreani to 73% at Beitzel, and reported student-teacher ratios ranged from 21.7 at Smedberg to 24.8 at Adreani. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 9% at Adreani and 25% at Beitzel; these figures describe differences among schools but do not explain their test results.
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