Florence Markofer Elementary, Elk Grove CA

Original Research by School Decision on Florence Markofer Elementary

Florence Markofer Elementary sits in a residential pocket of Elk Grove, on Tralee Way in the 95624 zip code, and serves kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Elk Grove Unified. The school draws a mid-sized enrollment for an elementary campus of its grade band, with a student body that is meaningfully diverse: white and Hispanic students are each well represented, with Asian, multiracial, and smaller Black, American Indian, and Pacific Islander populations rounding out the mix. Roughly two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a solidly mixed-income context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in the materials we reviewed, so parents with children in those groups may want to reach out directly to the school.

On California's CAASPP assessments, the picture varies by grade and subject. Third grade math stands out as genuinely strong, with more than two-thirds of students reaching proficiency. That is a real academic signal worth noting. Across the other tested grades, math proficiency trails off in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade, landing in a range that sits well below the third-grade high point. English language arts results are more consistent grade to grade, hovering roughly in the mid-to-upper forties across all four tested grades. Science, assessed at fifth grade through the CAST, came in below the math and ELA results for that same cohort. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the schools with available data from districts in Sacramento County, which is a real comparative position relative to the field in the county. That standing is driven in large part by the third-grade math result; the middle-elementary grades and sixth grade show softer numbers that a parent would reasonably want to discuss with the school.

Only a single year of data is available, so trend information is not yet calculable and the direction of change cannot be assessed.

No information on program offerings, course access, discipline rates, staffing, or chronic absenteeism was available in the materials provided.

Elk Grove itself gives context for where this school sits. The city is one of Northern California's fastest-growing, having expanded from a small incorporated town into a large suburban city south of Sacramento, and that growth is ongoing through master-planned communities and new subdivisions, including active development in the Southeast Policy Area, described publicly as the last large-scale development zone within the urbanized portion of the city. Most of the city is car-dependent newer construction, though a historic Old Town along Elk Grove Boulevard preserves an older commercial core. Retail, education, health care, and food service are the dominant employment sectors, with Elk Grove Unified itself one of the larger employers. Apple maintains a local campus supporting service operations, and Sky River Casino, which opened in recent years, has become a notable employer as well.

Housing near the school runs substantially above the national median, though it sits below the California statewide benchmark. Values have slipped slightly year over year in this zip code, and rents have eased modestly as well. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home here would claim a meaningful share of household income at current rates, and the rent-to-income ratio also runs high by national standards. Families weighing this neighborhood should plan for a housing cost burden that is characteristic of the broader Sacramento suburban market.

No specific district-level changes for Elk Grove Unified were surfaced in our research, so we left that section out rather than speculate.

For a family evaluating Markofer, the clearest takeaway is that the third-grade math result is a genuine strength, the comparative county standing is real, and the declining proficiency trend across later elementary grades in both math and ELA is worth asking the school about directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 53% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 49% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 39% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 46% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 51% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 53% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 54% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 58% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 34% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolElk Grove Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income56%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income50%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income64%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income48%Higher-income46%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income63%Higher-income75%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income51%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income53%21 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income49%19 pp gap