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Schools in Cold Springs

Cold Springs’s public schools

El Dorado Union High School District and Gold Trail Union Elementary School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cold Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/5schools above California’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 93% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.9K
▼ 25% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024 · El Dorado Union High
Students per teacher
22.8
CA 21.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
6,664 students on the public path
In brief

Cold Springs’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Cold Springs’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Ponderosa High places highest (better than 92%); El Dorado High lowest (67%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cold Springs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–3Sutters Millin PlacervilleNo scores
4–8Gold Trailin PlacervilleB+
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the El Dorado Union High School District.

Two districts serve Cold Springs

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

El Dorado Union High School DistrictGrades 8–12 · 6 schools · 6,410 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 23.0 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$15,897CA $21,206 · FY2024
A−
Gold Trail Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 2 schools · 475 students, down 20% since 2020–21 · 20.5 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$15,550CA $21,206 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 8–12, El Dorado Union High School District60%
State average 46.7% · 1500 students tested
Math · 8–12, El Dorado Union High School District41%
State average 33.1% · 1522 students tested
Reading · K–8, Gold Trail Union Elementary School District52%
State average 46.7% · 333 students tested
Math · K–8, Gold Trail Union Elementary School District43%
State average 33.1% · 337 students tested

Cold Springs vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the California towns that share Cold Springs’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cold Springs—Gold Trail Union Elementary K–8 · El Dorado Union High 8–12

Every school in Cold Springs

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cold Springsin other towns
Sutters Mill
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Placerville
201 students20:1Rate it →
Gold Trail
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Placerville
B+
274 students21:1Rate it →
Oak Ridge High
High · Grades 8–12 · El Dorado Hills
A
2,346 students25:1Rate it →
Ponderosa High
High · Grades 9–12 · Shingle Springs
A
1,675 students23:1Rate it →
El Dorado High
High · Grades 9–12 · Placerville
B+
1,135 students21:1Rate it →
Union Mine High
High · Grades 9–12 · El Dorado
B+
1,033 students21:1Rate it →

Questions about Cold Springs’s schools

Are Cold Springs’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cold Springs. El Dorado Union High School District and Gold Trail Union Elementary School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cold Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cold Springs in?

El Dorado Union High School District and Gold Trail Union Elementary School District.

Where do Cold Springs kids go to high school?

One of four high schools, depending on your address: Oak Ridge High, Ponderosa High, El Dorado High and Union Mine High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.