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Mother Lode Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Placerville’s School Grade B+ better than 74% of California school districts

Students
840
Schools
3
Spent per student
$17,545
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
52%
Debt
$6.3M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mother Lode Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 30% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 13 pts below the state
  • Spends 17% less per student than the CA average
  • 18 students per teacher
  • Debt of $6.3M, about $7,452 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 30% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Placerville. Grade by grade →

K–52 elementary schoolsPlacerville Union Elementary School District
6–8Edwin Markham MiddlePlacerville Union Elementary School District
9–12El Dorado HighEl Dorado Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency24%
State average 33.1% · 561 students tested
Reading / language arts34%
State average 46.7% · 565 students tested

96% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 95% at El Dorado Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$17,545 per student · 17% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 37%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 40%State 50%Federal 10%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
859’23
840’24

About steady since 2023–24.

Students
White 57%Hispanic 34%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native 3%Asian 2%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Indian Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Placerville
392 students21:1
Charles F. Brown Elementary
Elementary · Grades 2–6 · El Dorado
85 students17:1
Herbert C. Green Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Placerville
363 students16:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.