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Placerville Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Placerville.

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

Students
1,203
Schools
3
Spent per student
$15,923
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
23:1
Free or reduced lunch
61%
Debt
$2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Placerville Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 63% of California districts
  • Spends 25% less per student than the CA average
  • 23 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2M, about $1,692 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 63% 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 close to the state, 2021–22
B
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Placerville 10,685

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Placerville. Grade by grade →

K–52 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Edwin Markham MiddleThis district
9–12El Dorado HighEl Dorado Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency32%
State average 33.1% · 768 students tested
Reading / language arts49%
State average 46.7% · 770 students tested

97% 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
$15,923 per student · 25% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 36%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 31%State 58%Federal 10%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,214’20
1,170’21
1,167’22
1,204’23
1,203’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 56%Hispanic 33%Two or more races 10%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Black <1%Asian <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.

Sierra Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Placerville
B+
402 students24:1
Louisiana Schnell Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Placerville
C+
370 students23:1
Edwin Markham Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Placerville
B−
431 students22:1

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.