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C+

Pollock Pines Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Pollock Pines.

Pollock Pines’ School Grade B+ better than 73% of California school districts

Students
586
Schools
2
Spent per student
$17,510
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
20:1
Free or reduced lunch
51%
Debt
$8.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Pollock Pines Elementary School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 43% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 5 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Spends 17% less per student than the CA average
  • 20 students per teacher
  • Debt of $8.1M, about $13,821 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 43% 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
B−
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Pollock Pines 6,212

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Pollock Pines. Grade by grade →

K–4Pinewood ElementaryThis district
5–8Sierra Ridge MiddleThis district
9–124 high schoolsEl Dorado Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency28%
State average 33.1% · 403 students tested
Reading / language arts40%
State average 46.7% · 402 students tested

95% 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
$17,510 per student · 17% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 61%Support & administration 33%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 37%State 55%Federal 8%

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

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

Enrollment over time
583’20
602’21
590’22
572’23
586’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 65%Hispanic 21%Two or more races 9%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%Asian 1%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

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

Pinewood Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Pollock Pines
B
339 students23:1
Sierra Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Pollock Pines
C+
247 students18:1

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.