Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0Pollock Pines’s public schools outscore 73% of California districts
Reading proficiency in Pollock Pines’s districts is 56%, above the California average (47%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Pollock Pines, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.
From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 93% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Pollock Pines’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 519 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Pollock Pines’s, its schools beat 91%, higher than their 73% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 56% and math 38% across both districts in spring 2022, against 47% and 33% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
El Dorado Union High spends $15,897 per student and Pollock Pines Elementary $17,510, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
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.
What’s behind Pollock Pines’s grade
B+: better than 73% of California school districts, #219 of 847 California towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the California average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Pollock Pines, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Pollock Pines
Pinewood Elementary
Grades K–4 · 339 students · 23:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Pollock Pines
Pinewood Elementary
Grades K–4 · 339 students · 23:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Pollock Pines
Pinewood Elementary
Grades K–4 · 339 students · 23:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Pollock Pines
Pinewood Elementary
Grades K–4 · 339 students · 23:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Pollock Pines
Pinewood Elementary
Grades K–4 · 339 students · 23:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Pollock Pines
Sierra Ridge Middle
Grades 5–8 · 247 students · 18:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Pollock Pines
Sierra Ridge Middle
Grades 5–8 · 247 students · 18:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Pollock Pines
Sierra Ridge Middle
Grades 5–8 · 247 students · 18:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Pollock Pines
Sierra Ridge Middle
Grades 5–8 · 247 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Pollock Pines runs its own schools through grade 8 (Pollock Pines Elementary School District). From grade 8, students attend the El Dorado Union High School District, shared with Placerville. Its high school is in El Dorado Hills. Parts of Pollock Pines (6% of its land) are served by Camino Union Elementary instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Pollock Pines
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Pollock Pines vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Pollock Pines’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Pollock Pines | B+ | Pollock Pines Elementary K–8 · El Dorado Union High 8–12 |
Every school in Pollock Pines
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).
Questions about Pollock Pines’s schools
Are Pollock Pines’s schools good?
By California’s own tests, yes: the public schools Pollock Pines children attend outscore 73% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #219 of 847 California towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 91%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Pollock Pines in?
Two districts: Pollock Pines Elementary School District runs grades K–8, and El Dorado Union High School District runs grades 8–12, shared with Placerville.
Where do Pollock Pines kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Oak Ridge High, Ponderosa High, El Dorado High and Union Mine High.
What is Pollock Pines’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in El Dorado Union High School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.
How much does Pollock Pines spend per student?
$15,897 in El Dorado Union High School District and $17,510 in Pollock Pines Elementary School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Pollock Pines families are saying about school.
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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.