Antelope Creek Elementary

Antelope Creek Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Rocklin, California, run under Rocklin Unified, works with 493 students in grades K through 6.

Rocklin Unified comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,579 students; Antelope Creek Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Antelope Creek Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, Antelope Creek Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Placer County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Antelope Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Placer County shows median household income runs about $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Antelope Creek Elementary is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

Nearest neighbor: Parker Whitney Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Antelope Creek Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Antelope Creek Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Antelope Creek Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 493 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.