Camino Elementary

As a tight-knit K-5 school in Camino, California, Camino Elementary instructs 375 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Camino Union Elementary.

Camino Union Elementary is the operating authority for Camino Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Camino Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 2% Native American. By comparison, El Dorado County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Camino Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Camino Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Dorado County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Camino Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate the typical household earns roughly $108,845 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, El Dorado County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), of which Camino Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Camino Polytechnic, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Camino Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Camino Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Camino Elementary has shrank 4%, going from 392 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 69% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Camino Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.