Carlin C. Coppin Elementary

Carlin C. Coppin Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Lincoln, California, part of Western Placer Unified, serveing 442 students in grades K through 5.

Within Western Placer Unified, which oversees 14 schools and 8,030 students, Carlin C. Coppin Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Carlin C. Coppin Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Placer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Carlin C. Coppin Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Carlin C. Coppin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Placer County's rate of about 33%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carlin C. Coppin Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate median household income runs about $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Carlin C. Coppin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ATLAS Learning Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carlin C. Coppin Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

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