Foresthill Divide

Located at 22888 Foresthill Rd., in Foresthill, California, Foresthill Divide is a small middle-grades school that educates 309 students (grades 3 through 8), operated by Foresthill Union Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Foresthill Divide sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Foresthill Union Elementary (469 students total), Foresthill Divide accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Foresthill Divide logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Foresthill Divide has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Foresthill Divide qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foresthill Divide is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.6%; Foresthill Divide posts 37.5%, -18.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Placer County put median household income runs about $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Foresthill Divide is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Foresthill High, roughly 0.7 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foresthill Divide at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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