Foresthill Elementary

Foresthill Elementary is a primary school of tiny scale in Foresthill, California, one of the schools within Foresthill Union Elementary, caters to 160 students in grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Foresthill Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Foresthill Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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%.

Zooming out to the county, Placer County reports that median household earnings sit near $115,998, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Foresthill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Foresthill High, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Foresthill Elementary.

The school occupies a rural site.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.