Foskett Ranch Elementary

Foskett Ranch Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Lincoln, California, part of Western Placer Unified. Current enrollment sits at 415 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Foskett Ranch Elementary lists that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Placer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Placer County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foskett Ranch Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 65.3%; Foskett Ranch Elementary posts 44.0%, -21.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Placer County) shows that median household earnings sit near $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Foskett Ranch Elementary is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

The closest other public school is Phoenix High (Continuation), roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foskett Ranch Elementary. On composite proficiency, Foskett Ranch Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Foskett Ranch Elementary has declined 3%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 66% to 50% over that span.

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