Enrollment
274
Middle
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLD TRAIL UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061545001963
Gold Trail
889 Cold Springs Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 · (530) 626-2595 · El Dorado County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
95 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 18% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gold Trail Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.5pp since 2014
Math
37.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.1% | 27.3% | 26.2% | 24.4% |
| Math | 19.6% | 17.4% | 29.4% | 33.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 36.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 40.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 40.5% |
| 2020-21 | 55.6% | 37.5% |
| 2018-19 | 53.0% | 42.7% |
| 2017-18 | 50.6% | 39.9% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 40.3% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gold Trail
Gold Trail's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Trail this school | 274 | 34.7% | 42.9% |
| Sisson Mount Shasta | 274 | 34.3% | 35.5% |
| Foresthill Divide Foresthill | 309 | 40.1% | 37.7% |
| Mountain View Middle Redding | 327 | 40.7% | 35.9% |
| Durham Intermediate Durham | 233 | 39.9% | 47.3% |
| Fine Arts Academy Atascadero | 238 | 35.3% | 52.4% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gold Trail ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #459 of 1,224 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #459 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #499 of 1,227 ▼ 67 | #5 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #157 of 1,214 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #1,217 of 1,377 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #576 of 1,279 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #914 of 1,278 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,102 of 1,329 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #63 of 930 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
274
-64 (-19%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 274 | 13.2 | 20.8:1 | 35% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 14.3 | 18.8:1 | 26% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 15.3 | 18.1:1 | 29% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 16 | 21.1:1 | 25% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 18.2 | 23.1:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | N/A | N/A | 24% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 14% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 29 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gold Trail.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (420 to 274); teachers down 28% (18.2 to 13.2).
About Gold Trail
Gold Trail is classified as a middle school. It is located in Placerville, California. The school has 274 students in 2024-25 across grades 4 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
In Gold Trail Union Elementary, 2 schools enroll a combined 475 students.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at Gold Trail. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic. That is in line with El Dorado County, where about 78% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
The school's 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is similar, at 20.7:1. Income data for the school show 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in El Dorado County is similar, at 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Gold Trail lands at C, ahead of 32% of California public middle schools.
Gold Trail falls short of its prediction by 16.3 points. The model expects 59.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 42.9%.
El Dorado County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $108,845 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Gold Trail shares El Dorado County with 68 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Gold Trail is closest to Sutters Mill, about 2.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.9%; Gold Trail's is 42.9%, ranking 3rd of 7.
In the federal locale system, Gold Trail is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 274 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 338.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Gold Trail. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Placerville
- Sky Mountain CharterCombined · 2,511 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,135 students
- Edwin Markham MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Sierra ElementaryElementary · 402 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Louisiana Schnell ElementaryElementary · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Sutters Mill2.0 mi · 201
- El Dorado Co Office of Ed Special Ed Programs3.7 mi · 202
- Mountainside Middle College High3.7 mi · 290
- Indian Creek Elementary3.7 mi · 392
- Edwin Markham Middle4.7 mi · 431
- El Dorado High5.0 mi · 1,135
Frequently asked questions
About Gold TrailHow large is Gold Trail?
Gold Trail enrolls approximately 274 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Gold Trail serve?
Gold Trail serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gold Trail?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gold Trail is approximately 20.8:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gold Trail?
At Gold Trail, the student body is approximately 80% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Gold Trail public or private?
Gold Trail is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gold Trail Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.