Herbert C. Green Middle

Herbert C. Green Middle operates as a compact middle-grades school in Placerville, California, run under Mother Lode Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 3 schools in Mother Lode Union Elementary (840 students total), Herbert C. Green Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Herbert C. Green Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, El Dorado County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Herbert C. Green Middle has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Herbert C. Green Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.8%; this one comes in at 27.6%, -22.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for El Dorado County shows the typical household earns roughly $108,845 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Dorado County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), of which Herbert C. Green Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sky Mountain Charter, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herbert C. Green Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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