Indian Creek Elementary

Indian Creek Elementary operates as a cozy primary school in Placerville, California, part of Mother Lode Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 392 students spanning grades K through 4.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Indian Creek Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 35% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Creek Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.0%; Indian Creek Elementary posts 32.1%, -16.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for El Dorado County put 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 Indian Creek Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mountainside Middle College High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Creek Elementary at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Indian Creek Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 62% to 57%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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