Loomis Basin Charter

Set in Loomis, California, Loomis Basin Charter is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Loomis Union Elementary. It hosts 505 students across grades K through 8.

Loomis Union Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,826 students. Loomis Basin Charter is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Loomis Basin Charter shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian. Compared to Placer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Placer County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Loomis Basin Charter sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.0%; this one delivers 72.2%.

Across the wider county, Placer County reports that median household income runs about $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Loomis Basin Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Loomis Basin Charter. On composite proficiency, Loomis Basin Charter comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.

Loomis Basin Charter operates from a countryside location. Loomis Basin Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 16%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 70%. Class-load math has widened: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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