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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOOMIS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062256012246
Loomis Basin Charter
5438 Laird Rd., Loomis, CA 95650 · (916) 652-2642 · Placer County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
47 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
80.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
70.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.0% | 33.2% | 12.0% | 7.7% |
| Math | 44.0% | 26.7% | 19.8% | 9.5% |
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 | 80.2% | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 68.6% |
| 2022-23 | 71.5% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 65.8% | 60.5% |
| 2018-19 | 77.9% | 72.0% |
| 2017-18 | 73.8% | 68.4% |
| 2016-17 | 70.3% | 64.6% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Loomis Basin Charter
Loomis Basin Charter's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loomis Basin Charter this school | 505 | 9.3% | 73.8% |
| Westlake Elementary Westlake Village | 512 | 11.1% | 70.6% |
| Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary Carlsbad | 520 | 6.5% | 77.8% |
| Neil Cummins Elementary Corte Madera | 451 | 8.2% | 75.1% |
| Roscomare Road Elementary Los Angeles | 438 | 11.0% | 84.7% |
| Brook Knoll Elementary Santa Cruz | 498 | 13.9% | 68.9% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Loomis Basin Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Placer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #478 of 5,151 | #3 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #568 of 5,172 ▲ 105 | #5 of 61 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #257 of 5,172 ▲ 167 | #2 of 61 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.3pp | #366 of 5,116 | #4 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,368 of 5,915 | #24 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,789 of 5,352 | #49 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #2,937 of 5,354 | #53 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #5,491 of 5,625 | #65 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #339 of 1,139 | #6 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
505
0 (0%) vs 2020
+63% since 2010-11, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 505 | 22.2 | 22.8:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 22.3 | 22.6:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 21.6 | 20.2:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loomis Basin Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (436 to 505); teachers up 3% (21.6 to 22.2).
About Loomis Basin Charter
Located in Loomis, California, Loomis Basin Charter is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 505 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
Loomis Union Elementary includes 7 schools. Together they enroll 2,826 students.
At Loomis Basin Charter, White students make up 70% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. For comparison, Placer County is about 69% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Loomis Basin Charter and a ratio of 22.8:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 9% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Placer County report 33%.
Test results at Loomis Basin Charter are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (73.8% actual, 74.1% predicted).
Loomis Basin Charter is located in Placer County, where the median household income is $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Loomis Basin Charter is one of 123 public schools in the county.
Franklin Elementary is located less than a tenth of a mile from Loomis Basin Charter. The five-mile area around Loomis Basin Charter holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 66.5%, lower than Loomis Basin Charter's 73.8%.
Loomis Basin Charter has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe. Loomis Basin Charter is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment at Loomis Basin Charter was 505 in 2020-21 and 505 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 24.1:1 in 2020-21 and 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Placer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
419,156
Census ACS
Median income
$115,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
70,590 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loomis Union Elementary
- Placer ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- H. Clarke Powers ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Loomis ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Penryn ElementaryElementary · 250 students
- Ophir STEAM AcademyElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Loomis
- Del Oro HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Placer ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- H. Clarke Powers ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Loomis ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary0.1 mi · 433
- Placer Elementary2.1 mi · 505
- Loomis Elementary2.6 mi · 438
- Sierra Elementary2.7 mi · 445
- Del Oro High2.9 mi · 1,634
- Rocklin Elementary3.0 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Loomis Basin CharterHow large is Loomis Basin Charter?
Loomis Basin Charter enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-08.
Is Loomis Basin Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loomis Basin Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Loomis Basin Charter have?
Loomis Basin Charter employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Loomis Basin Charter?
Student demographics at Loomis Basin Charter are roughly 70% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Loomis Basin Charter in?
Loomis Basin Charter is part of Loomis Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.