Loomis Elementary

Loomis Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Loomis, California, run under Loomis Union Elementary, enrolling 438 students in grades K through 8.

Across the 7 schools in Loomis Union Elementary (2,826 students total), Loomis Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Loomis Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Placer County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Loomis Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Placer County's rate of about 33%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Loomis Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Around the school, Placer County reports that median household earnings sit near $115,998, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Loomis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Del Oro High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Loomis Elementary. On composite proficiency, Loomis Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Loomis Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 438). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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