Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACERVILLE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063078004786
Louisiana Schnell Elementary
2871 Schnell School Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 · (530) 622-6244 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
258 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Louisiana Schnell Elementary→Edwin Markham Middle
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.1pp since 2014
Math
19.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.0% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 48.8% |
| Math | 5.0% | 14.4% | 26.9% | 53.8% |
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 | 25.9% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 19.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.2% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 22.1% |
| 2020-21 | 36.8% | 24.3% |
| 2018-19 | 49.5% | 37.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.3% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 39.6% | 26.1% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Louisiana Schnell Elementary
Louisiana Schnell Elementary's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Schnell Elementary this school | 370 | 69.7% | 20.3% |
| Sunset Elementary Oak View | 357 | 66.1% | 33.7% |
| Apperson Street Elementary Sunland | 355 | 65.6% | 54.1% |
| Baldwin Lane Elementary Big Bear City | 445 | 70.8% | 36.9% |
| Bidwell Elementary Red Bluff | 387 | 66.9% | 29.9% |
| Biggs Elementary Biggs | 320 | 68.8% | 21.6% |
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 Louisiana Schnell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #4,556 of 5,151 | #25 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #4,358 of 5,172 ▼ 101 | #25 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #4,393 of 5,172 ▲ 592 | #25 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #601 of 5,116 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #4,053 of 5,915 | #17 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,092 of 5,352 | #12 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,812 of 5,354 | #4 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,971 of 5,625 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #2,012 of 3,837 | #11 of 19 |
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
370
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 370 | 16 | 23.1:1 | 70% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 68% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 15.5 | 24.0:1 | 66% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 70% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 70% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 65% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | N/A | N/A | 62% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 47% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 23 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louisiana Schnell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (436 to 370); teachers down 11% (18 to 16).
About Louisiana Schnell Elementary
Louisiana Schnell Elementary is a small elementary school in California, located in Placerville. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 370 students. It has 20% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Placerville Union Elementary is the local district for Louisiana Schnell Elementary. It runs 3 schools with 1,203 students.
At Louisiana Schnell Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 44%. Other groups make up 44% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. County-wide, 78% of El Dorado County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.1:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Louisiana Schnell Elementary, 70% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 32% average for public schools in El Dorado County.
Louisiana Schnell Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 38.7%. Louisiana Schnell Elementary posts 20.3%, 18.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In El Dorado County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $108,845, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 69 public schools and about 34,706 students.
Measured in a straight line, Sierra Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Louisiana Schnell Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Louisiana Schnell Elementary is behind the 39.2% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
NCES describes the area around Louisiana Schnell Elementary as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.3:1 in 2020-21, and 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
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El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Placerville Union Elementary
- Edwin Markham MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Sierra ElementaryElementary · 402 students
Other schools in Placerville
- Sky Mountain CharterCombined · 2,511 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,135 students
- Edwin Markham MiddleMiddle · 431 students
- Sierra ElementaryElementary · 402 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Herbert C. Green MiddleMiddle · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Elementary0.9 mi · 402
- El Dorado High1.9 mi · 1,135
- Edwin Markham Middle2.1 mi · 431
- Herbert C. Green Middle3.4 mi · 363
- Sky Mountain Charter3.5 mi · 2,511
- Independence Continuation3.8 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About Louisiana Schnell ElementaryHow large is Louisiana Schnell Elementary?
Louisiana Schnell Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Louisiana Schnell Elementary serve?
Louisiana Schnell Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Louisiana Schnell Elementary have?
Louisiana Schnell Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Louisiana Schnell Elementary?
Student demographics at Louisiana Schnell Elementary are roughly 44% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Louisiana Schnell Elementary in?
Louisiana Schnell Elementary is part of Placerville Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.