Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLLOCK PINES ELEMENTARY·NCES 063129004832
Pinewood Elementary
6181 Pine St., Pollock Pines, CA 95726 · (530) 644-2384 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
186 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 86 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Pinewood Elementary→Sierra Ridge Middle
Based on grade levels within Pollock Pines Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
28.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 24.1% | 29.6% | 33.3% |
| Math | 8.3% | 20.4% | 34.3% | 37.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.5% | 39.3% |
| 2020-21 | 43.8% | 42.5% |
| 2018-19 | 46.2% | 37.9% |
| 2017-18 | 36.3% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 34.5% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Pinewood Elementary
Pinewood Elementary's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Elementary this school | 339 | 54.9% | 36.0% |
| Prairie Elementary Anderson | 332 | 57.8% | 49.3% |
| Camino Elementary Camino | 375 | 56.0% | 43.8% |
| Springville Elementary Springville | 335 | 52.5% | 37.1% |
| Quincy Elementary Quincy | 342 | 54.7% | 29.1% |
| Sierra Elementary Placerville | 402 | 50.5% | 51.5% |
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 Pinewood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,863 of 5,151 | #18 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #3,349 of 5,172 ▼ 443 | #21 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,220 of 5,172 ▼ 1,017 | #22 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.6pp | #108 of 5,116 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #4,385 of 5,915 | #18 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,679 of 5,352 | #11 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #2,469 of 5,354 | #10 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #3,698 of 5,625 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #2,834 of 3,837 | #14 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
339
+33 (+11%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 339 | 15 | 22.6:1 | 55% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | 52% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 14.5 | 22.5:1 | 48% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 15 | 24.8:1 | 54% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | N/A | N/A | 52% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 284 | 17 | 16.7:1 | 38% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 23 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinewood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (372 to 339); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).
About Pinewood Elementary
Pinewood Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Pollock Pines, California. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 339 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
Pinewood Elementary is in Pollock Pines Elementary, a district with 586 students across 2 schools.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Pinewood Elementary. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Native American. In El Dorado County overall, about 78% of residents are White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Pinewood Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 15 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 55% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in El Dorado County, the average is 32%.
Pinewood Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.4% for Pinewood Elementary. The school posts 36.0%, 11.4 points below the prediction.
The county, El Dorado County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $108,845 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. El Dorado County has 69 public schools with about 34,706 students, including Pinewood Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Sierra Ridge Middle is about 1.4 miles from Pinewood Elementary. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Pinewood Elementary is ahead of the 35.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
Pinewood Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The school grew from 306 students in 2020-21 to 339 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 19.1:1 in 2020-21 to 22.6:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Pinewood Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Pinewood Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Pinewood Elementary. Pinewood Elementary is the 16th largest of the 17.
- Pinewood ElementaryMONTICELLO, MN · 794 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAGLE LAKE, FL · 740 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 658 students
- Pinewood ElementaryTimonium, MD · 598 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Ridge Middle1.4 mi · 247
- Camino Elementary5.3 mi · 375
- Camino Polytechnic5.3 mi · 31
- Pleasant Valley Middle7.1 mi · 117
- Gold Oak Elementary8.5 mi · 270
- Louisiana Schnell Elementary10.4 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Pinewood ElementaryHow many students attend Pinewood Elementary?
Pinewood Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-04.
Is Pinewood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pinewood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary.
How diverse is Pinewood Elementary?
Pinewood Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Pinewood Elementary public or private?
Pinewood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pollock Pines Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.