Placer County Special Education

Placer County Special Education is an all-grades campus of micro-enrollment scale in Auburn, California, overseen by Placer County Office of Education, educateing 85 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 86% smaller than typical.

Placer County Special Education is one of 4 schools operated by Placer County Office of Education, a district that enrolls 408 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Placer County Special Education records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Placer County Special Education qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Placer County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Placer County shows the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Placer County Special Education is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

The closest other public school is Placer County Court, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Placer County Special Education has decreased 17%, going from 103 students in 2018 to 85 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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