Rescue Elementary

Located at 3880 Green Valley Rd., in Rescue, California, Rescue Elementary is an average-sized primary school that works with 519 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Rescue Union Elementary.

Rescue Union Elementary comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,542 students; Rescue Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rescue Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with El Dorado County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Rescue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rescue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 67.6%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate median household income runs about $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Rescue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Green Valley Elementary, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rescue Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Rescue Elementary's enrollment has rose 16% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 519). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.