Rising Sun Montessori

Rising Sun Montessori operates as a rural-scale elementary-level community in El Dorado Hills, California, part of Rising Sun Montessori District. Current enrollment sits at 155 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Rising Sun Montessori District is the operating authority for Rising Sun Montessori, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Rising Sun Montessori lists that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at Rising Sun Montessori qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Dorado County put the typical household earns roughly $108,845 per year, 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), Rising Sun Montessori is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clarksville Charter, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Rising Sun Montessori operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, Rising Sun Montessori runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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