Rock Creek Elementary

Rock Creek Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in Rocklin, California, run under Rocklin Unified, hosts 416 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Rocklin Unified (11,579 students total), Rock Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rock Creek Elementary logs that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rock Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 58.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Placer County shows median household earnings sit near $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Rock Creek Elementary is one.

Ruhkala Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rock Creek Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rock Creek Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 416 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 48% across the same window.

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