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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rocky Hill Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXETER UNIFIED·NCES 060142301502
Rocky Hill Elementary
313 Sequoia Dr., Exeter, CA 93221 · (559) 592-5490 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
432 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Rocky Hill Elementary→Wilson Middle
Based on grade levels within Exeter Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
43.7%
CA avg 47.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
39.5%
CA avg 35.6% . +10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
554
-44 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 26.6:1
% White
29%
was 31%
% Hispanic
70%
was 66%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rocky Hill Elementary
Rocky Hill Elementary, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Exeter, California, operated by Exeter Unified, hosts 554 students, covering grades K through 5.
Rocky Hill Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Exeter Unified, a district that hosts 2,597 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Rocky Hill Elementary shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 29% White. That composition is broadly in line with Tulare County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Rocky Hill Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rocky Hill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 41.6%.
In the surrounding community, Tulare County reports that median household income runs about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Rocky Hill Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Exeter Union High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Hill Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rocky Hill Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.7%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for Rocky Hill Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Exeter Unified
- Exeter Union HighHigh · 909 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 523 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Exeter Independent Study (Alternative)Combined · 47 students
- Kaweah HighHigh · 29 students
- Exeter Community DayCombined · 13 students
Other schools in Exeter
- Exeter Union HighHigh · 909 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 523 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Exeter Independent Study (Alternative)Combined · 47 students
- Kaweah HighHigh · 29 students
- Exeter Community DayCombined · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Exeter Union High0.5 mi · 909
- Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 522
- Kaweah High0.8 mi · 29
- Exeter Independent Study (Alternative)0.8 mi · 47
- Wilson Middle0.8 mi · 523
- Exeter Community Day0.8 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rocky Hill Elementary?
Rocky Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rocky Hill Elementary serve?
Rocky Hill Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Hill Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Rocky Hill Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rocky Hill Elementary?
Student demographics at Rocky Hill Elementary are roughly 29% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rocky Hill Elementary public or private?
Rocky Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Exeter Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.