1
What's the vibe like in the hallways at Rolling Hills Middle right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
778
Middle
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060627002958
Rolling Hills Middle
7141 Silva Valley Pkwy., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · (916) 933-9290 · El Dorado County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
79 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 252 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 37% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
78.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.1pp since 2014
Math
71.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.1% | 38.0% | 14.3% | 7.7% |
| Math | 46.7% | 25.0% | 18.8% | 9.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 69.7% |
| 2022-23 | 77.3% | 64.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.7% | 66.5% |
| 2018-19 | 80.0% | 71.7% |
| 2017-18 | 78.6% | 72.2% |
| 2016-17 | 73.6% | 69.9% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 64.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 →
Schools most like Rolling Hills Middle
Rolling Hills Middle's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Middle this school | 778 | 10.2% | 73.2% |
| Hillview Middle Menlo Park | 846 | 11.2% | 77.3% |
| Charlotte Wood Middle Danville | 853 | 5.2% | 69.6% |
| Ridgeview Elementary Granite Bay | 619 | 10.3% | 75.2% |
| Orinda Intermediate Orinda | 822 | 3.8% | 82.9% |
| William Mendenhall Middle Livermore | 876 | 6.7% | 60.6% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rolling Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #92 of 1,224 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #83 of 1,227 ▲ 5 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #94 of 1,227 ▲ 32 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #587 of 1,214 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #461 of 1,377 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #544 of 1,279 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #389 of 1,278 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #1,294 of 1,329 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #254 of 930 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
778
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 778 | 37.9 | 20.6:1 | 10% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 40.1 | 20.3:1 | 13% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 40.3 | 20.3:1 | 11% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 1,012 | 44.8 | 22.6:1 | 10% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 42 | 23.9:1 | 7% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 971 | N/A | N/A | 10% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 1% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Hills Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,012 to 778); teachers down 15% (44.8 to 37.9).
About Rolling Hills Middle
Rolling Hills Middle is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in El Dorado Hills, California. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 778 students enrolled.
Rolling Hills Middle is one school in Buckeye Union Elementary, a system of 9 schools with 4,151 students.
More than half of the students at Rolling Hills Middle are White (56%). Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Asian, 16% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. In El Dorado County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
A staff of 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%. That is 22 points below the 32% average for public schools in El Dorado County.
Rolling Hills Middle holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of California public middle schools.
Rolling Hills Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.2% is within a point of the 73.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In El Dorado County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $108,845 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rolling Hills Middle, El Dorado County has 69 public schools.
Oak Ridge High, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Rolling Hills Middle is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 773 students in 2020-21 and 778 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
People who know Rolling Hills Middle can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Union Elementary
- Charter Montessori Valley View CampusElementary · 692 students
- Camerado Springs MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Blue Oak ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Silva Valley ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Oak Meadow ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- William Brooks ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other schools in El Dorado Hills
- CottonwoodCombined · 3,563 students
- Clarksville CharterCombined · 2,347 students
- Oak Ridge HighHigh · 2,346 students
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado HillsCombined · 1,580 students
- Marina Village MiddleMiddle · 750 students
- Charter Montessori Valley View CampusElementary · 692 students
Other Rolling Hills Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Rolling Hills Middle. Rolling Hills Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Rolling Hills MiddleLos Gatos, CA · 778 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleWatsonville, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Ridge High0.2 mi · 2,346
- Silva Valley Elementary0.5 mi · 416
- Oak Meadow Elementary1.3 mi · 412
- Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter1.3 mi · 180
- Jackson Elementary1.7 mi · 521
- William Brooks Elementary1.8 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Hills MiddleHow many students attend Rolling Hills Middle?
Rolling Hills Middle enrolls approximately 778 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rolling Hills Middle serve?
Rolling Hills Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rolling Hills Middle?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Rolling Hills Middle.
How diverse is Rolling Hills Middle?
Rolling Hills Middle reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Rolling Hills Middle in?
Rolling Hills Middle is part of Buckeye Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.