Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKLIN UNIFIED·NCES 060001311009
Ruhkala Elementary
6530 Turnstone Way, Rocklin, CA 95765 · (916) 632-6560 · Placer County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
93 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
68.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.5pp since 2014
Math
62.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.0% | 34.5% | 19.3% | 12.2% |
| Math | 29.8% | 32.8% | 22.2% | 15.2% |
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 | 68.5% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 60.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.6% | 62.6% |
| 2018-19 | 69.2% | 67.3% |
| 2017-18 | 71.3% | 64.6% |
| 2016-17 | 64.9% | 64.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Ruhkala Elementary
Ruhkala Elementary's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhkala Elementary this school | 334 | 27.8% | 66.4% |
| Cosumnes River Elementary Sloughhouse | 350 | 26.6% | 70.0% |
| Philip J. Reilly Elementary Mission Viejo | 421 | 27.3% | 81.0% |
| Kinetic Academy Huntington Beach | 361 | 33.8% | N/A |
| Loma Portal Elementary San Diego | 392 | 30.4% | 61.6% |
| Naples Elementary Long Beach | 338 | 25.7% | 80.5% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Ruhkala Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Placer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #817 of 5,151 | #12 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #937 of 5,172 ▲ 47 | #17 of 61 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #816 of 5,172 ▼ 168 | #11 of 61 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,492 of 5,116 | #14 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #4,427 of 5,915 | #55 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,330 of 5,352 | #20 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,421 of 5,354 | #32 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #4,848 of 5,625 | #40 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #1,864 of 3,837 | #11 of 38 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
334
+23 (+7%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 334 | 16.1 | 20.7:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 15.2 | 21.6:1 | 26% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 17.3 | 19.3:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | 18% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 15.1 | 26.4:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 14 | 27.2:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 11% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruhkala Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (399 to 334); teachers up 7% (15.1 to 16.1).
About Ruhkala Elementary
Located in Rocklin, California, Ruhkala Elementary is a small elementary school. The school's 334 students are in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Ruhkala Elementary belongs to Rocklin Unified, a district of 18 schools and 11,579 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Ruhkala Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%. Ruhkala Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.7:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 20.7:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Ruhkala Elementary is 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Ruhkala Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Ruhkala Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 63.2%. Ruhkala Elementary scores 66.4%, 3.2 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Placer County, the median household income is $115,998, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Placer County is home to 123 public schools and about 70,590 public school students.
The nearest public school is Rocklin Academy, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Ruhkala Elementary places 1st of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when Ruhkala Elementary had 311 students, to 2024-25, when it had 334. Students per teacher fell from 22.2 in 2020-21 to 20.7 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Ruhkala Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Placer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
419,156
Census ACS
Median income
$115,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
70,590 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rocklin Unified
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- Whitney HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Rocklin HighHigh · 1,936 students
- Rocklin Academy GatewayElementary · 1,093 students
- Granite Oaks MiddleMiddle · 979 students
- Spring View MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- Western Sierra Collegiate AcademyHigh · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Rocklin Academy0.0 mi · 556
- Rock Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 416
- Rocklin Academy Gateway0.6 mi · 1,093
- Western Sierra Collegiate Academy0.9 mi · 776
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary1.1 mi · 302
- Cobblestone Elementary1.2 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Ruhkala ElementaryHow many students attend Ruhkala Elementary?
Ruhkala Elementary enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ruhkala Elementary serve?
Ruhkala Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ruhkala Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ruhkala Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruhkala Elementary?
At Ruhkala Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Is Ruhkala Elementary public or private?
Ruhkala Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rocklin Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.