Ruhkala Elementary

Ruhkala Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Rocklin, California, one of the schools within Rocklin Unified, with 334 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

Within Rocklin Unified, which oversees 18 schools and 11,579 students, Ruhkala Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ruhkala Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 7% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Ruhkala Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ruhkala Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 66.7%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Ruhkala Elementary is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

Rocklin Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ruhkala Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ruhkala Elementary has declined 16%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 63% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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