Sierra Hills Elementary

Sierra Hills Elementary is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in Meadow Vista, California, operated by Placer Hills Union Elementary, with 367 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sierra Hills Elementary sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Sierra Hills Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Placer Hills Union Elementary, a district that educates 755 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sierra Hills Elementary logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Sierra Hills Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sierra Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate median household earnings sit near $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Sierra Hills Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bowman Charter, around 4.1 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sierra Hills Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 367 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 78% across the same window.

On allk12, the feed for Sierra Hills Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.