Sierra Ridge Middle

Set in Pollock Pines, California, Sierra Ridge Middle is a tiny middle-grades school, part of Pollock Pines Elementary. It enrolls 247 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Pollock Pines Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 586 students. Sierra Ridge Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sierra Ridge Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, El Dorado County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Sierra Ridge Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Dorado County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sierra Ridge Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.3%; actual is 27.6%, a gap of -24.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate median household income runs about $108,845, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, El Dorado County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), of which Sierra Ridge Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Pinewood Elementary, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Sierra Ridge Middle comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Sierra Ridge Middle operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Sierra Ridge Middle's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 247). The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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