Silva Valley Elementary

Located at 3001 Golden Eagle Ln., in El Dorado Hills, California, Silva Valley Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that teaches 416 students (grades K through 5), run under Buckeye Union Elementary.

Silva Valley Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Buckeye Union Elementary, a district that works with 4,151 students overall.

Demographically, Silva Valley Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Dorado County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Silva Valley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Dorado County) records that median household income runs about $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Silva Valley Elementary is one of 69 public schools in El Dorado County (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students).

Oak Ridge High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silva Valley Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silva Valley Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 27.7:1 in 2025.

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