Walt Tyler Elementary

Walt Tyler Elementary is one of the rural-scale primary schools in Somerset, California, part of Pioneer Union, with 31 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Walt Tyler Elementary sits 93% leaner than that benchmark.

Pioneer Union comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 292 students; Walt Tyler Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Walt Tyler Elementary lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Walt Tyler Elementary has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Walt Tyler Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate median household earnings sit near $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Walt Tyler Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pioneer Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Walt Tyler Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walt Tyler Elementary has grew 72%, going from 18 students in 2018 to 31 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 72% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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