Weimar Hills

Weimar Hills is an intermediate school of modestly sized scale in Weimar, California, run under Placer Hills Union Elementary, instructing 388 students in grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

Placer Hills Union Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 755 students. Weimar Hills is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Weimar Hills reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Placer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), Weimar Hills performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Weimar Hills is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colfax Elementary, around 4.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Weimar Hills ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 396 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.