William Brooks Elementary

Located at 3610 Park Dr., in El Dorado Hills, California, William Brooks Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus that works with 372 students (grades K through 5), run under Buckeye Union Elementary.

Across the 9 schools in Buckeye Union Elementary (4,151 students total), William Brooks Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William Brooks Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial. By comparison, El Dorado County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, William Brooks Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting William Brooks Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William Brooks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Dorado County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $108,845 per year, 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), William Brooks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Russell Ranch Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Brooks Elementary. On composite proficiency, William Brooks Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Brooks Elementary has declined 27%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 today.

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