Elementary · California

Sierra Elementary

Free meals for all

Sierra Elementary, a public elementary school in Placerville, California: grades k–5, 402 students, 23.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Placerville Union Elementary.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 402
Teachers (FTE): 17.0
Students per teacher: 23.6
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 53% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Town near a city
Run by: Placerville Union Elementary

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Placerville Union Elementary.

Location

Address: 1100 Thompson Way, Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (530)622-0814
City or town: Placerville
County: El Dorado County

Website Quality of life in Placerville Schools in Placerville

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Louisiana Schnell ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	370	23.1	0.9 mi
Charles F. Brown ElementaryFree meals for all	2–6	85	17.0	4.0 mi
Charter Home Study AcademyCharterAlternative	K–8	295	17.7	4.0 mi
Indian Creek ElementaryFree meals for all	K–4	392	20.6	4.2 mi
Gold Oak Elementary	K–5	270	19.2	4.7 mi
Camino PolytechnicCharter	K–8	31	17.2	6.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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