Is Gold Oak Elementary a good school?

Gold Oak Elementary ranks 3298 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Gold Oak Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 311 students attended Gold Oak Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Gold Oak Elementary?

Students at Gold Oak Elementary are 75% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Gold Oak Elementary attend?

Students who attend Gold Oak Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Pleasant Valley Middle High : Union Mine High

Gold Oak Elementary

Summary:

Gold Oak Elementary is a public elementary school located in Placerville, California, serving 311 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Gold Oak Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 1031 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gold Oak Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 15.4% in 2018-2019 to 60.1% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the state and district averages. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state and district averages, with the exception of 4th-grade ELA, where they perform slightly better. Interestingly, female students and Hispanic students at Gold Oak Elementary perform better than their male and White counterparts, respectively, and the school's special education and low socioeconomic status students perform better than the state average in their respective groups.

Compared to nearby schools, such as California Montessori Project-Shingle Springs Campus and Sierra Elementary, Gold Oak Elementary demonstrates higher chronic absenteeism rates and lower academic performance, particularly in Mathematics and Science. These neighboring schools could provide valuable insights and best practices that could be adopted by Gold Oak Elementary to improve student outcomes and address the concerning trends observed at the school.

Detail:

Public K-5

3171 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Placerville, CA 95667-7836

(530) 626-3160

District: Gold Oak Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3298^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,438

Students who attend Gold Oak Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Pleasant Valley Middle
High:	Union Mine High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.2

Number of students: 311

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.6%

Hispanic:

17.7%

Two or more races:

6.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 39.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Gold Oak Elementary ranks worse than 56.3% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.07. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.6%), Hispanic (17.7%), two or more races (6.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 39.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gold Oak Elementary is 22.2. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gold Oak Elementary is $9,438.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gold Oak Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Gold Oak Elementary 3298^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Gold Oak Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Gold Oak Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Gold Oak Union Elementary 1031^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Gold Oak Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	73.52	1172^nd	4809	75.6%
2005	62.75	1630^th	4822	66.2%
2006	68.22	1425^th	4818	70.4%
2007	60.45	1801^st	5113	64.8%
2008	72.05	1322^nd	5113	74.1%
2009	61.10	1867^th	5193	64.0%
2010	54.63	2289^th	5314	56.9%
2011	43.34	3000^th	5377	44.2%
2012	45.68	2900^th	5390	46.2%
2013	53.99	2449^th	5530	55.7%
2015	50.72	2404^th	5611	57.2%
2016	50.58	2463^rd	5614	56.1%
2017	56.10	2216^th	5692	61.1%
2018	52.65	2408^th	5662	57.5%
2019	54.80	2333^rd	5789	59.7%
2021	52.46	613^th	1417	56.7%
2022	43.72	2866^th	5883	51.3%
2023	48.62	2600^th	5874	55.7%
2024	38.07	3298^th	5862	43.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	46.62	1077^th	2634	59.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.61	3267^th	5084	35.7%
2019	58.98	1833^rd	5173	64.6%
2021	64.77	306^th	1110	72.4%
2022	47.89	2406^th	5264	54.3%
2023	54.37	2075^th	5374	61.4%
2024	40.44	3102^nd	5511	43.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.59	2743^rd	5413	49.3%
2019	54.01	2277^th	5492	58.5%
2021	48.96	582^nd	1267	54.1%
2022	42.78	2826^th	5635	49.8%
2023	61.41	1882^nd	5617	66.5%
2024	49.33	2445^th	5605	56.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	87.64	217^th	2585	91.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.87	2029^th	5431	62.6%
2019	53.89	2261^st	5510	59.0%
2021	54.87	507^th	1272	60.1%
2022	44.44	2744^th	5663	51.5%
2023	35.16	3403^rd	5650	39.8%
2024	27.98	4002^nd	5636	29.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	68.13	1241^st	5084	75.6%

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Rank History for White students at Gold Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.68	2110^th	2737	22.9%
2019	28.60	2184^th	2834	22.9%
2022	18.44	2310^th	2726	15.3%
2023	22.67	2157^th	2662	19.0%
2024	14.15	2346^th	2647	11.4%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Gold Oak Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	784	0	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	788
1989	796	0	1	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	803
1990	858	0	2	2	6	n/a	n/a	0	868
1991	928	1	2	10	17	n/a	n/a	0	958
1992	616	0	2	10	15	n/a	n/a	0	643
1993	630	0	3	12	15	n/a	n/a	0	660
1994	657	0	7	19	11	n/a	n/a	0	694
1995	565	5	8	14	12	n/a	n/a	0	604
1996	565	5	8	14	12	n/a	n/a	0	604
1997	551	3	3	12	8	n/a	n/a	0	577
1998	552	4	3	9	5	n/a	n/a	0	573
1999	486	5	2	12	11	n/a	n/a	0	516
2000	456	5	1	8	12	n/a	n/a	0	482
2001	411	3	0	8	7	n/a	n/a	0	429
2002	401	4	4	9	11	n/a	n/a	13	442
2003	401	4	4	9	11	n/a	n/a	13	442
2004	373	4	4	4	8	n/a	n/a	22	415
2005	351	7	4	12	6	n/a	n/a	21	401
2006	332	7	4	18	7	n/a	n/a	22	390
2007	330	7	6	17	8	n/a	n/a	18	386
2008	322	11	2	19	7	n/a	n/a	0	361
2009	340	16	2	14	8	2	11	0	393
2010	322	10	0	16	0	1	6	0	355
2011	306	4	0	23	2	3	2	0	340
2012	286	3	0	28	6	2	0	0	325
2013	273	3	0	28	3	1	0	0	308
2014	261	3	0	31	6	1	5	0	307
2015	274	4	0	21	7	0	5	0	311
2016	267	6	0	35	6	0	6	0	320
2017	270	6	1	35	8	0	5	0	325
2018	262	5	6	38	8	0	12	0	331
2019	267	2	3	33	4	0	15	0	324
2020	261	1	2	38	3	1	12	0	318
2021	213	2	1	40	1	0	13	0	270
2022	208	0	1	49	3	0	21	0	282
2023	232	3	0	55	2	0	19	0	311

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gold Oak Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	788	35.0	22.5	n/a
1989	803	38.6	20.8	n/a
1990	868	38.2	22.7	n/a
1991	958	42.9	22.3	n/a
1992	643	43.6	14.7	19.6
1993	660	26.0	25.4	13.2
1994	694	28.0	24.8	24.8
1995	604	28.0	21.6	27.2
1996	604	28.0	21.6	27.2
1997	577	30.0	19.2	22.4
1998	573	30.0	19.1	26
1999	516	28.0	18.4	20
2000	482	26.0	18.5	22
2001	429	24.5	17.5	21.9
2002	442	24.5	18.0	18.6
2003	442	24.5	18.0	18.6
2004	415	22.5	18.4	19.6
2005	401	23.5	17.1	25.3
2006	390	21.5	18.1	26.1
2007	386	19.0	20.3	26.9
2008	361	22.5	16.0	21.9
2009	393	22.0	17.1	28.2
2010	355	18.6	19.0	34.6
2011	340	n/a	n/a	40
2012	325	13.8	23.5	n/a
2013	308	12.9	23.8	37.7
2014	307	13.5	22.7	43
2015	311	14.0	22.2	43.7
2016	320	12.0	26.6	37.2
2017	325	13.0	25.0	32.3
2018	331	14.0	23.6	39.3
2019	324	13.5	24.0	40.1
2020	318	n/a	n/a	35.8
2021	270	13.1	20.6	35.9
2022	282	13.6	20.7	39.4
2023	311	14.0	22.2	39.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gold Oak Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	788	35.0	22.5	n/a
1989	803	38.6	20.8	n/a
1990	868	38.2	22.7	n/a
1991	958	42.9	22.3	n/a
1992	643	43.6	14.7	19.6
1993	660	26.0	25.4	13.2
1994	694	28.0	24.8	24.8
1995	604	28.0	21.6	27.2
1996	604	28.0	21.6	27.2
1997	577	30.0	19.2	22.4
1998	573	30.0	19.1	26
1999	516	28.0	18.4	20
2000	482	26.0	18.5	22
2001	429	24.5	17.5	21.9
2002	442	24.5	18.0	18.6
2003	442	24.5	18.0	18.6
2004	415	22.5	18.4	19.6
2005	401	23.5	17.1	25.3
2006	390	21.5	18.1	26.1
2007	386	19.0	20.3	26.9
2008	361	22.5	16.0	21.9
2009	393	22.0	17.1	28.2
2010	355	18.6	19.0	34.6
2011	340	n/a	n/a	40
2012	325	13.8	23.5	n/a
2013	308	12.9	23.8	37.7
2014	307	13.5	22.7	43
2015	311	14.0	22.2	43.7
2016	320	12.0	26.6	37.2
2017	325	13.0	25.0	32.3
2018	331	14.0	23.6	39.3
2019	324	13.5	24.0	40.1
2020	318	n/a	n/a	35.8
2021	270	13.1	20.6	35.9
2022	282	13.6	20.7	39.4
2023	311	14.0	22.2	39.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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