Is Indian Creek Elementary a good school?

Indian Creek Elementary ranks 3750 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Indian Creek Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 466 students attended Indian Creek Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Indian Creek Elementary?

Students at Indian Creek Elementary are 62% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Indian Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend Indian Creek Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Herbert C. Green Middle High : Union Mine High

Indian Creek Elementary

Summary:

Indian Creek Elementary is a public elementary school located in Placerville, California, serving 466 students in grades K-4 and part of the Mother Lode Union Elementary School District.

While Indian Creek Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 9.9% in 2018-2019 to 33.1% in 2020-2021, its academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally lower than the state and nearby school averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics were around 30-40%, compared to the state averages of 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with male, Hispanic, and White students performing significantly lower than their peers statewide. Indian Creek Elementary also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 46.75% to 51.34% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average and some nearby schools like Rescue Elementary (21.33%) and Buckeye Elementary (42.31%).

The school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past decade, from a high of 1764 out of 5611 California elementary schools in 2014-2015 to a low of 3750 out of 5862 in 2023-2024, suggesting that its performance has not kept pace with the state's overall improvement. While Indian Creek Elementary's performance is generally lower than the state averages, some nearby schools, such as Green Valley Elementary, Rescue Elementary, and Buckeye Elementary, demonstrate significantly higher academic achievement across multiple metrics, suggesting that there may be opportunities to learn from the practices and strategies employed by these higher-performing schools.

Detail:

Public K-4

6701 Green Valley Rd.
Placerville, CA 95667-8984

(530) 626-0765

District: Mother Lode Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3750^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,088

Students who attend Indian Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Herbert C. Green Middle
High:	Union Mine High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.1

Number of students: 466

Racial breakdown:

White:

61.8%

Hispanic:

31.3%

Two or more races:

3.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Indian Creek Elementary ranks worse than 64% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.27. (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 (61.8%), Hispanic (31.3%), two or more races (3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Indian Creek Elementary is 21.1. (See more...)

Compare Indian Creek Elementary employs 22 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Indian Creek Elementary is $8,088.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Indian Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Indian Creek Elementary 3750^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Indian Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Mother Lode Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mother Lode Union Elementary 1068^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Indian Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	83.18	786^th	4809	83.7%
2005	67.44	1441^st	4822	70.1%
2006	82.69	843^rd	4818	82.5%
2007	77.71	1061^st	5113	79.2%
2008	81.12	918^th	5113	82.0%
2009	78.68	1063^rd	5193	79.5%
2010	68.85	1522^nd	5314	71.4%
2011	63.72	1811^th	5377	66.3%
2012	61.11	1983^rd	5390	63.2%
2013	65.71	1795^th	5530	67.5%
2015	63.74	1764^th	5611	68.6%
2016	42.19	2947^th	5614	47.5%
2017	36.46	3341^st	5692	41.3%
2018	35.02	3469^th	5662	38.7%
2019	39.14	3238^th	5789	44.1%
2022	37.16	3287^th	5883	44.1%
2023	28.38	4035^th	5874	31.3%
2024	32.27	3750^th	5862	36.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.16	1335^th	3246	58.9%
2022	69.99	484^th	3311	85.4%
2023	34.02	2241^st	3250	31.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	41.67	1165^th	2420	51.9%
2024	38.32	1410^th	2634	46.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.99	3618^th	5084	28.8%
2019	50.07	2400^th	5173	53.6%
2022	47.64	2420^th	5264	54.0%
2023	34.54	3526^th	5374	34.4%
2024	42.45	2948^th	5511	46.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.35	3060^th	5413	43.5%
2019	39.86	3115^th	5492	43.3%
2022	31.37	3624^th	5635	35.7%
2023	29.69	3800^th	5617	32.3%
2024	38.01	3194^th	5605	43.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	48.33	816^th	2128	61.7%
2019	42.93	1196^th	2585	53.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.25	3678^th	5431	32.3%
2019	38.03	3186^th	5510	42.2%
2022	42.65	2851^st	5663	49.7%
2023	28.38	3937^th	5650	30.3%
2024	28.19	3980^th	5636	29.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.31	3533^rd	4830	26.9%
2019	46.32	2525^th	4963	49.1%
2022	42.00	2747^th	5084	46.0%
2023	29.79	3725^th	5098	26.9%
2024	24.85	4115^th	5102	19.3%

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Rank History for White students at Indian Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.29	2367^th	2737	13.5%
2019	17.33	2459^th	2834	13.2%
2022	16.93	2342^nd	2726	14.1%
2023	11.30	2441^st	2662	8.3%
2024	16.28	2294^th	2647	13.3%

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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 Indian Creek Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	464	1	2	12	12	n/a	n/a	0	491
1989	506	1	4	10	10	n/a	n/a	0	531
1990	525	2	8	16	16	n/a	n/a	0	567
1991	574	2	9	23	18	n/a	n/a	0	626
1992	572	3	4	39	22	n/a	n/a	0	640
1993	553	4	4	37	22	n/a	n/a	0	620
1994	547	2	4	43	19	n/a	n/a	0	615
1995	571	0	0	52	25	n/a	n/a	0	648
1996	571	0	0	52	25	n/a	n/a	0	648
1997	540	0	5	57	20	n/a	n/a	0	622
1998	532	1	2	72	20	n/a	n/a	0	627
1999	492	4	4	64	23	n/a	n/a	0	587
2000	466	7	2	71	17	n/a	n/a	0	563
2001	476	5	4	67	12	n/a	n/a	0	564
2002	416	5	5	73	14	n/a	n/a	0	513
2003	416	5	5	73	14	n/a	n/a	0	513
2004	402	4	2	84	18	n/a	n/a	11	521
2005	364	4	3	92	14	n/a	n/a	25	502
2006	346	4	4	83	19	n/a	n/a	25	481
2007	326	8	3	126	21	n/a	n/a	24	508
2008	332	5	4	122	19	n/a	n/a	0	482
2009	296	4	1	125	16	1	42	0	485
2010	293	6	1	120	11	2	3	0	436
2011	422	8	6	200	16	1	16	0	669
2012	419	6	6	219	20	0	15	0	685
2013	389	6	4	223	19	1	25	0	667
2014	376	6	3	212	20	1	15	0	633
2015	353	3	3	216	18	1	16	0	610
2016	319	1	3	229	21	1	20	0	594
2017	340	6	4	207	21	0	21	0	599
2018	360	3	5	181	17	0	16	0	582
2019	358	3	2	166	11	1	18	0	559
2020	361	5	3	166	15	1	16	0	567
2021	315	5	4	156	14	1	12	0	507
2022	305	2	7	150	9	1	11	0	485
2023	288	0	8	146	9	1	14	0	466

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Indian Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	19.0	25.8	n/a
1989	531	23.0	23.0	n/a
1990	567	23.5	24.1	n/a
1991	626	25.8	24.2	n/a
1992	640	26.2	24.4	29.4
1993	620	26.0	23.8	36.8
1994	615	25.0	24.6	33.8
1995	648	26.0	24.9	34.1
1996	648	26.0	24.9	34.1
1997	622	26.0	23.9	30.1
1998	627	31.0	20.2	27.8
1999	587	30.0	19.6	30
2000	563	30.0	18.8	29.5
2001	564	28.0	20.1	25.7
2002	513	25.0	20.5	26.9
2003	513	25.0	20.5	26.9
2004	521	25.0	20.8	36.7
2005	502	25.5	19.7	36.7
2006	481	24.5	19.6	32.2
2007	508	26.0	19.5	32.4
2008	482	26.0	18.5	38.2
2009	485	23.0	20.2	35.3
2010	436	19.0	22.9	47.5
2011	669	n/a	n/a	53.2
2012	685	29.0	23.6	n/a
2013	667	26.1	25.5	56.5
2014	633	26.1	24.1	57.8
2015	610	26.0	23.4	59.8
2016	594	25.0	23.7	60.4
2017	599	25.0	23.9	61.8
2018	582	25.0	23.2	60
2019	559	24.0	23.2	59
2020	567	n/a	n/a	58
2021	507	23.0	22.0	46.7
2022	485	21.6	22.4	51.3
2023	466	22.0	21.1	50.4

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 Indian Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	19.0	25.8	n/a
1989	531	23.0	23.0	n/a
1990	567	23.5	24.1	n/a
1991	626	25.8	24.2	n/a
1992	640	26.2	24.4	29.4
1993	620	26.0	23.8	36.8
1994	615	25.0	24.6	33.8
1995	648	26.0	24.9	34.1
1996	648	26.0	24.9	34.1
1997	622	26.0	23.9	30.1
1998	627	31.0	20.2	27.8
1999	587	30.0	19.6	30
2000	563	30.0	18.8	29.5
2001	564	28.0	20.1	25.7
2002	513	25.0	20.5	26.9
2003	513	25.0	20.5	26.9
2004	521	25.0	20.8	36.7
2005	502	25.5	19.7	36.7
2006	481	24.5	19.6	32.2
2007	508	26.0	19.5	32.4
2008	482	26.0	18.5	38.2
2009	485	23.0	20.2	35.3
2010	436	19.0	22.9	47.5
2011	669	n/a	n/a	53.2
2012	685	29.0	23.6	n/a
2013	667	26.1	25.5	56.5
2014	633	26.1	24.1	57.8
2015	610	26.0	23.4	59.8
2016	594	25.0	23.7	60.4
2017	599	25.0	23.9	61.8
2018	582	25.0	23.2	60
2019	559	24.0	23.2	59
2020	567	n/a	n/a	58
2021	507	23.0	22.0	46.7
2022	485	21.6	22.4	51.3
2023	466	22.0	21.1	50.4

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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