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Placer High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
275 Orange St.
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone
(530) 885-4581
District
Placer Union High
County
PLACER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1310
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.7% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Placer High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
53%
41%
73%
55%
32%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 297 22.7%
Grade 10 357 27.3%
Grade 11 314 24.0%
Grade 12 342 26.1%
Total 1310 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 66.2% 76.7% 23.2%
Black 1.1% 0.8% 5.1%
Hispanic 28.5% 19.2% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.9% 2.3% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.5% 22.6% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 28.7% 21.2% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.8% 1.4% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 92,280 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 108.7 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.1% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 25.0% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 36,807 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.8% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.6% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 31.0% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.7% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.3% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.6% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,692 $26,847,000 28.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $852 $3,417,000 3.6%
Staff $569 $2,283,000 2.4%
General Administration $322 $1,293,000 1.4%
School Administration $1,086 $4,359,000 4.6%
Operation $1,450 $5,816,000 6.2%
Transportation $304 $1,218,000 1.3%
Other $537 $2,156,000 2.3%
Total Support $5,120 $20,542,000 21.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $11,681 $46,864,000 49.7%
Total Expenditures $23,493 $94,253,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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