Summary:
Placer Hills Union Elementary has one listed elementary school, Sierra Hills Elementary, serving grades K–3 and enrolling 367 students. Because the list includes just one school, it cannot show how schools compare with local peers. In 2025–2026, Sierra Hills’ all-grades proficiency was above the state rate in both subjects: 55% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 56% in math versus 38%. Its strongest comparative result is math, where it was 18 points above the state.
Sierra Hills Elementary is the only school-level standout in the list, so there is no local top or bottom school to compare. It was also above district rates in 2025–2026: by 2 points in ELA (55% versus 53%) and 9 points in math (56% versus 48%). For grade 3, its rates were 11 points above the state in ELA and 9 points above in math; they matched the district’s reported grade 3 rates. SchoolDigger ranks the district—not the individual school—262nd of 968, in the 73rd percentile, and gives it 4 stars.
Scores declined from the prior year, even as state results were flat or rose slightly. Sierra Hills’ all-grades ELA rate fell 5 points, from 60% to 55%, and math fell 8 points, from 64% to 56%; the state’s math rate rose 1 point, while its ELA rate was essentially unchanged. The school-state gaps narrowed from 11 to 6 points in ELA and from 27 to 18 in math, so the school remained ahead but moved closer to state rates. Attendance is a favorable comparison: 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 12%, versus 13% districtwide and 18% statewide. Other context includes a 21.5 student–teacher ratio and, in 2024–2025, 31% free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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