Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95672

Summary:

The 95672 zip code area is home to 3 schools - 2 elementary schools (Rescue Elementary and Green Valley Elementary) and 1 middle school (Pleasant Grove Middle). These schools are part of the Rescue Union Elementary District, which is ranked in the top 10% of districts in California.

Rescue Elementary stands out as the top performer, consistently scoring high on state assessments with 64.26% proficiency in ELA and 69.66% in Math. It ranks in the top 18% of California elementary schools and has received a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, Green Valley Elementary has lower proficiency rates but still performs reasonably well. Pleasant Grove Middle also performs above average, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools.

While the schools in the 95672 zip code area generally perform well, there are opportunities for improvement. Addressing chronic absenteeism, which ranges from 11.6% to 14.8%, could help further boost academic outcomes. Additionally, investigating the factors contributing to the performance gap between the highest and lowest-performing schools may lead to strategies to support the lower-performing school and narrow the achievement gap.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	Total
Green Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	2380 Bass Lake Rd.	Rescue	95672	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 677-3686	344	16	21.5	42.2%	206 (59.9%)	1 (0.3%)	98 (28.5%)	7 (2.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.1%)	70.8	1557^th of 5862 public elementary schools	73.4%		66.7	1729^th of 5874 public elementary schools	70.6%	172	37.0		37.0	56.4	57.8	65.2				59.6	57.1	52.3	37.0				49.3	$10,581
Rescue Elementary	Public	K-5	3880 Green Valley Rd.	Rescue	95672	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 677-2720	502	21	23.9	21.1%	415 (82.7%)	6 (1.2%)	61 (12.2%)	12 (2.4%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	82.1	1063^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	81.9%		87.9	825^th of 5874 public elementary schools	86.0%	238	42.5		42.5	79.7	62.5	52.8				64.3	93.2	66.7	52.3				69.7	$9,596
Pleasant Grove Middle	Public	6-8	2540 Green Valley Rd.	Rescue	95672	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 672-4400	465	26	17.7	23.2%	322 (69.2%)	4 (0.9%)	97 (20.9%)	13 (2.8%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.5%)	69.9	686^th of 2777 public middle schools	75.3%		79.8	489^th of 2802 public middle schools	82.5%	197		32.2	32.2				54.7	73.7	53.2	60.8				47.9	39.2	31.0	39.3	$10,953

Cities Near Zip Code 95672

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rescue	1.51 mi	3	157^th
Shingle Springs	4.01 mi	6	99^th
Cameron Park	4.31 mi	3	108^th
Placerville	4.8 mi	17	374^th
El Dorado Hills	4.95 mi	17	123^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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