Ponderosa 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 2016 – 2017 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2015
  • Educational Environment: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
3661 Ponderosa Rd.
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Phone
(530) 677-2281
District
EL DORADO UNION HIGH
County
EL DORADO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1794
Classroom Teachers
74

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.7% of CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 65 43
Proficiency in Reading 72 55
Proficiency in Math 58 31

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL 24.21
AVG FOR DISTRICT 23.18
AVG FOR STATE 23.37
AVG FOR NATION 16.50
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 483 26.9%
Grade 10 439 24.5%
Grade 11 436 24.3%
Grade 12 436 24.3%
Total 1794 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.3% 76.4% 25.0%
Black 0.4% 1.1% 5.9%
Hispanic 14.0% 15.4% 56.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.5% 5.9% 12.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 1.2% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 16.1% 17.6% 57.8%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 12.7% 14.4% 48.8%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 3.3% 3.1% 9.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 141,296 39,536,653
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 125.9 250
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 6.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.6% 35.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.5% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 19.5% 13.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 51,007 12,888,128
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 11.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.6% 82.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.2% 32.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.7% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.2% 12.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.1% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.0% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 12.6%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 10.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,134 $40,938,316 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $875 $5,839,750 7.4%
Staff $384 $2,562,816 3.2%
General Administration $118 $787,532 1.0%
School Administration $782 $5,219,068 6.6%
Operation $1,366 $9,116,684 11.5%
Transportation $416 $2,776,384 3.5%
Other $533 $3,557,242 4.5%
Total Support $4,475 $29,866,150 37.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,262 $8,422,588 10.6%
Total Expenditures $11,871 $79,227,054 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,754 $42,072,563,139 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $660 $4,109,759,938 4.9%
Staff $678 $4,223,588,529 5.0%
General Administration $131 $816,243,878 1.0%
School Administration $745 $4,643,247,838 5.5%
Operation $1,069 $6,656,800,206 7.9%
Transportation $248 $1,545,160,414 1.8%
Other $590 $3,675,538,573 4.4%
Total Support $4,121 $25,669,582,774 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,646 $16,479,764,511 19.6%
Total Expenditures $13,521 $84,221,660,396 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,187 $370,071,182,734 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $32,552,249,701 4.6%
Staff $522 $26,871,170,551 3.8%
General Administration $218 $11,205,514,316 1.6%
School Administration $643 $33,118,729,386 4.7%
Operation $1,057 $54,423,429,117 7.7%
Transportation $497 $25,596,058,378 3.6%
Other $416 $21,407,079,047 3.0%
Total Support $3,984 $205,172,626,109 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,638 $135,865,864,952 19.1%
Total Expenditures $13,810 $711,111,010,069 100.0%

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