How does Rolling Hills Middle compare to other middle schools in El Dorado Hills?

Rolling Hills Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 64.7/100, placing it at the 93rd percentile statewide. 44% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,488 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Rolling Hills Middle?

43.6% of students at Rolling Hills Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 74.9% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Rolling Hills Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Rolling Hills Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 2.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Rolling Hills Middle?

7.5% of students at Rolling Hills Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Rolling Hills Middle

Middle School

Buckeye Union Elementary El Dorado HillsEl Dorado County95762

📍 7141 Silva Valley Parkway

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Solid Base

A solid, reliable choice — most students meet proficiency standards consistently.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

814 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

13%

Teachers

40 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+12.3 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+10.1 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

35.7%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 14 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic15.0%

White56.0%

Asian16.3%

Black0.9%

Other11.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Rolling Hills Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	43.6%
Met Standard	31.3%
Below Standard	25.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "75% proficient" for Rolling Hills Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

43.6% of students exceeded standard while 31.3% met it. That exceeded rate is 26.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Buckeye Union Elementary district average of 42.7%. Compared to the 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 18.3 points higher (vs 25.3% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 2.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 35.7% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

43.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

74.9%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-2.7pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

7.5%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.0%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,488

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	233	43.8%	35.2%	14.6%	6.4%	79.0%
7th	230	41.3%	36.1%	13.0%	9.6%	77.4%
8th	280	36.1%	41.8%	15.0%	7.1%	77.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	234	50.4%	23.9%	19.7%	6.0%	74.4%
7th	231	44.6%	26.4%	17.8%	11.3%	71.0%
8th	280	45.4%	24.6%	18.9%	11.1%	70.0%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Silva Valley Elementary

67.592nd pctile

Oak Meadow Elementary

65.089th pctile

Also serves area

William Brooks Elementary

62.987th pctile

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Middle

Rolling Hills Middle

64.793rd pctile

This school

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High School

Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersi…Charter

85.299th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.