Schools · Penryn

Penryn, CA schools

Penryn’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 72% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Penryn Elementary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Penryn’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Penryn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 84% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresAGraduation

California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 84%

Lower resultsHigher results

California towns with similar household incomes (434)Better than 85%

High confidence. Built on 890 tested students and a graduating class of 909; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Penryn kids go to school

Grades K–8

Penryn Elementary 250 students · Penryn Loomis Union Elementary School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–8, Loomis Union Elementary)24.5%

State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)

Reading (Placer Union High)72%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades K–8, Loomis Union Elementary)24.5%

State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)

Math (Placer Union High)39%

State average 33.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate

96%

CA: 87.6%

Graduating class

909

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Penryn

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Loomis Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 7 schools · 2,826 students

$12,707 per studentCA $21,206 🏫

Placer Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 3,803 students

$18,096 per studentCA $21,206A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Penryn

There’s no college in Penryn, but 15 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Sierra College in Rocklin, 4.6 miles away.

Sierra CollegeCommunity college · Public · Rocklin4.6 mi10,681 students William Jessup UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Rocklin6.9 mi1,181 students Folsom Lake CollegeCommunity college · Public · Folsom13.1 mi4,187 students

MTI CollegeCareer school · For-profit · North Highlands15.9 mi571 students

American River CollegeCommunity college · Public · North Highlands16.7 mi16,940 students

Epic Bible College & Graduate SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Sacramento17.5 mi70 students

Chamberlain University-CaliforniaUniversity or college · For-profit · Rancho Cordova18.4 mi654 students

San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho CordovaCareer school · For-profit · Rancho Cordova18.5 mi226 students

Sacramento Ultrasound InstituteCareer school · For-profit · Sacramento22.2 mi104 students

Asher CollegeCareer school · For-profit · Arden-Arcade22.4 mi589 students

5 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Penryn. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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