The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Catheryn Gates Elementary
Catheryn Gates Elementary sits on Trehowell Drive in Roseville, a mid-sized Placer County city that has grown well beyond its origins as a Sacramento bedroom community. Publicly reported sources note that healthcare anchors like Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Roseville Medical Center are among the area's largest private employers, joined by a Hewlett Packard Enterprise campus, the City of Roseville itself, and Union Pacific Railroad. The local economy spans healthcare, technology, education, and retail, which shapes the resident population feeding into the school.
The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public elementary within Roseville City Elementary district. Enrollment is in the mid-hundreds, a size that is typical for a K-5 campus in a growing suburban district. A substantial share of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school in a different economic band than what the surrounding Roseville housing market might suggest at first glance. Home values in the zip code sit well above the national median, and rents have been climbing, yet the school's student population carries a notably high rate of economic need. Families considering the school should weigh that distinction. Race and ethnicity data show a majority-white enrollment, with Hispanic students making up roughly a quarter of the school, Asian students around one in seven, and multiracial students a meaningful share as well.
On the California CAASPP assessments, which are the state's standardized tests in English language arts, math, and science, Catheryn Gates's results for the most recent year sit below the midpoint relative to districts in Placer County. In English language arts, proficiency rates rise across the tested grades, with fifth graders performing noticeably better than third graders. Math tells a similar story in reverse, with proficiency rates declining modestly from third to fifth grade. Science, tested only at fifth grade through the California Science Test, comes in somewhat lower than ELA at the same grade level. Taken together across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency profile places it in the lower half of the Placer County district comparison set. Because only one year of data is available in the current dataset, trend direction cannot be assessed, and a parent may want to ask the school directly about how performance has moved over recent years.
Data on chronic absenteeism and IEP and English learner populations were not available in the dataset, so those dimensions of the school's student support picture cannot be described here. No program offerings were listed in the data either, so information on enrichment, intervention, or extracurricular access was not available to report.
The district context matters for any family enrolling now. Roseville City Elementary is managing rapid enrollment growth across the city, and that is reshaping school assignments in ways that could affect families at Catheryn Gates indirectly. A new elementary school, Winding Creek, is publicly reported to be opening in west Roseville in fall 2026, with mandatory boundary assignments for students in its zone. The district is also running a boundary adjustment process whose effects are expected to take hold in the 2027-28 school year. Families new to the area should confirm current attendance boundaries directly with the district before assuming a given address feeds to a given school.
Roseville's housing market is priced well above the national norm, though it remains meaningfully below the California statewide median. Rents have been rising on a year-over-year basis. For families weighing whether to buy or rent in the Trehowell Drive attendance area, the gap between carrying a mortgage and renting in this zip code is a real consideration, given that mortgage costs run higher than rental costs by a notable margin at current rates.
Graduation rate is not applicable here; the school ends at fifth grade. For families thinking about the path beyond elementary school, they will want to explore Roseville City Elementary's middle school configuration, which has its own enrollment pressures, including the closure of Chilton Middle to new students as of early 2026.
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