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Placer County
Placer County has 16 school districts, 16 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $6.3 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $1.8 million.
Every agency's KIT money
The California Department of Education (CDE) gave the 2022 round by formula to agencies that sponsor the federal school meal programs. The 2025 round was a competitive grant. Hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowed use of the 2026 money.
$6.3 million
2022 allocations
$1.8 million
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman Charter | School district | $163,775 | None listed | Priority |
| Alta-Dutch Flat Union Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Auburn Union Elementary | School district | $190,138 | $53,040 | |
| Colfax Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Dry Creek Joint Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Eureka Union | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Foresthill Union Elementary | School district | $159,774 | $18,158 | |
| Loomis Union Elementary | School district | $194,860 | None listed | Priority |
| Newcastle Elementary | School district | $124,405 | None listed | Priority |
| Placer Hills Union Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Placer Union High | School district | $611,624 | $96,296 | |
| Rocklin Unified | School district | $998,555 | $413,389 | |
| Roseville City | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Roseville Joint Union High | School district | $2,379,926 | $586,934 | |
| Tahoe-Truckee Unified | School district | $535,615 | $161,067 | |
| Western Placer Unified | School district | $580,020 | $359,241 | |
| Bowman Charter Part of Ackerman Charter, an all-charter district. CDE lists its KIT money under the district. | Charter school | With the district | With the district | |
| Creekside Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Horizon Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| John Adams Academy - Lincoln | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| John Adams Academy - Roseville | Charter school | $140,155 | None listed | Priority |
| Loomis Basin Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Maidu Virtual Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Maria Montessori Charter Academy | Charter school | $110,844 | None listed | Priority |
| New Pacific Charter - Roseville | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Newcastle Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Placer County Pathways Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocklin Academy | Charter school | $100,000 | $58,825 | |
| Rocklin Academy Gateway | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Sierra Expeditionary Learning | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Western Sierra Collegiate Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Placer County Office of Education | County office of education | None listed | None listed |
2022 amounts as of March 29, 2024; 2025 amounts as of March 11, 2026.
Priority: on CDE's 2022 allocations and not on its 2025 grant list. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives these agencies first priority in 2026.
A charter school that reorganized since a round may be listed under an older charter number.
Also in CDE's KIT files, but matching no school district, county office or charter school in CDE's directory today: agencies that serve school meals, or schools and districts that closed or changed numbers.
- John Adams Academy: $78,800 in 2025
Gardens in Placer County
Of the 16 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 2 and of garden-based education in 2.
From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.
School garden data
The statewide findings, the method and the validation form.
Fix your district's data
Tell Ten Strands what your district has, so the next analysis counts it.
Ten Strands' district dataset
The Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California's TK-12 Schools: some ninety indicators for every district, free to download.
Coalition members near Placer County
Member organizations in the Sierra Nevada region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
In the Sierra Nevada region
No member organizations are listed in the Sierra Nevada region yet.
Statewide
Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.