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Santa Rosa, California - 12 schools
4,753
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Santa Rosa Elementary operates 12 public schools serving 4,753 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sonoma County.
a 433:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% White, 3.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hidden Valley Elementary, with a diversity index of 66.4/100.
Its largest campus is Cesar Chavez Language Academy, enrolling 773 students (16% of the district's total enrollment).
Cesar Chavez Language Academy accounts for 16.1% of all Santa Rosa Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Santa Rosa Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Santa Rosa Elementary school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Santa Rosa Elementary school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 773 students (highest), a spread of 499 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Santa Rosa Elementary student-counselor ratio is 433:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Santa Rosa Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 45.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Santa Rosa Elementary has 12 schools, including 12 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,753 students.
What is the demographic composition of Santa Rosa Elementary?
Santa Rosa Elementary students are 66.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% White, 3.2% Asian, 1.9% African American, averaged across 12 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.