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Santa Rosa, California - 12 schools
10,179
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Santa Rosa High operates 12 public schools serving 10,179 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 high, 4 middle, 1 elementary, 1 combined 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 262.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 41.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.9% Hispanic or Latino, 28.1% White, 6.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maria Carrillo High, with a diversity index of 64.3/100.
Its largest campus is Maria Carrillo High, enrolling 1,584 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Learning House, at 25 students, a 63x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Maria Carrillo High accounts for 15.6% of all Santa Rosa High student enrollment
That concentration means Santa Rosa High-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 High school enrollment varies 63× across entities
Santa Rosa High school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 1,584 students (highest), a spread of 1,559 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Santa Rosa High student-counselor ratio is 262:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Santa Rosa High is typically wider than the Santa Rosa High-aggregate figure suggests.
Santa Rosa High chronic absenteeism rate is 41.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Santa Rosa High has 12 schools, including 6 high, 4 middle, 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 10,179 students.
What is the demographic composition of Santa Rosa High?
Santa Rosa High students are 56.9% Hispanic or Latino, 28.1% White, 6.3% Asian, 1.8% African American, averaged across 12 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.