Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063581009635
Albert F. Biella Elementary
2140 Jennings Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 · (707) 890-3906 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
247 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 140% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
23.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.8% | 16.9% | 31.4% | 44.9% |
| Math | 4.9% | 18.9% | 32.8% | 43.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 16.3% |
| 2022-23 | 22.1% | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 11.8% |
| 2018-19 | 32.0% | 28.2% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Albert F. Biella Elementary
Albert F. Biella Elementary's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert F. Biella Elementary this school | 274 | 90.1% | 22.6% |
| Cabazon Elementary Cabazon | 268 | 92.5% | 28.9% |
| Salida Elementary Salida | 273 | 92.7% | 27.7% |
| Gault Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 298 | 87.9% | 38.1% |
| Newcastle Elementary Reseda | 299 | 90.6% | 44.5% |
| Washington Elementary Visalia | 294 | 89.5% | 19.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Albert F. Biella Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #4,322 of 5,151 | #69 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #3,908 of 5,172 ▲ 654 | #57 of 79 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #4,592 of 5,172 ▼ 417 | #67 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #1,067 of 5,116 | #13 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,970 of 5,915 | #69 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #328 of 5,352 | #6 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #3,424 of 5,354 | #56 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,090 of 5,625 | #4 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #1,111 of 3,837 | #16 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
274
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 26.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 90% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 13 | 18.0:1 | 81% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 12.2 | 17.6:1 | 72% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 11 | 26.1:1 | 72% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 16.5 | 21.5:1 | 67% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 20 | 20.7:1 | 70% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 67% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 21% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 20 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Albert F. Biella Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (355 to 274); teachers down 9% (16.5 to 15).
About Albert F. Biella Elementary
Albert F. Biella Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Rosa, California. The school has 274 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Santa Rosa Elementary enrolls 4,800 students, and its 12 schools include Albert F. Biella Elementary.
At Albert F. Biella Elementary, 76% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 14% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Sonoma County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
There are 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at Albert F. Biella Elementary, giving a ratio of 18.3:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. A total of 247 students, or 90%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
Albert F. Biella Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools.
Albert F. Biella Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.6% and a predicted 26.7%.
In the wider Sonoma County area, median household income comes to about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sonoma County's 184 public schools enroll about 63,389 students and include Albert F. Biella Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, James Monroe Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Albert F. Biella Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Albert F. Biella Elementary is ahead of the 18.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Albert F. Biella Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 274, from 287 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.1 to 18.3 over 4 years.
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Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
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- Santa Rosa Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 384 students
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- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- James Monroe Elementary0.5 mi · 315
- Hilliard Comstock Middle0.6 mi · 423
- Helen M. Lehman Elementary0.7 mi · 373
- Piner High1.0 mi · 1,434
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary1.2 mi · 305
- J. X. Wilson Elementary1.2 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Albert F. Biella ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Albert F. Biella Elementary?
Albert F. Biella Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Albert F. Biella Elementary serve?
Albert F. Biella Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Albert F. Biella Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Albert F. Biella Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Albert F. Biella Elementary?
At Albert F. Biella Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Albert F. Biella Elementary public or private?
Albert F. Biella Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Rosa Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.