Albert F. Biella Elementary

Albert F. Biella Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, part of Santa Rosa Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Within Santa Rosa Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 4,800 students, Albert F. Biella Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Albert F. Biella Elementary logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 14% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Albert F. Biella Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Albert F. Biella Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: James Monroe Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Albert F. Biella Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 19.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albert F. Biella Elementary has ticked down 23%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 80% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.