Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN HILLS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064023006652
Apple Blossom
700 Watertrough Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 · (707) 823-1041 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
82 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Apple Blossom→Twin Hills Charter Middle
Based on grade levels within Twin Hills Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
44.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.5% | 21.8% | 32.6% | 19.1% |
| Math | 15.0% | 29.3% | 37.4% | 18.4% |
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 | 48.3% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 53.4% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 50.3% | 36.0% |
| 2018-19 | 58.5% | 42.0% |
| 2017-18 | 62.9% | 48.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.2% | 37.3% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Apple Blossom
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Blossom this school | 305 | 26.9% | 45.3% |
| Meyers Elementary South Lake Tahoe | 334 | 27.2% | 68.9% |
| Golden Valley River Orangevale | 297 | 24.9% | N/A |
| McNear Elementary Petaluma | 343 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
| Live Oak Charter Petaluma | 271 | 26.6% | N/A |
| Golden Valley Orchard Orangevale | 292 | 31.5% | N/A |
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 Apple Blossom ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #2,042 of 5,151 | #31 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,981 of 5,172 ▲ 41 | #29 of 79 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #2,169 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #33 of 79 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,258 of 5,116 | #30 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #4,723 of 5,915 | #58 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,037 of 5,352 | #37 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #3,422 of 5,354 | #55 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #4,895 of 5,625 | #74 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #872 of 3,837 | #11 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
305
-50 (-14%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 305 | 14 | 21.8:1 | 27% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 28% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 14.6 | 20.3:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 17 | 20.9:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | N/A | N/A | 25% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 15% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 22 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apple Blossom.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (409 to 305); teachers down 26% (19 to 14).
About Apple Blossom
Apple Blossom is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Sebastopol, California. The student body numbers 305 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 34% smaller than that.
The 4 schools of Twin Hills Union Elementary, including Apple Blossom, enroll 992 students.
A majority of students at Apple Blossom, 75%, are White. Next come 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 62% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Apple Blossom belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Teacher staffing is 14 full-time equivalents, or about 21.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. About 27% of students, or 82, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sonoma County is 51%.
Apple Blossom is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in California with Apple Blossom's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 63.8%. Apple Blossom scores 45.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sonoma County, median household income is about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Apple Blossom is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County, which together enroll about 63,389 students.
Orchard View is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Apple Blossom is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 355 in 2020-21 and 305 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Twin Hills Union Elementary
- Sunridge CharterElementary · 256 students
- Orchard ViewCombined · 224 students
- Twin Hills Charter MiddleMiddle · 207 students
Other schools in Sebastopol
- Analy HighHigh · 1,473 students
- Gravenstein ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Hillcrest MiddleMiddle · 297 students
- Sebastopol Independent CharterElementary · 286 students
- Park Side ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Sunridge CharterElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard View0.0 mi · 224
- Twin Hills Charter Middle1.1 mi · 207
- Brook Haven Middle1.2 mi · 212
- Park Side Elementary1.5 mi · 268
- Sunridge Charter1.6 mi · 256
- Sebastopol Independent Charter1.8 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Apple BlossomHow large is Apple Blossom?
Apple Blossom enrolls approximately 305 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Apple Blossom serve?
Apple Blossom serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apple Blossom?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apple Blossom is approximately 21.8:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Apple Blossom?
At Apple Blossom, the student body is approximately 75% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Apple Blossom in?
Apple Blossom is part of Twin Hills Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.