Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINCON VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063264008646
Austin Creek Elementary
1480 Snowy Egret Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409 · (707) 538-2122 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
60 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 83 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 108% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
77.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2014
Math
77.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.2% | 28.4% | 11.5% | 10.9% |
| Math | 51.9% | 25.4% | 12.4% | 10.3% |
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 | 77.6% | 77.3% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 81.5% | 79.3% |
| 2021-22 | 85.4% | 80.0% |
| 2018-19 | 83.3% | 85.0% |
| 2017-18 | 79.2% | 79.2% |
| 2016-17 | 82.7% | 82.3% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Austin Creek Elementary
Austin Creek Elementary's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Creek Elementary this school | 366 | 16.4% | 78.0% |
| Brittan Acres Elementary San Carlos | 411 | 11.9% | 80.7% |
| Mira Catalina Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 366 | 13.9% | 77.6% |
| Valley View Elementary Rocklin | 414 | 15.2% | 77.7% |
| Oak Meadow Elementary El Dorado Hills | 412 | 15.5% | 70.9% |
| Tulita Elementary Redondo Beach | 443 | 15.8% | 79.2% |
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 Austin Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #307 of 5,151 | #2 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #330 of 5,172 ▼ 60 | #3 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #375 of 5,172 ▼ 182 | #4 of 79 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #533 of 5,116 | #12 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #4,111 of 5,915 | #44 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,449 of 5,352 | #28 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #1,082 of 5,354 | #6 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #5,269 of 5,625 | #86 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,313 of 3,837 | #24 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
366
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 366 | 17.5 | 20.9:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 15.5 | 23.0:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 15.5 | 21.7:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 15 | 22.8:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 17.5 | 24.0:1 | 22% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | N/A | N/A | 9% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | 3% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (420 to 366); teachers unchanged (17.5 to 17.5).
About Austin Creek Elementary
Austin Creek Elementary is one of the public schools in Santa Rosa, California. It is a small elementary school. It enrolled 366 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Within Rincon Valley Union Elementary, Austin Creek Elementary is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 3,079 students.
White students account for 51% of enrollment at Austin Creek Elementary. Other students are 19% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. That is lower than the 62% White share among all Sonoma County residents. Austin Creek Elementary has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 17.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
Austin Creek Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Austin Creek Elementary's results are 8.1 points above predicted: 78.0% against 69.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sonoma County, median household income is about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Sonoma County number 184 and enroll about 63,389.
Sequoia Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Austin Creek Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Austin Creek Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 342 in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a gain of 24 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.9:1) than in 2020-21 (22.8:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Village Elementary CharterElementary · 384 students
- Spring Lake CharterElementary · 383 students
- Manzanita Elementary CharterElementary · 369 students
- Madrone ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Binkley Elementary CharterElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- 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
- Sequoia Elementary0.9 mi · 414
- Whited Elementary Charter1.3 mi · 327
- Binkley Elementary Charter1.5 mi · 351
- Maria Carrillo High1.6 mi · 1,584
- Madrone Elementary2.0 mi · 363
- Spring Lake Charter2.1 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Austin Creek Elementary?
Austin Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Austin Creek Elementary serve?
Austin Creek Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Austin Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Austin Creek Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Austin Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Austin Creek Elementary are roughly 51% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Austin Creek Elementary in?
Austin Creek Elementary is part of Rincon Valley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.