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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINDSOR UNIFIED·NCES 060003409465
Brooks Elementary
750 Natalie Dr., Windsor, CA 95492 · (707) 837-7717 · Sonoma County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
248 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 142 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 171 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 180 | 37% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Windsor Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
22.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.5% | 19.7% | 22.2% | 46.5% |
| Math | 5.0% | 17.3% | 27.3% | 50.4% |
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 | 31.2% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 27.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 24.9% |
| 2021-22 | 35.9% | 25.4% |
| 2018-19 | 40.8% | 33.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.3% | 29.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.3% | 28.3% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Brooks Elementary
Brooks Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Elementary this school | 493 | 50.3% | 28.6% |
| Truckee Elementary Truckee | 515 | 49.3% | 43.4% |
| Rosedale-North Elementary Bakersfield | 537 | 49.7% | 44.3% |
| Mattie Washburn Elementary Santa Rosa | 535 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Richard Henry Dana Elementary Dana Point | 461 | 46.2% | 52.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Carlsbad | 471 | 54.4% | 50.2% |
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 Brooks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,681 of 5,151 | #54 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,072 of 5,172 ▼ 753 | #59 of 79 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,851 of 5,172 ▼ 417 | #59 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #748 of 5,116 | #13 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #2,520 of 5,915 | #11 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,089 of 5,352 | #38 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #2,018 of 5,354 | #27 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #3,896 of 5,625 | #41 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #561 of 1,139 | #18 of 22 |
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
493
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 493 | 22.6 | 21.9:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 21.1 | 22.3:1 | 52% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 20.1 | 22.6:1 | 55% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 52% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 39% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 18 | 25.5:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 36% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 20% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (454 to 493); teachers up 25% (18 to 22.6).
About Brooks Elementary
Brooks Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Windsor, California. Its enrollment is 493 students, spread over grades 3 through 5.
Windsor Unified operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,669 students.
At Brooks Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 50%. The remaining students are 41% White and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Sonoma County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Brooks Elementary comes to 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.9:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Brooks Elementary counts 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Sonoma County is close, at 51%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Brooks Elementary posts 28.6% against a 50.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
For Sonoma County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $104,674, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 184 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,389, Brooks Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Windsor Middle, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Brooks Elementary ranks 4th of 4 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Brooks Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 7%. The school's ratio dropped from 23.1:1 to 21.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Windsor Unified
- Windsor HighHigh · 1,700 students
- Cali Calmecac Language AcademyElementary · 1,075 students
- Windsor MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Mattie Washburn ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Sonoma County Virtual AcademyHigh · 63 students
- Big Picture Learning WindsorHigh · 34 students
Other schools in Windsor
- Windsor HighHigh · 1,700 students
- Cali Calmecac Language AcademyElementary · 1,075 students
- Windsor MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Sonoma County Virtual AcademyHigh · 63 students
- Big Picture Learning WindsorHigh · 34 students
- Windsor Oaks AcademyHigh · 33 students
Other Brooks Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brooks Elementary. Brooks Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Brooks Elementary SchoolKillen, AL · 874 students
- Brooks ElementaryNewnan, GA · 835 students
- Brooks ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 471 students
- Brooks Elementary SchoolBrooks, KY · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Windsor Middle0.3 mi · 736
- Cali Calmecac Language Academy0.9 mi · 1,075
- Windsor High1.1 mi · 1,700
- Big Picture Learning Windsor1.2 mi · 34
- Windsor Oaks Academy1.2 mi · 33
- Sonoma County Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Brooks ElementaryHow large is Brooks Elementary?
Brooks Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Brooks Elementary serve?
Brooks Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Brooks Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Brooks Elementary.
How diverse is Brooks Elementary?
Brooks Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 50% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Brooks Elementary in?
Brooks Elementary is part of Windsor Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.