Total enrollment
28,646
-3,410 (-11%) vs SY 2017-18
65 schools in Santa Rosa
California · Public K-12
Santa Rosa, California reports 65 public K-12 schools to NCES, totaling roughly 28,646 students (44 elementary, 7 middle, and 7 high).
7-year change in Santa Rosa
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
62
-2 (-3%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
28%
was 34%
% Hispanic
57%
was 53%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is a sizable California city in terms of public-school footprint, with 65 schools and 28,646 students total.
For a sense of the school types, the city comprises 44 elementary, 7 middle, 7 high, and 7 other.
Average school size in Santa Rosa is around 441 students, 24% meaningfully below the California average of about 578.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 11%: 32,056 students in SY 2017-18 versus 28,646 in SY 2024-25. Santa Rosa now counts 62 public schools, down from 64 in SY 2017-18. On the demographic side, White enrollment moved from 34% to 28% over the same window.
On this page, the community for Santa Rosa discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.