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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUGH ELEMENTARY·NCES 064179007457
Corona Creek Elementary
1851 Hartman Ln., Petaluma, CA 94954 · (707) 765-3331 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
58 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.0pp since 2014
Math
60.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 11 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 | 28.7% | 33.3% | 26.2% | 11.8% |
| Math | 27.9% | 32.5% | 27.4% | 12.2% |
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 | 62.0% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 62.2% |
| 2022-23 | 71.7% | 62.1% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 58.1% |
| 2020-21 | 66.5% | 40.9% |
| 2018-19 | 65.5% | 59.4% |
| 2017-18 | 68.8% | 63.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.2% | 62.4% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Corona Creek Elementary
Corona Creek Elementary's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corona Creek Elementary this school | 403 | 14.4% | 62.2% |
| Meadow Elementary Petaluma | 384 | 13.3% | 74.7% |
| Skyline Elementary Solana Beach | 410 | 17.8% | 77.7% |
| BRIDGES Charter Thousand Oaks | 420 | 19.0% | N/A |
| Carmel River Elementary Carmel | 400 | 14.8% | 79.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary Santa Barbara | 351 | 16.8% | 79.8% |
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 Corona Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #1,013 of 5,151 | #11 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,051 of 5,172 ▼ 123 | #11 of 79 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,203 of 5,172 ▼ 224 | #16 of 79 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,478 of 5,116 | #24 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #3,664 of 5,915 | #30 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,177 of 5,352 | #41 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #2,449 of 5,354 | #38 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #5,340 of 5,625 | #88 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,491 of 3,837 | #26 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
403
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 403 | 18.3 | 22.0:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 19.3 | 21.6:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 18.3 | 21.6:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 19.9 | 22.9:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | N/A | N/A | 13% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 13% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corona Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (456 to 403); teachers down 8% (19.9 to 18.3).
About Corona Creek Elementary
Corona Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Petaluma, California. It has an enrollment of 403 students in kindergarten through 6.
Corona Creek Elementary is among 2 schools run by Waugh Elementary, which serves 787 students.
At Corona Creek Elementary, 63% of students are White. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put Sonoma County at about 62% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Corona Creek Elementary scores 54%.
Staffing at Corona Creek Elementary comes to 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. On the income side, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Sonoma County report 51%.
Among California public elementary schools, Corona Creek Elementary outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Corona Creek Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.2% and a predicted 71.1%.
In the surrounding county, Sonoma County, the median household earns about $104,674 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Sonoma County has 184 public schools with about 63,389 students, including Corona Creek Elementary.
Corona Creek Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Kenilworth Junior High, its nearest public school. Corona Creek Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Corona Creek Elementary's average proficiency of 62.2% compares with 49.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Corona Creek Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 420 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 403 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Corona Creek Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Petaluma
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Kenilworth Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Heartwood CharterCombined · 739 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Kenilworth Junior High0.4 mi · 812
- Meadow Elementary0.7 mi · 384
- Sonoma Mountain Elementary1.2 mi · 422
- Cinnabar Charter1.4 mi · 156
- Cinnabar Elementary1.4 mi · 20
- Loma Vista Immersion Academy1.8 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Corona Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Corona Creek Elementary?
Corona Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Corona Creek Elementary serve?
Corona Creek Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Corona Creek Elementary?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at Corona Creek Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Corona Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Corona Creek Elementary are roughly 63% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Corona Creek Elementary in?
Corona Creek Elementary is part of Waugh Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.