Corona Creek Elementary

Corona Creek Elementary is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Petaluma, California, operated by Waugh Elementary, with 403 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in Waugh Elementary (787 students total), Corona Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Corona Creek Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Sonoma County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Corona Creek Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, Corona Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.9%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Corona Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kenilworth Junior High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Corona Creek Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 456 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Corona Creek Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.