Dunbar Elementary

Located at 11700 Dunbar Rd., in Glen Ellen, California, Dunbar Elementary is a moderately sized K-12 campus that teaches students from the surrounding community (grade M), run under Sonoma Valley Unified.

Across the 8 schools in Sonoma Valley Unified (3,015 students total), Dunbar Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the income-and-resources front, Class-load math at Dunbar Elementary comes out to about 18.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) records that median household income runs about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Dunbar Elementary is one.

Woodland Star Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 5 years. Over the past 5-year window, the student count fell 45%: 213 students in 2018 compared to 117 in 2023. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 85% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.