Dunham Elementary

Families in Petaluma, California, are served by Dunham Elementary, a very small elementary school. It teaches 9 students in kindergarten through 6. That is 98% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

Dunham Elementary operates as its own local education agency.

The largest group at Dunham Elementary is White students, at 67%. Enrollment also includes 22% multiracial and 11% Hispanic.

Dunham Elementary lists 0.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 30.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 7.7 students per teacher. About 33% of students at Dunham Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 18 points.

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, Dunham Elementary among them.

Dunham Charter is the nearest public school to Dunham Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The NCES locale for Dunham Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.

Over the 7 years from 2017-18 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%. Meanwhile, the Hispanic share shrank from 30% to 11% of enrollment. The school's ratio increased from 20.0:1 to 30.0:1 between 2017-18 and 2024-25.

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