Dunham Elementary

Dunham Elementary operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in Petaluma, California, overseen by Dunham Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 9 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 98% below the state mean of about 465.

Dunham Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Dunham Elementary, a district that enrolls 175 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dunham Elementary shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 22% multiracial, 11% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Dunham Elementary shows 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate median household income runs about $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Dunham Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dunham Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dunham Elementary.

Dunham Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dunham Elementary's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 10 (now 9). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 30.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.