Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SONOMA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063720006300
El Verano Elementary
18606 Riverside Dr., Sonoma, CA 95476 · (707) 935-6050 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
150 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
CA avg 47.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
21.8%
CA avg 35.6% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
314
-78 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 24.5:1
% White
15%
was 18%
% Hispanic
82%
was 79%
% Black
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About El Verano Elementary
El Verano Elementary is one of the cozy elementary schools in Sonoma, California, part of Sonoma Valley Unified, with 314 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so El Verano Elementary sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.
Sonoma Valley Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,015 students; El Verano Elementary is among them.
In terms of who attends, El Verano Elementary records that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 15% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at El Verano Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), El Verano Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; El Verano Elementary posts 24.5%, -26.6 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Verano Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).
Altimira Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts El Verano Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.3%.
El Verano Elementary operates from a town-center location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for El Verano Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. 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 Sonoma Valley Unified
- Sonoma Valley HighHigh · 1,071 students
- Flowery ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Adele Harrison MiddleMiddle · 334 students
- Altimira MiddleMiddle · 324 students
- Sassarini ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Prestwood ElementaryElementary · 275 students
Other schools in Sonoma
- Sonoma Valley HighHigh · 1,071 students
- Flowery ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Adele Harrison MiddleMiddle · 334 students
- Altimira MiddleMiddle · 324 students
- Sassarini ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Prestwood ElementaryElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Altimira Middle0.8 mi · 324
- Flowery Elementary0.9 mi · 368
- Sonoma Charter1.1 mi · 226
- Sassarini Elementary1.5 mi · 281
- Sonoma Valley High2.2 mi · 1,071
- Adele Harrison Middle2.3 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About El Verano ElementaryHow many students attend El Verano Elementary?
El Verano Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does El Verano Elementary serve?
El Verano Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at El Verano Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at El Verano Elementary is approximately 24.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Verano Elementary?
At El Verano Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 82% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees El Verano Elementary?
El Verano Elementary is overseen by Sonoma Valley Unified in Sonoma County.
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