Guerneville Elementary (Charter)

Guerneville Elementary (Charter), a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Guerneville, California, operated by Guerneville Elementary, works with 171 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Guerneville Elementary (Charter) is one of 2 schools operated by Guerneville Elementary, a district that instructs 183 students overall.

Demographically, Guerneville Elementary (Charter) reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sonoma County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Guerneville Elementary (Charter) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 28.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put median household income runs about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Guerneville Elementary (Charter) is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Guerneville Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Guerneville Elementary (Charter).

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Guerneville Elementary (Charter) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Guerneville Elementary (Charter) has contracted 35%, going from 262 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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