Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEALDSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 060004402141
Healdsburg Junior High
315 Grant St., Healdsburg, CA 95448 · (707) 431-3410 · Sonoma County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
190 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 77 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 41% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Healdsburg Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.4pp since 2014
Math
31.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.3% | 37.1% | 24.5% | 22.1% |
| Math | 13.2% | 18.0% | 33.2% | 35.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 26.2% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 34.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 16.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.9% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 22.7% |
| 2016-17 | 50.4% | 32.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Healdsburg Junior High
Healdsburg Junior High's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg Junior High this school | 293 | 64.8% | 37.9% |
| Waterloo Elementary Stockton | 339 | 65.2% | 37.8% |
| Denair Middle Denair | 298 | 68.5% | 24.3% |
| Winters Middle Winters | 367 | 60.5% | 20.1% |
| High Desert Acton | 307 | 71.3% | 23.5% |
| Mountain Empire Junior High Pine Valley | 245 | 60.4% | 14.4% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Healdsburg Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #558 of 1,224 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #576 of 1,227 ▲ 58 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #422 of 1,227 ▲ 201 | #9 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.4pp | #10 of 1,214 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,203 of 1,377 | #15 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #87 of 1,279 | #3 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #694 of 1,278 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #784 of 1,329 | #4 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #405 of 930 | #8 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
0 (0%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 17.6 | 16.7:1 | 65% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 17.6 | 16.0:1 | 70% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 17.4 | 16.4:1 | 59% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 20.3 | 17.6:1 | 60% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 56% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | N/A | N/A | 57% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 30% (146) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Healdsburg Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (357 to 293); teachers down 13% (20.3 to 17.6).
About Healdsburg Junior High
Healdsburg Junior High is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Healdsburg, California, under Healdsburg Unified. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 293 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 56% lower.
A total of 4 schools make up Healdsburg Unified, with 1,221 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 65% of enrollment at Healdsburg Junior High. Other students are 31% White and 2% Native American. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Sonoma County residents. Healdsburg Junior High has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Healdsburg Junior High counts 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.7 students for each one. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 65% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Healdsburg Junior High receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Healdsburg Junior High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.9%) and its predicted rate (41.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Within Sonoma County, median household income is about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 184 public schools in Sonoma County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,389.
The school nearest to Healdsburg Junior High is Healdsburg Elementary, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Healdsburg Junior High places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Healdsburg Junior High had 293 students in 2020-21 and 293 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.7:1, from 15.4:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Healdsburg Junior High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Healdsburg Unified
- Healdsburg HighHigh · 503 students
- Healdsburg ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- Marce Becerra AcademyHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Healdsburg
- Healdsburg HighHigh · 503 students
- Healdsburg ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- West Side ElementaryElementary · 130 students
- Alexander Valley ElementaryElementary · 111 students
- Marce Becerra AcademyHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Healdsburg Elementary0.3 mi · 401
- Healdsburg High0.5 mi · 503
- Marce Becerra Academy0.5 mi · 24
- West Side Elementary2.7 mi · 130
- Alexander Valley Elementary4.8 mi · 111
- Brooks Elementary5.0 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Healdsburg Junior HighHow many students attend Healdsburg Junior High?
Healdsburg Junior High enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Healdsburg Junior High serve?
Healdsburg Junior High serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Healdsburg Junior High have?
Healdsburg Junior High employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Healdsburg Junior High?
Student demographics at Healdsburg Junior High are roughly 31% White, 65% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Healdsburg Junior High?
Healdsburg Junior High is overseen by Healdsburg Unified in Sonoma County.
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