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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Herbert Slater Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
577
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA HIGH·NCES 063583006121
Herbert Slater Middle
3500 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 · (707) 890-3880 · Sonoma County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
17.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
347 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 7 | 244 | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 333 | 58% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
24.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
13.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 19.5% | 20.8% | 55.0% |
| Math | 6.6% | 6.8% | 20.8% | 65.8% |
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 | 24.3% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.6% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 41.8% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 →
Schools most like Herbert Slater Middle
Herbert Slater Middle's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Slater Middle this school | 577 | 60.1% | 18.9% |
| Clifton Middle Monrovia | 634 | 60.3% | 55.4% |
| Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate Whittier | 687 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| Unidos Middle Napa | 599 | 61.1% | 37.8% |
| Brownell Middle Gilroy | 672 | 56.3% | 38.8% |
| Live Oak Middle Tulare | 458 | 65.5% | 32.4% |
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 Herbert Slater Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,079 of 1,224 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,053 of 1,227 ▼ 122 | #18 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,107 of 1,227 ▲ 16 | #19 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #65 of 1,214 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #810 of 1,377 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #183 of 1,279 | #8 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #618 of 1,278 | #13 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #833 of 1,329 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #218 of 930 | #3 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
577
-100 (-15%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,106
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 577 | 32.5 | 17.8:1 | 60% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 37.2 | 18.6:1 | 50% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 34.5 | 20.7:1 | 52% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | 44% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 36.3 | 21.1:1 | 52% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 42% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | N/A | N/A | 37% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 40 | 22.1:1 | 21% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 1,106 | 43 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Slater Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (764 to 577); teachers down 10% (36.3 to 32.5).
About Herbert Slater Middle
Herbert Slater Middle, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Santa Rosa, California. The school runs grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 577 students.
Herbert Slater Middle is one school in an 11-school district, Santa Rosa High, which enrolls 9,410 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Herbert Slater Middle is 65%, a majority. After that, the student body is 20% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Sonoma County is about 30% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 32.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.8:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Roughly 60% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 9 points.
Herbert Slater Middle holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of California public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 18.9%, is 25.4 points below the 44.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Sonoma County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $104,674 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Sonoma County number 184, with about 63,389 students.
Of the public schools around it, Herbert Slater Middle is closest to Village Elementary Charter, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 43.6% on proficiency, and Herbert Slater Middle is below that at 18.9%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Herbert Slater Middle enrolled 677 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 577. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Herbert Slater Middle community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Rincon Valley MiddleMiddle · 725 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- Village Elementary Charter0.2 mi · 384
- Rincon Valley Partnership0.3 mi · 122
- Spring Lake Charter0.5 mi · 383
- Manzanita Elementary Charter0.7 mi · 369
- Montgomery High0.8 mi · 1,253
- Strawberry Elementary1.1 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Slater MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Herbert Slater Middle?
Herbert Slater Middle enrolls approximately 577 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Herbert Slater Middle serve?
Herbert Slater Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Herbert Slater Middle have?
Herbert Slater Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
How diverse is Herbert Slater Middle?
Herbert Slater Middle reports a student body of 20% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Herbert Slater Middle?
Herbert Slater Middle is overseen by Santa Rosa High in Sonoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.