Jack London Elementary

Jack London Elementary is an elementary campus of cozy scale in Santa Rosa, California, run under Piner-Olivet Union Elementary, hosting 258 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Jack London Elementary sits inside Piner-Olivet Union Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jack London Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jack London Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 30.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) logs that 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%. Jack London Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Piner-Olivet 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 Jack London Elementary. On composite proficiency, Jack London Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Jack London Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jack London Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 258). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 35% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.