James Monroe Elementary

James Monroe Elementary is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Santa Rosa, California, overseen by Santa Rosa Elementary, enrolling 315 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 465.

Within Santa Rosa Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 4,800 students, James Monroe Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, James Monroe Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, James Monroe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 15.3%.

Across the wider county, Sonoma County reports that median household income runs about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. James Monroe Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

The closest other public school is Hilliard Comstock Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), James Monroe Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 16.6%.

James Monroe Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025.

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