John Reed Primary

John Reed Primary is a low-enrollment elementary campus in Rohnert Park, California, run under Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified. The school works with 376 students in grades K through 5.

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,296 students. John Reed Primary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, John Reed Primary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, John Reed Primary logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John Reed Primary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% 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.

With demographic context factored in, John Reed Primary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 17.1%.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. John Reed Primary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Technology Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Reed Primary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 54%: 244 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 in 2025.

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