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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETALUMA JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 063025004718
Kenilworth Junior High
800 Riesling Rd., Petaluma, CA 94954 · (707) 778-4710 · Sonoma County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
367 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 406 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 406 | 50% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
51.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
39.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.7% | 35.6% | 26.7% | 22.0% |
| Math | 18.1% | 21.6% | 30.3% | 30.0% |
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 | 51.3% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 39.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.3% | 38.8% |
| 2021-22 | 56.2% | 39.9% |
| 2020-21 | 55.7% | 42.4% |
| 2018-19 | 58.8% | 46.8% |
| 2017-18 | 56.6% | 47.5% |
| 2016-17 | 59.9% | 44.6% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Kenilworth Junior High
Kenilworth Junior High's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth Junior High this school | 812 | 45.2% | 45.1% |
| Horace Ensign Intermediate Newport Beach | 875 | 47.2% | 60.1% |
| Cabrillo Middle Ventura | 936 | 46.7% | 49.5% |
| La Colina Junior High Santa Barbara | 832 | 41.5% | 63.5% |
| Jacobsen Middle Tehachapi | 925 | 46.5% | 24.9% |
| Marston Middle San Diego | 702 | 47.6% | 54.1% |
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 Kenilworth Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #421 of 1,224 | #8 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #408 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #6 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #462 of 1,227 ▼ 22 | #11 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #173 of 1,214 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #423 of 1,377 | #1 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #562 of 1,279 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #467 of 1,278 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #989 of 1,329 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #787 of 930 | #12 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
812
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
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 | 812 | 39.2 | 20.7:1 | 45% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 824 | 40.5 | 20.4:1 | 44% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 38.6 | 20.2:1 | 46% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 41 | 20.5:1 | 44% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 866 | 39.1 | 22.1:1 | 36% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 41 | 21.6:1 | 43% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 965 | N/A | N/A | 39% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 985 | 46 | 21.4:1 | 13% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 32 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenilworth Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (866 to 812); teachers unchanged (39.1 to 39.2).
About Kenilworth Junior High
Kenilworth Junior High is a medium-sized middle school in Petaluma, California, (ZIP code 94954). Classes run from 7 through 8, and the school has 812 students. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 23% above average.
Kenilworth Junior High is one of 11 schools in Petaluma Joint Union High, which enrolls 4,900 students in total.
Enrollment at Kenilworth Junior High is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. Other reported shares: 42% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 62% White among all Sonoma County residents. By the diversity index, Kenilworth Junior High comes in at 59%.
A ratio of 20.7:1 comes from the school's 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 45% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades Kenilworth Junior High a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Kenilworth Junior High is 8.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.1% actual, 53.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Sonoma County has these Census figures: 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%. The public schools of Sonoma County number 184 and enroll about 63,389.
Corona Creek Elementary is the public school closest to Kenilworth Junior High, about 0.4 miles away. Kenilworth Junior High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Kenilworth Junior High's average proficiency of 45.1% compares with 56.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Kenilworth Junior High as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 839 to 812.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Petaluma Joint Union High
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
- Petaluma Accelerated CharterMiddle · 115 students
- San Antonio High (Continuation)High · 65 students
Other schools in Petaluma
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Heartwood CharterCombined · 739 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
- Loma Vista Immersion AcademyElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Corona Creek Elementary0.4 mi · 403
- Meadow Elementary0.5 mi · 384
- Sonoma Mountain Elementary0.7 mi · 422
- Loma Vista Immersion Academy1.4 mi · 451
- Cinnabar Charter1.6 mi · 156
- Cinnabar Elementary1.6 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About Kenilworth Junior HighHow many students attend Kenilworth Junior High?
Kenilworth Junior High enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Kenilworth Junior High serve?
Kenilworth Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kenilworth Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenilworth Junior High is approximately 20.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kenilworth Junior High?
Student demographics at Kenilworth Junior High are roughly 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kenilworth Junior High public or private?
Kenilworth Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Petaluma Joint Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.