Kenilworth Junior High

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Petaluma, California, Kenilworth Junior High enrolls 812 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Petaluma Joint Union High. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Petaluma Joint Union High comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,900 students; Kenilworth Junior High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kenilworth Junior High logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 42% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Kenilworth Junior High records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Kenilworth Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 44.6%.

In the surrounding community, Sonoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Kenilworth Junior High is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Corona Creek Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kenilworth Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kenilworth Junior High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

Kenilworth Junior High operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kenilworth Junior High's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 866 (now 812). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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