Madrone Elementary

Madrone Elementary, a modestly sized elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, run under Rincon Valley Union Elementary, works with 363 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Madrone Elementary sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Rincon Valley Union Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,079 students, Madrone Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Madrone Elementary lists that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Madrone Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Madrone Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.8%; Madrone Elementary posts 36.7%, -16.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Sonoma County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Madrone Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Whited Elementary Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madrone Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madrone Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.3%.

Madrone Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madrone Elementary has declined 11%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 52% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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