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What's the most underrated thing about Manzanita Elementary Charter that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINCON VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063264005079
Manzanita Elementary Charter
1687 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 · (707) 545-1771 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
200 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
37.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.5pp since 2014
Math
30.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.5% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 35.5% |
| Math | 10.0% | 20.5% | 35.5% | 34.0% |
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 | 37.5% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 30.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 28.6% |
| 2018-19 | 48.0% | 31.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.4% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 45.8% | 32.4% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Manzanita Elementary Charter
Manzanita Elementary Charter's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzanita Elementary Charter this school | 369 | 54.2% | 31.8% |
| Village Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 384 | 50.8% | 50.8% |
| Olive Elementary Novato | 364 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary San Diego | 400 | 51.5% | 61.3% |
| Clarence Lobo Elementary San Clemente | 328 | 54.3% | 43.5% |
| Wood Canyon Elementary Aliso Viejo | 425 | 56.0% | 52.1% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Manzanita Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,290 of 5,151 | #50 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,172 of 5,172 ▲ 513 | #47 of 79 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #3,176 of 5,172 ▲ 145 | #48 of 79 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,706 of 5,116 | #30 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #4,065 of 5,915 | #41 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #692 of 5,352 | #11 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #775 of 5,354 | #1 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #3,737 of 5,625 | #35 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.6% | #232 of 3,837 | #3 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
369
-59 (-14%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 54% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 56% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 19 | 21.7:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 21 | 20.4:1 | 52% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 59% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 28 | 21.4:1 | 48% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 49% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 18% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 14 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manzanita Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (582 to 369); teachers down 32% (28 to 19).
About Manzanita Elementary Charter
Manzanita Elementary Charter is a small elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, under Rincon Valley Union Elementary. It serves 369 students in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The district for Manzanita Elementary Charter is Rincon Valley Union Elementary, with 9 schools and 3,079 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Manzanita Elementary Charter, with 38% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 37% White, 14% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. By the diversity index, Manzanita Elementary Charter comes in at 69%.
Manzanita Elementary Charter counts 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.4 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 54% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Manzanita Elementary Charter is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Manzanita Elementary Charter is 47.8%. It actually posts 31.8%, which is 15.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Manzanita Elementary Charter is located in Sonoma County, where median household income is about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 184 public schools in Sonoma County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,389.
The closest public school to Manzanita Elementary Charter is Strawberry Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Manzanita Elementary Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Manzanita Elementary Charter ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Manzanita Elementary Charter went from 428 students to 369.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Manzanita Elementary Charter. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Village Elementary CharterElementary · 384 students
- Spring Lake CharterElementary · 383 students
- Austin Creek ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Madrone ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Binkley Elementary CharterElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- Strawberry Elementary0.5 mi · 365
- Spring Lake Charter0.5 mi · 383
- Rincon Valley Partnership0.5 mi · 122
- Yulupa Elementary0.6 mi · 523
- Village Elementary Charter0.6 mi · 384
- Herbert Slater Middle0.7 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Manzanita Elementary CharterHow large is Manzanita Elementary Charter?
Manzanita Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 369 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Manzanita Elementary Charter serve?
Manzanita Elementary Charter serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Manzanita Elementary Charter have?
Manzanita Elementary Charter employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Manzanita Elementary Charter?
Student demographics at Manzanita Elementary Charter are roughly 37% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Manzanita Elementary Charter in?
Manzanita Elementary Charter is part of Rincon Valley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.