Mark West Elementary

Mark West Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Santa Rosa, California, run under Mark West Union Elementary, with 425 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Mark West Union Elementary runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,361 students. Mark West Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mark West Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 43% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mark West Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mark West Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mark West Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Mark West Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mark West Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mark West Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mark West Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mark West Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 441 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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