Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETALUMA CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063023004721
McNear Elementary
605 Sunnyslope Ave., Petaluma, CA 94952 · (707) 778-4752 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- B+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
22.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
94 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
53.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
52.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.9% | 26.4% | 21.8% | 24.9% |
| Math | 21.6% | 30.4% | 21.1% | 26.8% |
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 | 53.4% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 50.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.1% | 56.4% |
| 2021-22 | 53.7% | 53.2% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 50.9% |
| 2017-18 | 57.1% | 54.1% |
| 2016-17 | 56.9% | 55.5% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 McNear Elementary
McNear Elementary's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNear Elementary this school | 343 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
| Meyers Elementary South Lake Tahoe | 334 | 27.2% | 68.9% |
| Sinsheimer Elementary San Luis Obispo | 401 | 26.4% | 69.8% |
| Golden Valley River Orangevale | 297 | 24.9% | N/A |
| Apple Blossom Sebastopol | 305 | 26.9% | 45.3% |
| Solana Vista Elementary Solana Beach | 317 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
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 McNear Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,562 of 5,151 | #24 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,456 of 5,172 ▲ 14 | #18 of 79 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,796 of 5,172 ▼ 173 | #30 of 79 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,549 of 5,116 | #25 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #4,352 of 5,915 | #47 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,883 of 5,352 | #49 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #2,948 of 5,354 | #45 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #4,867 of 5,625 | #72 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #3,030 of 3,837 | #38 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
343
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 343 | 15 | 22.9:1 | 27% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 14 | 23.5:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | 30% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 16 | 23.1:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 24% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | N/A | N/A | 23% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 12% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 15 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McNear Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (370 to 343); teachers down 6% (16 to 15).
About McNear Elementary
McNear Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Petaluma, California, (ZIP code 94952). The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 343 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Petaluma City Elementary enrolls 2,182 students, and its 7 schools include McNear Elementary.
McNear Elementary is 69% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at McNear Elementary is 15 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school counts 94 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. Across public schools in Sonoma County, the average is 51%.
The allk12 Grade for McNear Elementary is C+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.5% at McNear Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.5%.
Sonoma County has these Census figures: the median household income is $104,674, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Sonoma County has 184 public schools and roughly 63,389 students.
Grant Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around McNear Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts McNear Elementary at 2nd of 4.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show 342 students in 2020-21 and 343 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.4:1 in 2020-21 to 22.9:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 City Elementary
- Penngrove ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- McDowell ElementaryElementary · 329 students
- Valley Vista ElementaryElementary · 155 students
- South County ConsortiumCombined · 129 students
Other schools in Petaluma
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Kenilworth Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Heartwood CharterCombined · 739 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Elementary0.4 mi · 386
- Carpe Diem High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 19
- South County Consortium0.6 mi · 129
- Petaluma High0.6 mi · 1,193
- Valley Oaks High (Alternative)1.1 mi · 43
- San Antonio High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About McNear ElementaryHow large is McNear Elementary?
McNear Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-06.
Is McNear Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McNear Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at McNear Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at McNear Elementary.
What is the student diversity at McNear Elementary?
Student demographics at McNear Elementary are roughly 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is McNear Elementary public or private?
McNear Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Petaluma City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.