Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLD ADOBE UNION·NCES 062832004385
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter
1010 Saint Francis Dr., Petaluma, CA 94954 · (707) 765-4304 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
20.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
186 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.9pp since 2014
Math
19.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 12.4% | 33.1% | 44.8% |
| Math | 8.0% | 11.3% | 23.8% | 57.0% |
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 | 22.1% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 15.9% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 30.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.2% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.4% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 Miwok Valley Elementary Charter
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miwok Valley Elementary Charter this school | 288 | 64.6% | 20.9% |
| Dos Caminos Elementary Camarillo | 337 | 63.5% | 51.0% |
| Washington Elementary Kingsburg | 285 | 69.1% | N/A |
| Santa Susana Elementary Simi Valley | 312 | 67.6% | 25.8% |
| Atwater Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 332 | 60.2% | 50.3% |
| Monroe Elementary Santa Barbara | 315 | 69.2% | 38.9% |
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 Miwok Valley Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,510 of 5,151 | #71 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,366 of 5,172 ▲ 234 | #64 of 79 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,722 of 5,172 ▼ 375 | #70 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,161 of 5,116 | #43 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,864 of 5,915 | #62 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,252 of 5,352 | #23 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #2,555 of 5,354 | #40 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #3,257 of 5,625 | #27 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #995 of 3,837 | #14 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
288
-39 (-12%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 65% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 56% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 71% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 17 | 19.2:1 | 51% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 17.7 | 21.4:1 | 68% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 70% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 63% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 23% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 29 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miwok Valley Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (379 to 288); teachers down 21% (17.7 to 14).
About Miwok Valley Elementary Charter
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is a low-enrollment elementary school in Petaluma, California, administered by Old Adobe Union. A total of 288 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 38% lower.
Old Adobe Union enrolls 1,734 students in 5 schools, including Miwok Valley Elementary Charter.
Hispanic students account for 65% of enrollment at Miwok Valley Elementary Charter. Other students are 21% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Sonoma County residents. Miwok Valley Elementary Charter has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 14 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter ranks in the bottom 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.9%, against a prediction of 41.7%.
Within Sonoma County, median household income is about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 184 public schools in Sonoma County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,389.
The closest public school to Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is La Tercera Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Miwok Valley Elementary Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is 3rd of 4 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is run as a public charter school.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 288 was 12% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 327. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 20.6:1, from 19.2:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Miwok Valley Elementary Charter. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Old Adobe Union
- Loma Vista Immersion AcademyElementary · 451 students
- Sonoma Mountain ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- La Tercera ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- Old Adobe Elementary CharterElementary · 278 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
- La Tercera Elementary0.7 mi · 295
- Sonoma Mountain High (Necessary Small School)0.8 mi · 21
- Casa Grande High0.8 mi · 1,653
- McDowell Elementary0.9 mi · 329
- Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter0.9 mi · 31
- Valley Oaks High (Alternative)0.9 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About Miwok Valley Elementary CharterHow large is Miwok Valley Elementary Charter?
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-06.
Is Miwok Valley Elementary Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Miwok Valley Elementary Charter?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Miwok Valley Elementary Charter.
How diverse is Miwok Valley Elementary Charter?
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter reports a student body of 21% White, 65% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Miwok Valley Elementary Charter in?
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is part of Old Adobe Union.
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