Miwok Valley Elementary Charter

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is one of the compact K-5 schools in Petaluma, California, overseen by Old Adobe Union, with 288 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

Old Adobe Union runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,734 students. Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 21% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.0%; Miwok Valley Elementary Charter posts 20.8%, -20.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

La Tercera Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Miwok Valley Elementary Charter. On composite proficiency, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter operates from a downtown location. Miwok Valley Elementary Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 69% to 65%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.