Monte Vista Elementary

Monte Vista Elementary is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Rohnert Park, California, run under Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified, instructing 489 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified (6,296 students total), Monte Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monte Vista Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 39% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Monte Vista Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Monte Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.7%; this one delivers 41.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Sonoma County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Monte Vista Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Credo High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monte Vista Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 500 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

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