Montgomery High

Montgomery High operates as a moderately sized senior high in Santa Rosa, California, one of the schools within Santa Rosa High. Current enrollment sits at 1,253 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Santa Rosa High runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 9,410 students. Montgomery High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Montgomery High lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Montgomery High has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at Montgomery High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Montgomery High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.9%; actual is 34.1%, a gap of -15.8 points.

In the broader community, Sonoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Montgomery High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brook Hill Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montgomery High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montgomery High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 1,647 students in 2018 compared to 1,253 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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