Penngrove Elementary

Penngrove Elementary, a mid-tier elementary school in Penngrove, California, part of Petaluma City Elementary, teaches 472 students, covering grades K through 6.

Petaluma City Elementary comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,182 students; Penngrove Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Penngrove Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Sonoma County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Penngrove Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 29.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at Penngrove Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Penngrove Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -13.6 points.

In the broader community, Sonoma County reports that median household income runs about $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Penngrove Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Credo High, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Penngrove Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. As a public charter, Penngrove Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Penngrove Elementary's enrollment has rose 21% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 472). White enrollment moved from 69% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 29.5:1 today.

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