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Enrollment
1,434
High
DISTRICT 1,184 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA HIGH·NCES 063583006128
Piner High
1700 Fulton Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403 · (707) 890-3840 · Sonoma County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
923 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 384 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 373 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 343 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 334 | 23% |
Student demographics
41%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.1pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 19 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 | 11.5% | 28.5% | 23.8% | 36.2% |
| Math | 2.5% | 13.2% | 17.2% | 67.2% |
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 | 39.9% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 8.6% |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 7.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 5.5% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 8.4% |
| 2016-17 | 52.3% | 15.8% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Piner High
Piner High's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piner High this school | 1,434 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
| Sonora High La Habra | 1,779 | 66.5% | 54.1% |
| South Hills High West Covina | 1,568 | 62.3% | 47.3% |
| Charter Oak High Covina | 1,259 | 69.5% | 42.9% |
| Mission Oak High Tulare | 1,678 | 66.3% | 38.2% |
| El Diamante High Visalia | 1,890 | 62.6% | 47.2% |
Matched among California high 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 Piner High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #881 of 1,052 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #810 of 1,056 ▲ 149 | #10 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #902 of 1,056 ▼ 117 | #12 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #293 of 1,044 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,434 | #597 of 2,093 | #7 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #730 of 1,352 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #811 of 1,351 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #967 of 1,575 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #194 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,434
+35 (+3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,461
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,434 | 67.3 | 21.3:1 | 64% (923) |
| 2023-24 | 1,384 | 68.1 | 20.3:1 | 57% (788) |
| 2022-23 | 1,361 | 67.7 | 20.1:1 | 51% (692) |
| 2020-21 | 1,399 | 63 | 22.2:1 | 55% (763) |
| 2017-18 | 1,357 | 59.7 | 22.7:1 | 59% (800) |
| 2015-16 | 1,161 | 50 | 23.2:1 | 56% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 1,054 | N/A | N/A | 51% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 1,519 | 67 | 22.7:1 | 11% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 1,461 | 57 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piner High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,357 to 1,434); teachers up 13% (59.7 to 67.3).
About Piner High
As a large high school, Piner High serves students in Santa Rosa, California. The latest federal count shows 1,434 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 838-student average for high schools in California, enrollment here is 71% higher.
The district, Santa Rosa High, has 9,410 students enrolled across 11 schools.
Piner High is 75% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 11% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Sonoma County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.3:1, with 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Piner High is 64%. The average for public schools in Sonoma County is 51%.
Piner High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Piner High falls short of its prediction by 14.7 points. The model expects 41.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 27.1%.
Census estimates describe Sonoma County this way: the median household income is $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Sonoma County has 184 public schools and roughly 63,389 students.
The closest public school, Northwest Prep Charter, is about 0.5 miles from Piner High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Piner High ranks 2nd of 5 on average proficiency.
Piner High is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment has grown by 35 students since 2020-21, to 1,434.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Piner High. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Santa Rosa High
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Rincon Valley MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Herbert Slater MiddleMiddle · 577 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Cesar Chavez Language AcademyElementary · 773 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Prep Charter0.5 mi · 138
- Village Charter0.5 mi · 118
- James Monroe Elementary0.9 mi · 315
- Albert F. Biella Elementary1.0 mi · 274
- Hilliard Comstock Middle1.1 mi · 423
- Jack London Elementary1.3 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Piner HighWhat is the total enrollment at Piner High?
Piner High enrolls approximately 1,434 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Piner High serve?
Piner High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Piner High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Piner High is approximately 21.3:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Piner High?
At Piner High, the student body is approximately 11% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Piner High in?
Piner High is part of Santa Rosa High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.