Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SONOMA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063720006302
Prestwood Elementary
343 East MacArthur St., Sonoma, CA 95476 · (707) 935-6030 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
84 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
45.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
33.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 30.7% | 23.4% | 31.4% |
| Math | 11.7% | 21.9% | 34.3% | 32.1% |
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 | 45.3% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 36.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.8% | 36.7% |
| 2021-22 | 39.6% | 37.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 43.2% |
| 2016-17 | 54.0% | 36.6% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% 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 Prestwood Elementary
Prestwood Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prestwood Elementary this school | 275 | 30.5% | 40.9% |
| Ladera STARS Academy Thousand Oaks | 312 | 31.7% | 60.1% |
| Vieja Valley Elementary Santa Barbara | 313 | 28.1% | 67.9% |
| Hillside Elementary Madera | 310 | 31.3% | 40.7% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Santa Barbara | 267 | 25.8% | 69.6% |
| Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary Santa Cruz | 214 | 30.4% | 43.2% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Prestwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,397 of 5,151 | #42 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #2,864 of 5,172 ▼ 398 | #45 of 79 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #2,427 of 5,172 ▼ 468 | #40 of 79 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,060 of 5,116 | #42 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #4,960 of 5,915 | #67 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #281 of 5,352 | #5 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #2,020 of 5,354 | #28 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #4,736 of 5,625 | #71 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #411 of 3,837 | #7 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
275
-49 (-15%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 275 | 15.2 | 18.1:1 | 31% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 14.2 | 18.3:1 | 36% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 12.8 | 20.5:1 | 30% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 41% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 19 | 22.6:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | N/A | N/A | 30% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 18% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 24 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prestwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (407 to 275); teachers down 16% (18 to 15.2).
About Prestwood Elementary
Prestwood Elementary is a small elementary school in California, with an address in Sonoma. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 275 students. The school is 41% below the average for elementary schools in California.
District-wide, Sonoma Valley Unified has 8 schools and 3,015 students.
At Prestwood Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups include 42% Hispanic and 5% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County residents are about 62% White. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Prestwood Elementary are from different groups.
There are 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Of all students at Prestwood Elementary, 31% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sonoma County is 51%.
Prestwood Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools.
Prestwood Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 61.6%, so the school is 20.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
The school is in Sonoma County, where the median household earns about $104,674 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Sonoma County, 184 public schools serve about 63,389 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sonoma Valley High, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Prestwood Elementary is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 324 (2020-21) to 275 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.1:1) than in 2020-21 (23.1:1).
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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 Sonoma Valley Unified
- Sonoma Valley HighHigh · 1,071 students
- Flowery ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Adele Harrison MiddleMiddle · 334 students
- Altimira MiddleMiddle · 324 students
- El Verano ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Sassarini ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Other schools in Sonoma
- Sonoma Valley HighHigh · 1,071 students
- Flowery ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Adele Harrison MiddleMiddle · 334 students
- Altimira MiddleMiddle · 324 students
- El Verano ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Sassarini ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Sonoma Valley High0.4 mi · 1,071
- Creekside High0.4 mi · 48
- Adele Harrison Middle0.4 mi · 334
- Sassarini Elementary1.0 mi · 281
- El Verano Elementary2.4 mi · 314
- Flowery Elementary3.1 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Prestwood ElementaryHow large is Prestwood Elementary?
Prestwood Elementary enrolls approximately 275 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Prestwood Elementary serve?
Prestwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Prestwood Elementary have?
Prestwood Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Prestwood Elementary?
Prestwood Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Prestwood Elementary?
Prestwood Elementary is overseen by Sonoma Valley Unified in Sonoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.