Rancho Cotate High

Rancho Cotate High, a substantial senior high in Rohnert Park, California, run under Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified, caters to 1,755 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 109% above the state mean of about 838.

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,296 students. Rancho Cotate High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rancho Cotate High logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Rancho Cotate High shows 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at Rancho Cotate High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rancho Cotate High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.5%; actual is 27.6%, a gap of -23.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sonoma County shows median household earnings sit near $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Rancho Cotate High is one.

The closest other public school is El Camino High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rancho Cotate High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rancho Cotate High has climbed 18%, going from 1,493 students in 2018 to 1,755 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.