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What's the one class at Rancho Cotate High every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,755
High
DISTRICT 715 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COTATI-ROHNERT PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060994001081
Rancho Cotate High
5450 Snyder Ln., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 · (707) 792-4750 · Sonoma County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,755 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
23.0:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
826 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 450 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 457 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 423 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 425 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
51.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
12.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.7% | 33.1% | 23.4% | 24.8% |
| Math | 2.5% | 9.9% | 20.9% | 66.7% |
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 | 51.8% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 11.5% |
| 2022-23 | 52.6% | 12.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.5% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.5% | 11.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.3% | 17.1% |
| 2017-18 | 49.9% | 26.3% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 22.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 Rancho Cotate High
Rancho Cotate High's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cotate High this school | 1,755 | 47.1% | 29.9% |
| Windsor High Windsor | 1,700 | 48.4% | 42.8% |
| Novato High Novato | 1,287 | 48.3% | 42.8% |
| Montgomery High Santa Rosa | 1,253 | 49.6% | 31.7% |
| Centennial High Bakersfield | 2,212 | 44.5% | 50.5% |
| Royal High Simi Valley | 1,835 | 43.1% | 41.8% |
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 Rancho Cotate High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #799 of 1,052 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #908 of 1,056 ▼ 32 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #666 of 1,056 ▲ 131 | #8 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #249 of 1,044 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,755 | #413 of 2,093 | #1 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #998 of 1,352 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #364 of 1,351 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,204 of 1,575 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #63 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
1,755
+280 (+19%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,456
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 1,755 | 76.2 | 23.0:1 | 47% (826) |
| 2023-24 | 1,674 | 75.6 | 22.2:1 | 39% (657) |
| 2022-23 | 1,611 | 74 | 21.8:1 | 36% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 1,475 | 66 | 22.4:1 | 41% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 1,493 | 70.1 | 21.3:1 | 40% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 1,426 | 57 | 25.0:1 | 30% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 1,523 | N/A | N/A | 26% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 2,104 | 87 | 24.2:1 | 11% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 1,456 | 66 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Cotate High.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (1,493 to 1,755); teachers up 9% (70.1 to 76.2).
About Rancho Cotate High
Rancho Cotate High is a large high school. Its address is in Rohnert Park, California. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,755 students on the rolls. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified oversees Rancho Cotate High and 11 other schools, with 6,296 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Rancho Cotate High is 52%, a majority. It is also 32% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Sonoma County is roughly 30% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
A staff of 76.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.0:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public high schools, Rancho Cotate High outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rancho Cotate High scores 22.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.9%; the prediction is 52.0%.
In the wider Sonoma County area, median household income comes to about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sonoma County counts 184 public schools with about 63,389 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Rancho Cotate High from the closest public school, El Camino High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Rancho Cotate High is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Rancho Cotate High in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,475 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 1,755 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Rancho Cotate High community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified
- Lawrence E. Jones MiddleMiddle · 775 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Marguerite Hahn ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Thomas Page AcademyElementary · 428 students
- Technology MiddleMiddle · 409 students
Other schools in Rohnert Park
- Lawrence E. Jones MiddleMiddle · 775 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Marguerite Hahn ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Credo HighHigh · 441 students
- Technology MiddleMiddle · 409 students
Nearby schools
- El Camino High0.0 mi · 48
- Richard Crane Elementary0.3 mi · 274
- Lawrence E. Jones Middle0.8 mi · 775
- Monte Vista Elementary0.8 mi · 489
- Technology Middle0.9 mi · 409
- Technology High0.9 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Cotate HighWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho Cotate High?
Rancho Cotate High enrolls approximately 1,755 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rancho Cotate High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rancho Cotate High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Rancho Cotate High have?
Rancho Cotate High employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
How diverse is Rancho Cotate High?
Rancho Cotate High reports a student body of 32% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Rancho Cotate High public or private?
Rancho Cotate High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.