Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COTATI-ROHNERT PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060994014195
Richard Crane Elementary
1290 Southwest Blvd., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 · (707) 285-3150 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary 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.
- AThree-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
24.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
173 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
66%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
33.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.0pp since 2017
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2017
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2017, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 21.5% | 22.2% | 44.4% |
| Math | 8.3% | 16.7% | 28.5% | 46.5% |
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 | 33.3% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 17.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 14.7% |
| 2018-19 | 47.8% | 37.7% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 24.6% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Richard Crane Elementary
Richard Crane Elementary's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Crane Elementary this school | 274 | 63.1% | 24.7% |
| Beethoven Street Elementary Los Angeles | 315 | 61.3% | 55.0% |
| Garden Grove Elementary Simi Valley | 283 | 59.7% | 45.9% |
| Jack London Elementary Santa Rosa | 258 | 60.1% | 30.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary San Diego | 248 | 61.7% | 54.2% |
| Woodside Elementary Concord | 289 | 60.6% | 37.8% |
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 Richard Crane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,113 of 5,151 | #64 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #3,764 of 5,172 ▲ 670 | #56 of 79 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,625 of 5,172 ▲ 848 | #57 of 79 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.3pp | #456 of 5,116 | #7 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,963 of 5,915 | #68 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,381 of 5,352 | #70 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #1,155 of 5,354 | #9 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #3,323 of 5,625 | #28 of 89 |
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
274
+68 (+33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 274 | 11 | 24.9:1 | 63% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 11 | 23.4:1 | 67% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 10.1 | 24.1:1 | 58% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 9 | 22.9:1 | 50% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 141 | 7.5 | 18.8:1 | 61% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Crane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 94% (141 to 274); teachers up 47% (7.5 to 11).
About Richard Crane Elementary
This page covers Richard Crane Elementary, a small elementary school in Rohnert Park, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 274 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 41% smaller than that.
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 6,296 students.
Richard Crane Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 49%. Other reported shares: 30% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Sonoma County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Richard Crane Elementary counts 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.9 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 24.9:1 here. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
The allk12 Grade for Richard Crane Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In California, Richard Crane Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.7% compared with a predicted 42.5%.
Census estimates describe Sonoma County this way: the median household income is $104,674, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Richard Crane Elementary, Sonoma County has 183 other public schools.
The closest public school to Richard Crane Elementary is Rancho Cotate High, about 0.3 miles away. Richard Crane Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 24.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Richard Crane Elementary grew 33% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 206 to 274 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.9:1.
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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 Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified
- Rancho Cotate HighHigh · 1,755 students
- 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
Other schools in Rohnert Park
- Rancho Cotate HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Lawrence E. Jones MiddleMiddle · 775 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Marguerite Hahn ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Credo HighHigh · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Cotate High0.3 mi · 1,755
- El Camino High0.3 mi · 48
- Technology Middle0.5 mi · 409
- Technology High0.6 mi · 343
- Lawrence E. Jones Middle0.8 mi · 775
- John Reed Primary0.8 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Crane ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Crane Elementary?
Richard Crane Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richard Crane Elementary serve?
Richard Crane Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Richard Crane Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Richard Crane Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard Crane Elementary?
At Richard Crane Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 49% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Richard Crane Elementary public or private?
Richard Crane Elementary 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.