Rincon Valley Middle

Located at 4650 Badger Rd., in Santa Rosa, California, Rincon Valley Middle is an average-sized junior high that hosts 725 students (grades 7 through 8), part of Santa Rosa High.

Across the 11 schools in Santa Rosa High (9,410 students total), Rincon Valley Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rincon Valley Middle shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 33% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Rincon Valley Middle reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Rincon Valley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rincon Valley Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sonoma County) records that median household earnings sit near $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Rincon Valley Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rincon Valley Middle at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 891 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 22% to 33% over that span.

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