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How has Roseland Creek Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELAND·NCES 063351013038
Roseland Creek Elementary
1683 Burbank Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407 · (707) 543-2800 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
22.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
467 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
26.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
20.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.5% | 18.4% | 22.9% | 50.2% |
| Math | 4.8% | 16.0% | 27.2% | 51.9% |
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 | 26.9% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 24.6% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 32.3% | 32.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.8% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 29.1% | 25.5% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Roseland Creek Elementary
Roseland Creek Elementary's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland Creek Elementary this school | 534 | 87.5% | 24.9% |
| Harborside Elementary Chula Vista | 524 | 87.2% | 22.7% |
| Rustic Lane Elementary Jurupa Valley | 519 | 89.2% | 18.1% |
| Ward (E. W.) Elementary Downey | 543 | 87.3% | 39.7% |
| Paramount Elementary Azusa | 513 | 88.3% | 33.5% |
| J. Calvin Boyd Elementary Rialto | 569 | 87.0% | 25.3% |
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 Roseland Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #4,088 of 5,151 | #63 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,221 of 5,172 ▼ 241 | #63 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #4,284 of 5,172 ▼ 495 | #64 of 79 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,821 of 5,116 | #23 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,047 of 5,915 | #7 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,402 of 5,352 | #46 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #4,491 of 5,354 | #72 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,403 of 5,625 | #6 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.8% | #43 of 1,139 | #3 of 22 |
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
534
+120 (+29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 87% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 82% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 78% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | 80% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 15 | 23.6:1 | 88% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 86% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roseland Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 51% (354 to 534); teachers up 60% (15 to 24).
About Roseland Creek Elementary
Roseland Creek Elementary is a public elementary school run by Roseland in Santa Rosa, California. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 534 students.
Roseland is the district for Roseland Creek Elementary. It has 3 schools and 1,582 students.
Hispanic students are 90% of those enrolled at Roseland Creek Elementary. The remaining shares are 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Sonoma County's population at about 30%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 24 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Roughly 87% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sonoma County is 51%.
Among California public elementary schools, Roseland Creek Elementary outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3% for Roseland Creek Elementary. The school posts 24.9%, 3.4 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Sonoma County, the median household earns about $104,674 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Sonoma County has 184 public schools with about 63,389 students, including Roseland Creek Elementary.
Roseland Charter is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Roseland Creek Elementary ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 24.9% versus a 31.5% average.
Roseland Creek Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The school grew from 414 students in 2020-21 to 534 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Roseland Creek Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Roseland
- Sheppard ElementaryElementary · 577 students
- Roseland ElementaryElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- Roseland Charter0.1 mi · 1,254
- Sheppard Elementary0.4 mi · 577
- Robert L. Stevens Elementary0.5 mi · 421
- Roseland Elementary0.5 mi · 471
- Cesar Chavez Language Academy0.6 mi · 773
- Meadow View Elementary0.8 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Roseland Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roseland Creek Elementary?
Roseland Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Roseland Creek Elementary serve?
Roseland Creek Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Roseland Creek Elementary?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at Roseland Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Roseland Creek Elementary?
Roseland Creek Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Roseland Creek Elementary in?
Roseland Creek Elementary is part of Roseland.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.