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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELAND·NCES 063351005176
Roseland Elementary
950 Sebastopol Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95407 · (707) 545-0100 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- B+Beats 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
20.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
444 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 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 67% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
10%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
35.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.7pp since 2014
Math
30.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.8% | 23.0% | 28.9% | 35.3% |
| Math | 11.5% | 18.9% | 34.0% | 35.7% |
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 | 35.7% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.9% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 33.2% | 29.1% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 25.9% |
| 2016-17 | 30.4% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Elementary
Roseland Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland Elementary this school | 471 | 94.3% | 32.1% |
| Tipton Elementary Tipton | 485 | 94.6% | 32.8% |
| Hall District Elementary Watsonville | 470 | 94.0% | 8.2% |
| Terra Bella Elementary Terra Bella | 455 | 93.4% | 33.4% |
| Wilson Elementary Sanger | 448 | 94.2% | 18.8% |
| Newhall Elementary Newhall | 493 | 93.5% | 27.9% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,268 of 5,151 | #49 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,186 of 5,172 ▲ 107 | #48 of 79 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #3,356 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #52 of 79 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #678 of 5,116 | #11 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,788 of 5,915 | #16 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,207 of 5,352 | #20 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #4,918 of 5,354 | #75 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #539 of 5,625 | #1 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,720 of 3,837 | #19 of 50 |
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
471
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 94% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 89% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 86% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 89% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 89% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 28 | 24.2:1 | 90% (607) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | N/A | N/A | 91% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 91% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 21 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roseland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (570 to 471); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About Roseland Elementary
Roseland Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Santa Rosa, California. Federal data show 471 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
The Roseland system has 3 schools and 1,582 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Roseland Elementary is Hispanic, at 95%. Among all residents of Sonoma County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
The school had 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. The school reported 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Sonoma County.
Roseland Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Roseland Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 24.3%. Roseland Elementary scores 32.1%, 7.8 points above that line.
Census data for Sonoma County show the median household earns about $104,674 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sonoma County number 184, with about 63,389 students.
The closest school to Roseland Elementary is Roseland Creek Elementary, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Roseland Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 32.1% versus a 28.4% average.
For locale, NCES codes Roseland Elementary as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 471, from 488 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 20.5 students per teacher, compared with 24.4 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Roseland Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Creek ElementaryElementary · 534 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 Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 534
- Sheppard Elementary0.6 mi · 577
- Roseland Charter0.6 mi · 1,254
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.9 mi · 334
- Cesar Chavez Language Academy0.9 mi · 773
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Roseland ElementaryHow many students attend Roseland Elementary?
Roseland Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-06.
Is Roseland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roseland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roseland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roseland Elementary is approximately 20.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roseland Elementary?
At Roseland Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Roseland Elementary in?
Roseland Elementary is part of Roseland.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.