San Miguel Elementary

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Santa Rosa, California, San Miguel Elementary teaches 401 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Mark West Union Elementary.

Mark West Union Elementary runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,361 students. San Miguel Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, San Miguel Elementary logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, San Miguel Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, San Miguel Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. San Miguel Elementary is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

The closest other public school is Mark West Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), San Miguel Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. San Miguel Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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