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Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)
As a mid-tier primary school in Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) serves 525 students from grades K through 8, operated by Santa Rosa Elementary.
Across the 12 schools in Santa Rosa Elementary (4,800 students total), Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sonoma County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).
Nearest neighbor: Brook Hill Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.7%.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) operates from an urban location. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Trend over the last 7 years. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)'s enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 525). Over the same period, the White share fell from 65% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.
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