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What's one thing Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063581006119
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)
1350 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 · (707) 890-3930 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- CThree-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
19.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
179 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 600% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.3pp since 2014
Math
53.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.9% | 36.4% | 20.1% | 13.6% |
| Math | 23.5% | 29.6% | 25.4% | 21.6% |
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 | 66.3% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 57.2% | 52.4% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 56.1% |
| 2018-19 | 69.1% | 59.1% |
| 2016-17 | 60.0% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)'s state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) this school | 525 | 34.1% | 60.3% |
| Green Elementary San Diego | 493 | 32.3% | 77.5% |
| Theodore Judah Elementary Sacramento | 485 | 30.1% | 60.0% |
| Yulupa Elementary Santa Rosa | 523 | 31.7% | 67.1% |
| Fletcher Hills Elementary El Cajon | 540 | 33.7% | 63.9% |
| Lupin Hill Elementary Calabasas | 464 | 34.9% | 68.8% |
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 Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,105 of 5,151 | #13 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,404 of 5,172 ▲ 100 | #17 of 79 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #947 of 5,172 ▲ 296 | #10 of 79 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,714 of 5,116 | #31 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #2,148 of 5,915 | #8 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #851 of 5,352 | #12 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,518 of 5,354 | #15 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #4,597 of 5,625 | #68 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #498 of 1,139 | #17 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
525
+95 (+22%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 525 | 26.5 | 19.8:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 20 | 21.5:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 22 | 22.5:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | N/A | N/A | 91% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 52% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 14 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS).
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (475 to 525); teachers up 2% (26 to 26.5).
About Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Santa Rosa, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 525 students.
The 12 schools in Santa Rosa Elementary enroll 4,800 students altogether, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) among them.
By race and ethnicity, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is 54% White. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 62% White among all Sonoma County residents. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.8:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Eligible students account for 34% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 51% average among public schools in Sonoma County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) would be expected to post about 59.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.3%.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is located in Sonoma County, where median household income is about $104,674, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County, which together enroll about 63,389 students.
The nearest other public school, Brook Hill Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS). Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is run as a public charter school.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 525 was 22% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 430. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.8:1, from 21.5:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS), you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Santa Rosa Elementary
- Cesar Chavez Language AcademyElementary · 773 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Steele Lane ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Helen M. Lehman ElementaryElementary · 373 students
- Luther Burbank ElementaryElementary · 334 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
- Brook Hill Elementary0.4 mi · 279
- Santa Rosa Middle0.7 mi · 452
- Proctor Terrace Elementary0.7 mi · 323
- Montgomery High0.7 mi · 1,253
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts1.0 mi · 384
- Luther Burbank Elementary1.1 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)How many students attend Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)?
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) enrolls approximately 525 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) serve?
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is approximately 19.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)?
At Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS), the student body is approximately 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) in?
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) is part of Santa Rosa Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.