Santa Rosa Middle

Santa Rosa Middle is a middle school of modestly sized scale in Santa Rosa, California, one of the schools within Santa Rosa High, works with 452 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Within Santa Rosa High, which oversees 11 schools and 9,410 students, Santa Rosa Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Santa Rosa Middle shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 20% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Santa Rosa Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Santa Rosa Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, Santa Rosa Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 19.7%, a residual of -14.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put median household earnings sit near $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Santa Rosa Middle is one.

Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Rosa Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Santa Rosa Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Santa Rosa Middle's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 452). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 53% to 70% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Santa Rosa Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.