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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Santa Rosa Middle this year?
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Enrollment
452
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA HIGH·NCES 063583006133
Santa Rosa Middle
500 E St., Santa Rosa, CA 95404 · (707) 890-3865 · Sonoma County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
344 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 218 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 52% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
24.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -18.2pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 18.8% | 26.6% | 48.6% |
| Math | 6.3% | 11.3% | 25.7% | 56.7% |
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 | 24.8% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 14.9% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 18.6% |
| 2018-19 | 40.5% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 28.8% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Middle
Santa Rosa Middle's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Middle this school | 452 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Lakeview Junior High Santa Maria | 463 | 72.4% | 38.2% |
| George T. Egling Middle Colusa | 553 | 77.4% | 28.0% |
| Carpinteria Middle Carpinteria | 437 | 72.3% | 39.0% |
| Woodrow Wilson Junior High Hanford | 505 | 76.2% | 41.3% |
| Lee Middle Woodland | 575 | 75.1% | 28.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,037 of 1,224 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #942 of 1,227 ▼ 58 | #16 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,099 of 1,227 ▲ 4 | #18 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #162 of 1,214 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #1,011 of 1,377 | #7 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #280 of 1,279 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #724 of 1,278 | #16 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #622 of 1,329 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #283 of 930 | #5 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
452
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 452 | 24.2 | 18.7:1 | 76% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 25.2 | 18.2:1 | 51% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 24.4 | 19.1:1 | 53% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 50% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 30.4 | 19.1:1 | 50% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | N/A | N/A | 48% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 29% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Rosa Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (581 to 452); teachers down 20% (30.4 to 24.2).
About Santa Rosa Middle
Santa Rosa Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school based in Santa Rosa, California. In all, 452 students attend the school in grades 7 through 8. That is 31% below the average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Santa Rosa Middle is run by Santa Rosa High, whose 11 schools enroll 9,410 students.
At Santa Rosa Middle, 70% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 20% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Sonoma County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 2.0 students per teacher. In all, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 25 points lower.
Santa Rosa Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of California public middle schools.
Santa Rosa Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.4% and a predicted 35.0%.
In Sonoma County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $104,674, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 184 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,389, Santa Rosa Middle among them.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts, is the closest to Santa Rosa Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Santa Rosa Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Santa Rosa Middle is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Santa Rosa Middle falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 502 in 2020-21 to 452 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.7:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Santa Rosa Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 High
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Rincon Valley MiddleMiddle · 725 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
Other Santa Rosa Middle schools
One other US public school is named Santa Rosa Middle. Santa Rosa Middle is the largest of the 2.
- SANTA ROSA MIDDLESANTA ROSA, NM · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts0.3 mi · 384
- Kid Street Charter0.7 mi · 118
- Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)0.7 mi · 525
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.7 mi · 334
- Santa Rosa High0.7 mi · 1,553
- Ridgway High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Rosa MiddleHow large is Santa Rosa Middle?
Santa Rosa Middle enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Santa Rosa Middle serve?
Santa Rosa Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Santa Rosa Middle?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Santa Rosa Middle.
How diverse is Santa Rosa Middle?
Santa Rosa Middle reports a student body of 20% White, 70% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Santa Rosa Middle?
Santa Rosa Middle is overseen by Santa Rosa High in Sonoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.