Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATASCADERO UNIFIED·NCES 060330000255
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy
8655 Santa Rosa Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422 · (805) 462-4290 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
265 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 73% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy→Atascadero Middle
Based on grade levels within Atascadero Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.2% | 18.4% | 21.5% | 44.9% |
| Math | 9.5% | 14.6% | 34.2% | 41.8% |
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 | 33.5% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 45.2% | 38.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 35.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.2% | 28.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 34.0% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Road Academic Academy
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy this school | 377 | 70.3% | 31.3% |
| Golden View Elementary Huntington Beach | 346 | 68.8% | 35.6% |
| Lindo Park Elementary Lakeside | 421 | 73.2% | 24.3% |
| Mt. Woodson Elementary Ramona | 349 | 67.9% | 41.5% |
| Elmhurst Elementary Ventura | 378 | 71.7% | 33.0% |
| Fairgrove Elementary Grover Beach | 365 | 67.9% | 49.2% |
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 Road Academic Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,358 of 5,151 | #31 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #3,875 of 5,172 ▼ 822 | #35 of 37 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,606 of 5,172 ▼ 454 | #35 of 37 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #407 of 5,116 | #2 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #3,964 of 5,915 | #23 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #861 of 5,352 | #7 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #1,646 of 5,354 | #5 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #2,940 of 5,625 | #9 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #562 of 1,139 | #9 of 17 |
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
377
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 377 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 70% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 68% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 15 | 23.9:1 | 65% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 16 | 21.7:1 | 54% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 14 | 24.8:1 | 59% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 13 | 26.7:1 | 62% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 68% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 36 | 19.0:1 | 32% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 27 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (347 to 377); teachers up 36% (14 to 19).
About Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy
Among the schools in Atascadero, California, is Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy, a small elementary school. It reported 377 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, Atascadero Unified, operates 12 schools serving 4,355 students.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy, more than any other group. The remaining students are 36% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Among people living in San Luis Obispo County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The diversity index for Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 70% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Luis Obispo County.
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools.
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.3%, compared with a predicted 38.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is San Luis Obispo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 83 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,339, Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy among them.
San Gabriel Elementary is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A 9% gain took enrollment from 347 in 2020-21 to 377 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.7:1 to 19.9:1.
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San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atascadero Unified
- Atascadero HighHigh · 1,157 students
- Atascadero MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- San Benito ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Monterey Road ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- San Gabriel ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Santa Margarita ElementaryElementary · 297 students
Other schools in Atascadero
- Atascadero HighHigh · 1,157 students
- Atascadero MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- San Benito ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Monterey Road ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- San Gabriel ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Fine Arts AcademyMiddle · 238 students
Nearby schools
- San Gabriel Elementary0.8 mi · 360
- Atascadero Choices in Education Academy (ACE)1.1 mi · 159
- Paloma Creek High1.1 mi · 55
- Atascadero High1.5 mi · 1,157
- Atascadero Middle1.9 mi · 845
- Fine Arts Academy1.9 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Rosa Road Academic AcademyHow many students attend Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy?
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-05.
Is Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy is approximately 19.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy?
At Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy, the student body is approximately 36% White, 50% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy?
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy is overseen by Atascadero Unified in San Luis Obispo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.