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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELAND·NCES 063351005177
Sheppard Elementary
1777 West Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407 · (707) 546-7050 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- BThree-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
24.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
511 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
37.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.7% | 25.1% | 29.0% | 33.2% |
| Math | 13.3% | 21.9% | 30.5% | 34.3% |
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 | 37.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.5% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.9% | 25.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| 2016-17 | 34.8% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Sheppard Elementary
Sheppard Elementary's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Elementary this school | 577 | 88.6% | 34.3% |
| James A. Forrest Elementary Wasco | 576 | 89.4% | 29.3% |
| Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary Salinas | 573 | 89.2% | 23.6% |
| Euclid Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 578 | 89.8% | 37.8% |
| Ramona Elementary Montclair | 556 | 87.8% | 40.5% |
| Crestmore Elementary Bloomington | 586 | 87.0% | 31.5% |
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 Sheppard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,033 of 5,151 | #48 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,723 of 5,172 ▲ 579 | #43 of 79 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #3,149 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #47 of 79 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,192 of 5,116 | #29 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #1,594 of 5,915 | #5 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,787 of 5,352 | #59 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #5,162 of 5,354 | #76 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #1,264 of 5,625 | #5 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #324 of 1,139 | #13 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
577
+46 (+9%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 577 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 89% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 84% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 24 | 23.9:1 | 77% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 20 | 26.6:1 | 85% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 88% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 90% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | N/A | N/A | 92% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 71% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 18 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheppard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (496 to 577); teachers up 20% (20 to 24).
About Sheppard Elementary
Federal records list Sheppard Elementary as an elementary school in Santa Rosa, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 577 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 24% larger than that.
Sheppard Elementary is among 3 schools run by Roseland, which serves 1,582 students.
About 97% of the student body at Sheppard Elementary is Hispanic. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Sonoma County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 6% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.0 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County, the school's rate is higher.
Sheppard Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sheppard Elementary scores 34.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 27.6%.
In the county around the school, Sonoma County, the median household income is $104,674, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Sonoma County is home to 184 public schools and about 63,389 public school students.
Roseland Charter is located about 0.4 miles from Sheppard Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sheppard Elementary is ahead of the 28.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Sheppard Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 577 students in 2024-25, 46 more than the 531 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 26.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.0:1.
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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 Roseland
- Roseland Creek ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Roseland ElementaryElementary · 471 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
- Roseland Charter0.4 mi · 1,254
- Roseland Creek Elementary0.4 mi · 534
- Meadow View Elementary0.6 mi · 468
- Roseland Elementary0.6 mi · 471
- Robert L. Stevens Elementary0.7 mi · 421
- Cesar Chavez Language Academy1.0 mi · 773
Frequently asked questions
About Sheppard ElementaryHow large is Sheppard Elementary?
Sheppard Elementary enrolls approximately 577 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sheppard Elementary serve?
Sheppard Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sheppard Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Sheppard Elementary.
How diverse is Sheppard Elementary?
Sheppard Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sheppard Elementary in?
Sheppard Elementary is part of Roseland.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.