Sheppard Elementary

Sheppard Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Santa Rosa, California, part of Roseland, enrolling 577 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Roseland runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,582 students. Sheppard Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sheppard Elementary logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, Sheppard Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.7%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of +5.4 points.

Around the school, Sonoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Sheppard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Roseland Charter, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sheppard Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

Sheppard Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sheppard Elementary has expanded 16%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025.

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