Sonoma Valley High

Set in Sonoma, California, Sonoma Valley High is a middle-of-the-pack senior high, run under Sonoma Valley Unified. It enrolls 1,071 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Sonoma Valley High sits 28% above that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Sonoma Valley Unified (3,015 students total), Sonoma Valley High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Sonoma Valley High shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 29% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sonoma Valley High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.0%; Sonoma Valley High posts 40.0%, -20.0 points below that line.

Around the school, Sonoma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sonoma Valley High is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Creekside High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sonoma Valley High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.8%.

Sonoma Valley High operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sonoma Valley High has decreased 19%, going from 1,324 students in 2018 to 1,071 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 56% to 67%.

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