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If you could change one rule at Sonora Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SONORA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063723006305
Sonora Elementary
830 Greenley Rd., Sonora, CA 95370 · (209) 532-5491 · Tuolumne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- CThree-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
20.1:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
310 students
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 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
46.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
31.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.7% | 28.2% | 24.0% | 29.1% |
| Math | 13.4% | 18.3% | 30.2% | 38.2% |
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 | 46.8% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 32.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.3% | 32.3% |
| 2020-21 | 49.6% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 45.2% |
| 2017-18 | 54.5% | 45.6% |
| 2016-17 | 53.4% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Sonora Elementary
Sonora Elementary's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonora Elementary this school | 643 | 48.2% | 38.3% |
| Joaquin Miller Elementary Burbank | 730 | 50.7% | 53.0% |
| Shasta Elementary Chico | 621 | 45.7% | 51.4% |
| North Cottonwood Cottonwood | 498 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| Union Hill Elementary Grass Valley | 542 | 45.8% | 41.4% |
| Glenoaks Elementary Glendale | 486 | 49.2% | 52.6% |
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 Sonora Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tuolumne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #2,640 of 5,151 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,064 of 5,172 ▼ 117 | #4 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #2,284 of 5,172 ▲ 260 | #2 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,475 of 5,116 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #1,079 of 5,915 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #973 of 5,352 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #3,135 of 5,354 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #3,991 of 5,625 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,156 of 3,837 | N/A |
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
643
-55 (-8%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 958
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
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 | 643 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 48% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 37.2 | 18.6:1 | 47% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 35.7 | 20.3:1 | 43% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 42% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 35.8 | 20.9:1 | 45% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 43% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | N/A | N/A | 47% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 47 | 17.2:1 | 45% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 958 | 42 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sonora Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (748 to 643); teachers down 11% (35.8 to 32).
About Sonora Elementary
Sonora Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Sonora, California. The school's 643 students are in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Federal records list Sonora Elementary as its own district.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sonora Elementary combined. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Tuolumne County residents are about 81% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Sonora Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Federal staffing data show 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sonora Elementary and a ratio of 20.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 48% of enrollment. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Tuolumne County.
The allk12 Grade for Sonora Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sonora Elementary scores 38.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.3%.
Census estimates describe Tuolumne County this way: median household income is about $77,404, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 30 public schools in Tuolumne County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,724.
The school nearest to Sonora Elementary is Dario Cassina High, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Sonora Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.4%; Sonora Elementary's is 38.3%, ranking 2nd of 4.
Sonora Elementary is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
The student count in 2024-25 was 643, 8% below the 698 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 20.1 students per teacher, compared with 21.8 in 2020-21.
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Tuolumne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,498
Census ACS
Median income
$77,404
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
5,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sonora
- Sonora HighHigh · 880 students
- Gold Rush Home Study CharterCombined · 430 students
- Curtis Creek ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Belleview ElementaryElementary · 148 students
- Theodore Bird HighHigh · 65 students
- Dario Cassina HighHigh · 44 students
Other Sonora Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sonora Elementary. Sonora Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Sonora ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 367 students
- SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGDALE, AR · 604 students
- Sonora Elementary SchoolSONORA, TX · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Dario Cassina High0.5 mi · 44
- Theodore Bird High0.5 mi · 65
- Gold Ridge Educational Center0.7 mi · 8
- Sonora High1.1 mi · 880
- Tuolumne County Community/ISP1.1 mi · 27
- Tuolumne County Special Education1.1 mi · 42
Frequently asked questions
About Sonora ElementaryHow many students attend Sonora Elementary?
Sonora Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Sonora Elementary serve?
Sonora Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sonora Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sonora Elementary is approximately 20.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sonora Elementary?
Student demographics at Sonora Elementary are roughly 72% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sonora Elementary in?
Sonora Elementary is part of Sonora Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.