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What tradition at Steele Lane Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063581006135
Steele Lane Elementary
301 Steele Ln., Santa Rosa, CA 95403 · (707) 890-3945 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
313 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
10.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
12.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.8% | 7.4% | 21.2% | 68.7% |
| Math | 2.2% | 10.7% | 17.8% | 69.3% |
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 | 10.1% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.1% | 7.6% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 11.9% |
| 2021-22 | 11.9% | 11.1% |
| 2018-19 | 19.6% | 16.6% |
| 2016-17 | 10.0% | 9.5% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Steele Lane Elementary
Steele Lane Elementary's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Lane Elementary this school | 447 | 70.0% | 9.8% |
| Badillo Elementary Covina | 442 | 72.4% | 38.4% |
| Sunset Elementary Coalinga | 442 | 72.2% | 26.4% |
| Nell Dawson Elementary Coalinga | 405 | 71.6% | 22.6% |
| Oneonta Elementary Imperial Beach | 434 | 69.4% | 27.9% |
| Henry F. Bishop Elementary Coalinga | 412 | 72.8% | N/A |
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 Steele Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #5,102 of 5,151 | #78 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #4,898 of 5,172 ▲ 195 | #74 of 79 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #5,138 of 5,172 ▲ 5 | #78 of 79 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,346 of 5,116 | #47 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #3,068 of 5,915 | #23 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,398 of 5,352 | #55 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #3,797 of 5,354 | #63 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #2,954 of 5,625 | #24 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #456 of 1,139 | #15 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
447
+82 (+22%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 447 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 70% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 20 | 20.7:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 18 | 21.0:1 | 69% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 71% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 19 | 21.1:1 | 80% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 80% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | N/A | N/A | 99% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 66% (339) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 19 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steele Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (400 to 447); teachers unchanged (19 to 19).
About Steele Lane Elementary
Steele Lane Elementary serves students in Santa Rosa, California, as a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 447 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
Santa Rosa Elementary, which runs Steele Lane Elementary, has 12 schools and 4,800 students.
The student body at Steele Lane Elementary is 81% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 9% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Sonoma County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Steele Lane Elementary's diversity index is 33%, against a US figure of 70%.
Steele Lane Elementary's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.6:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 70%. That is 19 points above the 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County.
Steele Lane Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Steele Lane Elementary in the bottom 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 28.7 points below it (9.8% actual, 38.5% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Sonoma County show that the median household income is $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 184 public schools in Sonoma County, enrolling about 63,389 students in all.
Pivot Charter School - North Bay is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Steele Lane Elementary. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Steele Lane Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment grew 22% from its 2020-21 level of 365.
Community posts for Steele Lane Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Santa Rosa Elementary
- Cesar Chavez Language AcademyElementary · 773 students
- Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)Elementary · 525 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Helen M. Lehman ElementaryElementary · 373 students
- Luther Burbank ElementaryElementary · 334 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
- Pivot Charter School - North Bay0.5 mi · 437
- Santa Rosa High0.6 mi · 1,553
- Ridgway High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 252
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts1.0 mi · 384
- Santa Rosa Middle1.3 mi · 452
- Hidden Valley Elementary1.4 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Steele Lane ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Steele Lane Elementary?
Steele Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Steele Lane Elementary serve?
Steele Lane Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Steele Lane Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Steele Lane Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Steele Lane Elementary?
Steele Lane Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Steele Lane Elementary in?
Steele Lane Elementary is part of Santa Rosa Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.