Village Elementary Charter

Village Elementary Charter operates as a cozy elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, run under Rincon Valley Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 384 students spanning grades K through 6.

Rincon Valley Union Elementary comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,079 students; Village Elementary Charter is among them.

On demographics, Village Elementary Charter reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Village Elementary Charter higher than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Village Elementary Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of +0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sonoma County shows median household income runs about $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Village Elementary Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rincon Valley Partnership, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Village Elementary Charter. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Village Elementary Charter at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Village Elementary Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Village Elementary Charter's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 384). Class-load math has grew: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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