Washington

Set in Cloverdale, California, Washington is an intimate junior high, operated by Cloverdale Unified. It hosts 393 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 4 schools in Cloverdale Unified (1,293 students total), Washington accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Washington lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 29% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washington falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.8%; this one comes in at 20.7%, -25.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate median household income runs about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Washington is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington has declined 11%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 38% to 29% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Washington community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.