Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINCON VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063264005080
Whited Elementary Charter
4995 Sonoma Hwy., Santa Rosa, CA 95409 · (707) 539-2400 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
184 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.9pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 18 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 | 20.6% | 18.5% | 28.3% | 32.6% |
| Math | 12.4% | 23.1% | 31.7% | 32.8% |
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 | 39.1% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.9% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 40.6% |
| 2018-19 | 53.3% | 47.3% |
| 2017-18 | 55.9% | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 53.1% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Whited Elementary Charter
Whited Elementary Charter's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whited Elementary Charter this school | 327 | 56.3% | 38.0% |
| Carl Hankey Elementary Mission Viejo | 284 | 57.0% | 63.1% |
| Katherine Elementary Simi Valley | 300 | 52.7% | 44.6% |
| McKinley Elementary Petaluma | 368 | 50.8% | 41.6% |
| Mountain View Elementary Simi Valley | 401 | 55.1% | 37.7% |
| Starr Elementary Fresno | 336 | 54.2% | 53.6% |
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 Whited Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,670 of 5,151 | #44 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #2,697 of 5,172 ▼ 214 | #42 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #3,016 of 5,172 ▼ 461 | #46 of 79 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #462 of 5,116 | #11 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #4,506 of 5,915 | #52 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,188 of 5,352 | #19 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #1,093 of 5,354 | #7 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #3,634 of 5,625 | #33 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #1,010 of 3,837 | #15 of 50 |
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
327
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 327 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 56% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 16 | 21.0:1 | 52% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 49% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 15 | 23.0:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 18.5 | 23.2:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 49% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | N/A | N/A | 47% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 24% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 15 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whited Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (429 to 327); teachers down 14% (18.5 to 16).
About Whited Elementary Charter
Whited Elementary Charter is a small elementary school based in Santa Rosa, California. It reported 327 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
Rincon Valley Union Elementary includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 3,079 students.
The largest group at Whited Elementary Charter is Hispanic students, at 44%. It is also 35% White, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sonoma County is roughly 30% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whited Elementary Charter scores 66%.
Whited Elementary Charter has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 56% at Whited Elementary Charter.
On the allk12 Grade, Whited Elementary Charter lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 46.6% at Whited Elementary Charter; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.0%.
The county, Sonoma County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 184, with about 63,389 students.
Measured in a straight line, Binkley Elementary Charter is about 0.6 miles from Whited Elementary Charter. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Whited Elementary Charter is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Whited Elementary Charter as City: Mid-size. Whited Elementary Charter is a public charter school.
From 345 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 327 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 23.0 in 2020-21 to 20.4 in 2024-25.
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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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Village Elementary CharterElementary · 384 students
- Spring Lake CharterElementary · 383 students
- Manzanita Elementary CharterElementary · 369 students
- Austin Creek ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Madrone ElementaryElementary · 363 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
- Binkley Elementary Charter0.6 mi · 351
- Sequoia Elementary0.6 mi · 414
- Madrone Elementary0.7 mi · 363
- Maria Carrillo High1.0 mi · 1,584
- Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter1.2 mi · 128
- Rincon Valley Middle1.2 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Whited Elementary CharterWhat is the total enrollment at Whited Elementary Charter?
Whited Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-06.
Is Whited Elementary Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whited Elementary Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Whited Elementary Charter have?
Whited Elementary Charter employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whited Elementary Charter?
At Whited Elementary Charter, the student body is approximately 35% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Whited Elementary Charter public or private?
Whited Elementary Charter is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Rincon Valley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.