Whited Elementary Charter

Set in Santa Rosa, California, Whited Elementary Charter is an intimate K-5 school, overseen by Rincon Valley Union Elementary. It hosts 327 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Whited Elementary Charter is one of 9 schools operated by Rincon Valley Union Elementary, a district that teaches 3,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Whited Elementary Charter records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Whited Elementary Charter reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Whited Elementary Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Whited Elementary Charter is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Binkley Elementary Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whited Elementary Charter ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site. Whited 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. Whited Elementary Charter's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 327). The White share of enrollment edged down from 48% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.