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Enrollment
1,700
High
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINDSOR UNIFIED·NCES 060003405470
Windsor High
8695 Windsor Rd., Windsor, CA 95492 · (707) 837-7767 · Sonoma County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,700 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
822 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 470 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 380 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 424 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 426 | 25% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
60.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
28.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.3% | 36.3% | 23.5% | 16.0% |
| Math | 10.0% | 18.8% | 20.5% | 50.8% |
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 | 60.5% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 22.2% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.8% | 26.9% |
| 2018-19 | 53.8% | 29.8% |
| 2017-18 | 57.7% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 67.8% | 21.9% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Windsor High
Windsor High's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor High this school | 1,700 | 48.4% | 42.8% |
| Rancho Cotate High Rohnert Park | 1,755 | 47.1% | 29.9% |
| Aptos High Aptos | 1,274 | 47.6% | 41.2% |
| Casa Grande High Petaluma | 1,653 | 48.6% | 47.3% |
| Novato High Novato | 1,287 | 48.3% | 42.8% |
| Terra Linda High San Rafael | 1,248 | 49.4% | 57.1% |
Matched among California high 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 Windsor High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #462 of 1,052 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #456 of 1,056 ▲ 97 | #6 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #465 of 1,056 ▼ 17 | #5 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #471 of 1,044 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,700 | #441 of 2,093 | #2 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #538 of 1,352 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #507 of 1,351 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,183 of 1,575 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #790 of 802 | #9 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,700
+119 (+8%) vs 2020
+63% since 2000-01, when it was 1,043
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 1,700 | 85.2 | 19.9:1 | 48% (822) |
| 2023-24 | 1,638 | 83.8 | 19.5:1 | 44% (723) |
| 2022-23 | 1,603 | 81.7 | 19.6:1 | 46% (744) |
| 2020-21 | 1,581 | 77 | 20.5:1 | 47% (743) |
| 2017-18 | 1,707 | 80.3 | 21.3:1 | 31% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 1,712 | 74 | 23.1:1 | 29% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 1,686 | N/A | N/A | 27% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 1,043 | 46 | 22.7:1 | 17% (177) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windsor High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,707 to 1,700); teachers up 6% (80.3 to 85.2).
About Windsor High
Windsor High is classified as a high school. It is located in Windsor, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,700 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 103% larger than average.
Windsor Unified has a total of 8 schools and 4,669 students, Windsor High among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Windsor High, at 55%. The remaining shares are 36% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Sonoma County's population at about 30%. Windsor High's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 85.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Windsor High's results are 8.5 points below predicted: 42.8% against 51.2%.
Census estimates describe Sonoma County this way: the median household income is $104,674, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Sonoma County has 184 public schools and roughly 63,389 students.
The next-closest public school is Windsor Oaks Academy, about 0.1 miles away. Windsor High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 31.8% on proficiency, and Windsor High is above that at 42.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Windsor High's enrollment climbed 8%, to 1,700.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Windsor Unified
- Cali Calmecac Language AcademyElementary · 1,075 students
- Windsor MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Mattie Washburn ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 493 students
- Sonoma County Virtual AcademyHigh · 63 students
- Big Picture Learning WindsorHigh · 34 students
Other schools in Windsor
- Cali Calmecac Language AcademyElementary · 1,075 students
- Windsor MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 493 students
- Sonoma County Virtual AcademyHigh · 63 students
- Big Picture Learning WindsorHigh · 34 students
- Windsor Oaks AcademyHigh · 33 students
Other Windsor High schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Windsor High. Windsor High is the largest of the 6.
- Windsor High SchoolWindsor, CT · 1,095 students
- Windsor High SchoolWINDSOR, CO · 1,094 students
- WINDSOR HIGHIMPERIAL, MO · 887 students
- Windsor HighWindsor, VA · 508 students
- WINDSOR HIGHWINDSOR, MO · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Windsor Oaks Academy0.1 mi · 33
- Sonoma County Virtual Academy0.1 mi · 63
- Big Picture Learning Windsor0.1 mi · 34
- Cali Calmecac Language Academy0.8 mi · 1,075
- Brooks Elementary1.1 mi · 493
- Windsor Middle1.3 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Windsor HighHow large is Windsor High?
Windsor High enrolls approximately 1,700 students in grades 09-12.
Is Windsor High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Windsor High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Windsor High have?
Windsor High employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Windsor High?
At Windsor High, the student body is approximately 36% White, 55% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Windsor High in?
Windsor High is part of Windsor Unified.
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