Yulupa Elementary

Yulupa Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Santa Rosa, California, part of Bennett Valley Union Elementary, works with 523 students, covering grades K through 3.

Yulupa Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Bennett Valley Union Elementary, a district that serves 888 students overall.

On demographics, Yulupa Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 32% of students at Yulupa Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Yulupa Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 71.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Sonoma County shows median household income runs about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Yulupa Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Manzanita Elementary Charter, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yulupa Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yulupa Elementary has declined 13%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 61% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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