Best Public Schools in Petaluma, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				CAST Science (2021)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2021)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2021)							% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	% DTP (2020)	% MMR (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Sonoma Mountain Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1900 Rainier Cir.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4305	462	17	27.1	12.1%	342 (74.0%)	3 (0.6%)	66 (14.3%)	17 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.1%)								(n/a)																										$9,819
Loma Vista Immersion Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	207 Maria Dr.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4302	481	19	25.3	35.3%	137 (28.5%)	4 (0.8%)	325 (67.6%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)								(n/a)																				97.7	97.7	97.7	97.7	97.7	97.7	$9,952
Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Grant Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4742	371	15	24.7	17.3%	281 (75.7%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (10.5%)	11 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (9.4%)								(n/a)																				91.9	95.2	95.2	91.9	95.2	91.9	$7,020
McDowell Elementary	Public	K-6	421 S. McDowell Blvd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4745	228	10	22.8	84.6%	16 (7.0%)	2 (0.9%)	198 (86.8%)	7 (3.1%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)								(n/a)																				88.7	94.3	94.3	90.6	92.5	94.3	$10,444
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	395	15	26.3	35.7%	182 (46.1%)	5 (1.3%)	161 (40.8%)	14 (3.5%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (6.8%)								(n/a)																				58.0	89.9	88.4	95.7	92.8	91.3	$8,527
McNear Elementary	Public	K-6	605 Sunnyslope Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4752	342	16	21.3	28.1%	256 (74.9%)	3 (0.9%)	61 (17.8%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)								(n/a)																				95.6		97.1			97.1	$6,891
Valley Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	730 N. Webster St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4762	207	9	23.0	53.6%	103 (49.8%)	1 (0.5%)	86 (41.5%)	3 (1.4%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)								(n/a)																				84.8	84.8	91.3	87.0	84.8	87.0	$8,995
Valley Oaks Elementary (Alternative)	Public	K-6	540 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4794	4	2	2.0		3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
South County Consortium	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Douglas St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4641	139	18	7.8	39.6%	80 (57.6%)	5 (3.6%)	41 (29.5%)	3 (2.2%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.0%)								(n/a)																										$53,650
Carpe Diem High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	199 Fair St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4796	32	2	16.0	56.3%	17 (53.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (46.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50	604^th of 1290 public high schools	53.2%					(n/a)												75.0							0.0							$15,572
Sonoma Mountain High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	299 Casa Grande Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4738	32	2	16.0	46.9%	20 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$17,425
Casa Grande High	Public	9-12	333 Casa Grande Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4677	1,777	76	23.2	41.2%	821 (46.2%)	38 (2.1%)	728 (41.0%)	103 (5.8%)	8 (0.5%)	6 (0.3%)	73 (4.1%)	69.4	358^th of 1290 public high schools	72.2%		71.2	516^th of 2133 public high schools	75.8%	158			37.7		38.1							58.5							39.5							$7,467
Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley	Public, Charter	K-8	1001 Cherry St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4740	406	18	23.0	31.5%	285 (70.2%)	6 (1.5%)	65 (16.0%)	4 (1.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (10.3%)								(n/a)		58.1							32.6	66.7	78.6					29.3	52.5	46.3		91.1	93.3	93.3	91.1	93.3	93.3	$7,851
Kenilworth Junior High	Public	7-8	800 Riesling Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4710	839	41	20.4	44.0%	400 (47.7%)	9 (1.1%)	349 (41.6%)	32 (3.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (5.4%)	65.7	261^st of 894 public middle schools	70.8%		68.8	716^th of 2715 public middle schools	73.6%	455		27.5								58.0	53.4						48.7	36.0								$7,239
Petaluma High	Public	9-12	201 Fair St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4651	1,369	61	22.3	30.9%	885 (64.6%)	11 (0.8%)	374 (27.3%)	31 (2.3%)	12 (0.9%)	6 (0.4%)	47 (3.4%)	82.7	219^th of 1290 public high schools	83.0%		86.9	242^nd of 2133 public high schools	88.7%	23			36.4	54.2	42.8							77.9							45.7							$7,891
Petaluma Junior High	Public	7-8	700 Bantam Way	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4724	495	24	20.6	39.6%	264 (53.3%)	3 (0.6%)	176 (35.6%)	11 (2.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.3%)	62.1	299^th of 894 public middle schools	66.6%		62.5	852^nd of 2715 public middle schools	68.6%	553		25.9								53.7	53.9						39.5	40.1								$7,551
San Antonio High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	500 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4758	86	7	11.6	75.6%	24 (27.9%)	2 (2.3%)	55 (64.0%)	2 (2.3%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	18.2	1045^th of 1290 public high schools	19.0%		10.5	2017^th of 2133 public high schools	5.4%	972			11.1	7.1	9.4							25.0							11.8							$15,920
Valley Oaks High (Alternative)	Public	7-12	540 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4794	41	4	10.5	24.4%	27 (65.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$11,725
Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	117	4	26.5	23.1%	78 (66.7%)	1 (0.9%)	22 (18.8%)	6 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.5%)	99.5	5^th of 894 public middle schools	99.4%		99.5	6^th of 2715 public middle schools	99.8%	1		93.9								91.9	93.9						95.2	100.0								$6,238
Live Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Gnoss Concourse Bldg. 1	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Live Oak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 762-9020	280	13	21.1	23.2%	224 (80.0%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (6.8%)	5 (1.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.6%)	74.7	332^nd of 1417 public elementary schools	76.6%		88.9	708^th of 5789 public elementary schools	87.8%	376						50.0	80.0	84.6	78.6	76.9	77.8		35.7	72.0	26.9	32.1	46.2	66.7		72.7	79.6	79.6	79.6	81.8	77.3
La Tercera Elementary	Public	K-6	1600 Albin Way	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4303	297	13	23.2	27.9%	161 (54.2%)	3 (1.0%)	115 (38.7%)	9 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)								(n/a)																				97.1						$19,963
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1010 Saint Francis Dr.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4304	327	17	19.0	51.1%	67 (20.5%)	9 (2.8%)	231 (70.6%)	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)								(n/a)																				93.7						$11,026
Corona Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1851 Hartman Ln.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Waugh Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-3331	420	20	21.3	16.2%	263 (62.6%)	4 (1.0%)	91 (21.7%)	34 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.4%)	75.3	326^th of 1417 public elementary schools	77.0%		79.7	1189^th of 5789 public elementary schools	79.5%	863						70.8	55.1	71.8	69.2				45.8	46.0	37.8	33.3				94.9	96.2	97.4	97.4	96.2	97.4	$9,810
Meadow Elementary	Public	K-6	880 Maria Dr.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Waugh Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 762-3331	388	17	22.5	9.5%	234 (60.3%)	3 (0.8%)	77 (19.8%)	17 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	53 (13.7%)	80.5	265^th of 1417 public elementary schools	81.3%		91.2	581^st of 5789 public elementary schools	90.0%	316						46.0	72.5	70.2	70.9				40.5	47.6	43.9	63.0										$10,028
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	3775 Bodega Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Wilmar Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4340	217	10	22.1	23.0%	169 (77.9%)	3 (1.4%)	34 (15.7%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)								(n/a)																				94.1	96.1			96.1		$9,544
Liberty Elementary	Public, Charter	1-6	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	135	7	19.8	14.8%	95 (70.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (21.5%)	4 (3.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)								(n/a)
Liberty Primary	Public	K-1	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	40	2	20.0	17.5%	26 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (25.0%)	1 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.5%)								(n/a)																				94.3		94.3
Liberty Independent Study	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	34	2	14.1	8.8%	25 (73.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (14.7%)								(n/a)
Heartwood Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Heartwood Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 488-9572	179	7	24.5	35.8%	134 (74.9%)	3 (1.7%)	10 (5.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (17.3%)								(n/a)	60.0					60.0	42.9	60.0	53.9	38.5			40.0	35.7	20.0	38.5	30.8
Cinnabar Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	286 Skillman Ln.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Cinnabar Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4345	231	11	21.0	57.1%	59 (25.5%)	5 (2.2%)	159 (68.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)								(n/a)																										$12,596
Cinnabar Elementary	Public	K	286 Skillman Ln.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Cinnabar Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4345	20	1	20.0	80.0%	1 (5.0%)	1 (5.0%)	18 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$12,596
Dunham Elementary	Public	K-6	4111 Roblar Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Dunham Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	9	1	18.0	33.3%	8 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$12,514
Dunham Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	4111 Roblar Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Dunham Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	147	8	19.6	24.5%	106 (72.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (19.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.2%)								(n/a)																				83.7	83.7	86.1	83.7	83.7	83.7	$12,514
Laguna Elementary	Public	K-6	2657 Chileno Valley Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Marin County	Laguna Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 762-6051	10	1	13.1	30.0%	1 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (30.0%)								(n/a)																										$27,524
Old Adobe Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	2856 Adobe Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4301	331	14	23.6	22.4%	231 (69.8%)	4 (1.2%)	70 (21.1%)	11 (3.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)								(n/a)																				97.4						$8,896
River Montessori Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	3880 Cypress Dr. Ste. B	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	River Montessori Elementary Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-6414	156	7	22.2	18.6%	96 (61.5%)	3 (1.9%)	31 (19.9%)	5 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	20 (12.8%)								(n/a)																				85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
Two Rock Elementary	Public	K-6	5001 Spring Hill Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Two Rock Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 762-6617	123	7	18.4	43.1%	48 (39.0%)	2 (1.6%)	64 (52.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.5%)	32.5	904^th of 1417 public elementary schools	36.2%		54.9	2323^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	59.9%	1419	25.0					31.8	14.3	25.0	75.0				13.0	13.3	6.3	41.7										$158
Lincoln Union Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Hicks Valley Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Marin County	Lincoln Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 763-0045	8	1	8.0		8 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$29,962

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Penngrove	3.89 mi	1
Rohnert Park	5.45 mi	16
Cotati	6.89 mi	1
Novato	9.09 mi	17	146^th
Sonoma	9.96 mi	12

Best Public Schools in Petaluma, CA

Petaluma Accelerated Charter

Petaluma High

Meadow Elementary

Corona Creek Elementary

Live Oak Charter

Casa Grande High

Kenilworth Junior High

Petaluma Junior High

Carpe Diem High (Continuation)

Two Rock Elementary

San Antonio High (Continuation)

Cinnabar Charter

Cinnabar Elementary

Dunham Charter

Dunham Elementary

Grant Elementary

Heartwood Charter

La Tercera Elementary

Laguna Elementary

Liberty Elementary

Liberty Independent Study

Liberty Primary

Lincoln Union Elementary

Loma Vista Immersion Academy

Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley

McDowell Elementary

McKinley Elementary

McNear Elementary

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter

Old Adobe Elementary Charter

River Montessori Elementary Charter

Sonoma Mountain Elementary

Sonoma Mountain High (Continuation)

South County Consortium

Valley Oaks Elementary (Alternative)

Valley Oaks High (Alternative)

Valley Vista Elementary

Wilson Elementary

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