Best Public Schools in Petaluma, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				CAST Science (2019)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% 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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	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	No	No	No	(707) 765-4305	467	17	27.4	14.1%	352 (75.4%)	5 (1.1%)	67 (14.3%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.2%)	76.9	1304^th of 5789 public elementary schools	77.5%		82.5	1006^th of 5662 public elementary schools	82.2%	298	36.7				58.8	62.5	65.3	60.7				60.0	80.4	49.0	69.6										$9,819
Loma Vista Immersion Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	207 Maria Dr.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4302	458	18	24.0	43.9%	128 (27.9%)	3 (0.7%)	307 (67.0%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	56.3	2241^st of 5789 public elementary schools	61.3%		49.9	2572^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	54.6%	331	47.1				44.4	41.9	51.4	48.5				48.9	55.8	65.7	28.1				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	No	No	No	(707) 778-4742	389	16	23.8	15.2%	286 (73.5%)	3 (0.8%)	47 (12.1%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	37 (9.5%)	87.5	774^th of 5789 public elementary schools	86.6%		88.9	689^th of 5662 public elementary schools	87.8%	85	64.7				67.7	67.4	90.2	56.0				76.9	79.1	70.6	52.0				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	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4745	257	12	22.5	90.3%	16 (6.2%)	2 (0.8%)	223 (86.8%)	10 (3.9%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	24.1	4446^th of 5789 public elementary schools	23.2%		23.3	4393^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	22.4%	53	22.5				6.7	30.6	38.5	42.4				15.2	29.0	35.0	24.2				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	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4750	372	12	27.5	40.9%	174 (46.8%)	5 (1.3%)	150 (40.3%)	12 (3.2%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (7.0%)	89.3	681^st of 5789 public elementary schools	88.2%		77.6	1234^th of 5662 public elementary schools	78.2%	553	63.3				64.3	72.0	75.0	70.0				75.0	66.7	73.3	59.0				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	No	No	No	(707) 778-4752	360	16	23.2	30.0%	247 (68.6%)	4 (1.1%)	82 (22.8%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	60	2077^th of 5789 public elementary schools	64.1%		69.7	1577^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.1%	500	30.2				53.2	55.2	37.7	61.2				53.2	55.2	39.6	55.1				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	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4762	269	12	24.0	56.9%	136 (50.6%)	2 (0.7%)	105 (39.0%)	5 (1.9%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	37.5	3351^st of 5789 public elementary schools	42.1%		43.8	2917^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.5%	434	26.3				22.2	41.0	41.0	58.5				25.0	40.0	28.2	36.6				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)	No	No	(707) 778-4794	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)	No	No	(707) 778-4641	108	12	7.9	45.4%	65 (60.2%)	3 (2.8%)	31 (28.7%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.6%)								(n/a)																									$53,650
Carpe Diem High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	199 Fair St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4796	25	2	13.5	64.0%	18 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									$15,572
Sonoma Mountain High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	299 Casa Grande Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4738	27	2	15.5	70.4%	16 (59.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.7%)								(n/a)			18.2																						$17,425
Casa Grande High	Public	9-12	333 Casa Grande Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	No	(707) 778-4677	1,688	73	23.5	43.7%	827 (49.0%)	30 (1.8%)	675 (40.0%)	94 (5.6%)	9 (0.5%)	5 (0.3%)	48 (2.8%)	71.2	516^th of 2133 public high schools	75.8%		85.8	290^th of 2017 public high schools	85.6%	226			45.9	9.1							77.1							43.3							$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	No	No	No	(707) 778-4740	409	17	23.1	23.0%	297 (72.6%)	5 (1.2%)	65 (15.9%)	4 (1.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	59.1	2122^nd of 5789 public elementary schools	63.3%		58.4	2111^th of 5662 public elementary schools	62.7%	11	47.1	46.2			33.3	52.5	66.7	65.1	67.5	74.4		17.5	40.0	39.2	47.6	42.5	43.6		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	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4710	871	40	22.1	50.9%	371 (42.6%)	7 (0.8%)	394 (45.2%)	39 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.8%)	68.8	716^th of 2715 public middle schools	73.6%		69.4	659^th of 2480 public middle schools	73.4%	57		34.3							62.1	55.3						49.7	43.8								$7,239
Petaluma High	Public	9-12	201 Fair St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	No	(707) 778-4651	1,381	61	22.4	35.0%	897 (65.0%)	9 (0.7%)	381 (27.6%)	27 (2.0%)	12 (0.9%)	10 (0.7%)	45 (3.3%)	86.9	242^nd of 2133 public high schools	88.7%		85.6	294^th of 2017 public high schools	85.4%	52			51.0								73.6							42.6							$7,891
Petaluma Junior High	Public	7-8	700 Bantam Way	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	No	(707) 778-4724	558	26	22.3	40.0%	334 (59.9%)	7 (1.3%)	173 (31.0%)	12 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.0%)	62.5	852^nd of 2715 public middle schools	68.6%		63	779^th of 2480 public middle schools	68.6%	73		34.6							62.1	50.2						47.0	33.2								$7,551
San Antonio High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	500 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 778-4758	85	6	13.4	83.5%	23 (27.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (67.1%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	10.5	2017^th of 2133 public high schools	5.4%		9.6	1916^th of 2017 public high schools	5.0%	101			3.6								3.2							0.0							$15,920
Valley Oaks High (Alternative)	Public	7-12	540 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	No	No	No	No	(707) 778-4794	37	4	9.2	13.5%	27 (73.0%)	1 (2.7%)	7 (18.9%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									$11,725
Petaluma Accelerated Charter	Public, Magnet, Charter	7-8	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma Joint Union High	Yes	Yes	No	No	(707) 778-4750	114	4	25.0	24.6%	80 (70.2%)	2 (1.8%)	20 (17.5%)	6 (5.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.4%)	99.5	6^th of 2715 public middle schools	99.8%		99.4	4^th of 2480 public middle schools	99.8%	2		80.8							98.2	92.3						100.0	94.2								$6,238
Live Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Gnoss Concourse Bldg. 1	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Live Oak Charter District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 762-9020	290	12	24.4	20.3%	235 (81.0%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.8%)	4 (1.4%)	8 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.4%)	88.9	708^th of 5789 public elementary schools	87.8%					(n/a)	76.7	55.2			71.0	70.0	80.0	73.3	48.3	69.0		74.2	73.3	43.3	63.3	31.0	62.1		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	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4303	327	15	22.6	40.7%	185 (56.6%)	1 (0.3%)	122 (37.3%)	15 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	48.4	2683^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	53.7%		42.7	2987^th of 5662 public elementary schools	47.2%	304	25.9				33.3	54.8	61.1	42.0				55.6	58.1	33.3	26.0				97.1						$19,963
Miwok Valley Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1010 Saint Francis Dr.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4304	339	18	18.3	75.8%	60 (17.7%)	11 (3.2%)	246 (72.6%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	30.4	3900^th of 5789 public elementary schools	32.6%		34.3	3522^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	37.8%	378	11.8				25.8	40.0	39.2	46.2				45.2	36.0	27.5	19.2				93.7						$11,026
Corona Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1851 Hartman Ln.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Waugh Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-3331	439	21	21.5	17.3%	271 (61.7%)	3 (0.7%)	96 (21.9%)	36 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.3%)	79.7	1189^th of 5789 public elementary schools	79.5%		84.5	917^th of 5662 public elementary schools	83.8%	272	56.7				61.5	59.7	77.6	55.0				61.5	63.2	61.2	51.7				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	No	No	Yes	(707) 762-3331	409	17	23.7	12.7%	253 (61.9%)	4 (1.0%)	80 (19.6%)	14 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	55 (13.4%)	91.2	581^st of 5789 public elementary schools	90.0%		87.7	754^th of 5662 public elementary schools	86.7%	173	54.4				78.5	73.4	84.8	81.4				72.7	65.6	63.0	72.9										$10,028
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	3775 Bodega Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Wilmar Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4340	239	10	23.3	27.2%	184 (77.0%)	1 (0.4%)	40 (16.7%)	4 (1.7%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.3%)	5 (2.1%)	92.9	449^th of 5789 public elementary schools	92.2%		75.5	1338^th of 5662 public elementary schools	76.4%	889	61.9				70.4	77.1	81.0	88.0				74.1	68.6	81.0	88.0				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	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	164	7	23.0	18.9%	118 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (18.9%)	4 (2.4%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.9%)	93.9	384^th of 5789 public elementary schools	93.4%		97.3	123^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	97.8%	261	70.4				78.1	77.8	82.1	82.1				62.5	96.3	92.9	85.7
Liberty Primary	Public	K-1	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	No	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	44	3	18.2	11.4%	30 (68.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (20.5%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.1%)								(n/a)																			94.3		94.3
Heartwood Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	170 Liberty Sch Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Heartwood Charter District	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(415) 488-9572	120			19.2%	87 (72.5%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (5.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (20.8%)								(n/a)
Cinnabar Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	286 Skillman Ln.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Cinnabar Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4345	247	11	22.7	74.9%	66 (26.7%)	8 (3.2%)	162 (65.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	9 (3.6%)	38.8	3257^th of 5789 public elementary schools	43.7%		39.8	3154^th of 5662 public elementary schools	44.3%	103	22.2	33.3			64.5	35.9	48.2	57.1	50.0	53.3		34.4	32.5	11.1	32.1	0.0	23.3								$12,596
Cinnabar Elementary	Public	K	286 Skillman Ln.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Cinnabar Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(707) 765-4345	17	1	18.0	70.6%	3 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (82.4%)	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	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	9	1	20.0	55.6%	6 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)								(n/a)																									$12,514
Dunham Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	4111 Roblar Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Dunham Elementary	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	159	7	21.6	21.4%	110 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (22.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.5%)	79.9	1174^th of 5789 public elementary schools	79.7%		75.9	1317^th of 5662 public elementary schools	76.7%	143	40.9				78.3	64.0	68.2					78.3	60.0	45.5					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	No	No	Yes	(707) 762-6051	10	1	17.3	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (50.0%)								(n/a)																									$27,524
Old Adobe Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	2856 Adobe Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	No	No	No	(707) 765-4301	351	14	23.5	22.5%	248 (70.7%)	4 (1.1%)	76 (21.7%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	70.4	1585^th of 5789 public elementary schools	72.6%		75.9	1318^th of 5662 public elementary schools	76.7%	267	45.5				60.0	44.4	72.7	63.6				62.2	38.9	47.7	57.6				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	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-6414	175	7	26.0	30.3%	105 (60.0%)	5 (2.9%)	42 (24.0%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (10.9%)	32.2	3758^th of 5789 public elementary schools	35.1%					(n/a)	23.5				47.6	40.9	41.2	73.3				23.8	22.7	5.9	20.0				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	No	No	Yes	(707) 762-6617	163	8	20.7	40.5%	72 (44.2%)	2 (1.2%)	74 (45.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	13 (8.0%)	54.9	2323^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	59.9%		68.5	1642^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	71.0%	681	33.3				40.0	60.0	61.9	53.9				30.0	71.4	28.6	38.5										$158
Lincoln Union Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Hicks Valley Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Marin County	Lincoln Elementary	No	No	No	(n/a)	(707) 763-0045	7	1	5.0		6 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									$29,962
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																			(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Penngrove	3.89 mi	1	195^th
Rohnert Park	5.45 mi	16	450^th
Cotati	6.89 mi	1	678^th
Novato	9.09 mi	17	272^nd
Sonoma	9.96 mi	12	597^th

Best Public Schools in Petaluma, CA

Petaluma Accelerated Charter

Liberty Elementary

Wilson Elementary

Meadow Elementary

McKinley Elementary

Live Oak Charter

Grant Elementary

Petaluma High

Dunham Charter

Corona Creek Elementary

Sonoma Mountain Elementary

Casa Grande High

Old Adobe Elementary Charter

Kenilworth Junior High

Petaluma Junior High

McNear Elementary

Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley

Loma Vista Immersion Academy

Two Rock Elementary

La Tercera Elementary

Cinnabar Charter

Valley Vista Elementary

River Montessori Elementary Charter

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter

McDowell Elementary

San Antonio High (Continuation)

Carpe Diem High (Continuation)

Cinnabar Elementary

Dunham Elementary

Heartwood Charter

Laguna Elementary

Liberty Independent Study

Liberty Primary

Lincoln Union Elementary

Sonoma Mountain High (Continuation)

South County Consortium

Valley Oaks Elementary (Alternative)

Valley Oaks High (Alternative)

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