Summary:
The Mark West Union Elementary district in Santa Rosa consists of four schools serving grades K-6, with one charter school extending through 8th grade, all performing above the state average.
Among the schools, San Miguel Elementary stands out as the highest-performing, with the strongest test scores in English and math and the district's lowest rate of chronic student absenteeism. In contrast, Mark West Charter, which serves older grades, shows the highest absenteeism and the lowest academic performance in core subjects despite having the highest per-student spending. The other traditional schools, Mark West Elementary and John B. Riebli Elementary, perform solidly, with the district as a whole outperforming California averages in English and math.
Key takeaways for parents include the strong link between attendance and achievement, as schools with lower absenteeism consistently show higher performance. The district also shows an opportunity for improvement in science instruction across most schools. The significant performance gap between the top and bottom schools suggests there are effective practices at the higher-performing schools that could benefit others, particularly in supporting student attendance and early-grade math instruction.
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