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Petaluma City Elementary

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At a glance

661^stof 1,530 California districts▲ 126

Better than 56% of California districts

Elementary 8 Alternative 1Grades K-12

200 Douglas St.
Petaluma, CA 94952-2567·(707) 778-4604·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 56.8% of districts

Schools

2,182

Students

Top rankedGrant Elementary648^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

McNear Elementary up 300 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

South County Consortium 9.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The seven schools in Petaluma City Elementary include six elementary schools serving K–6 and South County Consortium, an alternative school serving K–12. The latest results are from 2025–26 for five elementary schools and South County Consortium; the five-school elementary average was 46% in ELA, 43% in math and 32% in science. The clearest takeaway is that those averages hide a wide divide between schools, rather than describing one consistent experience across the area.

Grant Elementary led the five elementary schools with 2025–26 results, scoring 72% in ELA, 70% in math and 49% in science; McNear Elementary was a strong runner-up at 58%, 57% and 48%. Both were above state results in all three subjects. At the other end, McDowell Elementary scored 9% in ELA, 13% in math and 10% in science—below the state by 40, 26 and 26 percentage points, respectively. Grant’s lead over McDowell was 63 points in ELA, 58 in math and 39 in science.

The five-school average declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in ELA, math and science, while the average gap with the state widened by 1, 2 and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rankings show a similar contrast: Grant was at the 89th percentile and McNear at the 77th in 2025–26, compared with McDowell at the 2nd percentile. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 18% at Grant and 86% at McDowell; these figures offer context, not an explanation for results. Enrollment and ratios do not neatly account for the differences: Grant and McDowell had student-teacher ratios of 24.1:1 and 23.5:1, while McNear’s was 22.8:1. South County Consortium scored 14% in ELA and 15% in math in 2025–26; Valley Vista’s latest supplied test results are from 2024–25, and South County Consortium’s K–12 alternative setting is not directly comparable with the elementary schools.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)				CSA Spanish Listening (2026)				CSA Spanish Writing (2026)				CSA Spanish Reading (2026)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	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	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Grant Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4742	386	16	24.1	18.4%	284 (73.6%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (11.4%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	45 (11.7%)	90	648^th of 5817 public elementary schools	88.9%		90.1	653^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	88.9%	5																	48.9			48.9	72.7	68.6	68.8	79.7				72.4	80.0	72.9	56.3	71.2				70.3	93%	0%	$21,798	$20,780	$1,018
McDowell Elementary	Public	K-6	421 South McDowell Blvd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4745	329	14	23.5	86.0%	21 (6.4%)	8 (2.4%)	273 (83.0%)	11 (3.3%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.8%)	6 (1.8%)	7.8	5708^th of 5817 public elementary schools	1.9%		11.1	5560^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.1%	148	0.0	8.0	4.2	4.1	20.8	16.0	29.2	21.9	0.0	20.0	12.5	11.0	0.0	8.0	4.2	4.1	10.2			10.2	6.1	6.7	8.3	18.8				9.2	12.0	13.3	8.3	18.8				12.6	≥ 98%		$23,656	$21,882	$1,774
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	110 Ellis St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4750	368	15	24.5	50.8%	125 (34.0%)	6 (1.6%)	172 (46.7%)	26 (7.1%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	29 (7.9%)	46.4	2825^th of 5817 public elementary schools	51.4%		43.7	2967^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.3%	142																	26.7			26.7	35.3	51.8	41.3	43.6				43.9	26.5	46.4	37.8	35.5				37.6	97%	0%	$23,332	$22,356	$976
McNear Elementary	Public	K-6	605 Sunnyslope Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4752	343	15	22.8	27.4%	237 (69.1%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (20.4%)	11 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.7%)	75.8	1339^th of 5817 public elementary schools	77.0%		69.2	1639^th of 5857 public elementary schools	72.0%	300																	47.7			47.7	51.1	54.4	61.4	66.0				58.3	56.3	55.3	50.0	64.0				56.6	94%	0%	$26,611	$25,972	$639
Penngrove Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	365 Adobe Rd.	Penngrove	94951	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4755	472	16	29.5	36.0%	308 (65.3%)	2 (0.4%)	93 (19.7%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	48 (10.2%)	45.9	2856^th of 5817 public elementary schools	50.9%		58.4	2146^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.4%	710																	28.6			28.6	38.6	55.4	42.9	40.0				43.8	40.2	53.6	32.1	24.4				38.5	97%	0%	$22,619	$22,118	$501
Valley Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	730 North Webster St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4762	155	8	19.3	66.5%	54 (34.8%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (52.3%)	3 (1.9%)	3 (1.9%)	4 (2.6%)	10 (6.5%)								(n/a)																																					≥ 95%		$32,846	$31,574	$1,272
Valley Oaks Elementary (Alternative)	Public	K-6	540 Vallejo St.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(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	(n/a)	(707) 778-4641	129	13	9.9	50.4%	72 (55.8%)	3 (2.3%)	39 (30.2%)	5 (3.9%)	2 (1.6%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (3.9%)								(n/a)																												13.6								15.0
Valley Vista Public Waldorf	Public, Charter	K-8	730 North Webster Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 778-4762	0			—															(n/a)																	47.4	51.6		49.3	42.6	32.7	50.0	51.0	64.3	64.5		48.6	37.0	25.0	23.7	27.5	28.6	35.5		29.6

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Petaluma Joint Union High	0.95 mi	11	617^th
Old Adobe Union	1.48 mi	6	524^th
SBE - River Montessori Elementary Charter	2.38 mi	1
River Montessori Elementary Charter District	2.38 mi	1	261^st
Cinnabar Elementary	3.25 mi	2	1399^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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