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Helen M. Lehman Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5685^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of California elementary schools

Summary

Helen M. Lehman Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 373 students in the Santa Rosa Elementary district, consistently ranking among the lowest-performing schools in California.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with only 13.3% of students proficient in English and 10.5% in math, rates far below nearby schools like Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts (47.4% English) and Roseland Elementary (35.7% English), despite serving a similarly high-need student population. Chronic absenteeism, while improved from pandemic highs, remains a concern at 23%, and the student-teacher ratio of nearly 25 to 1 is higher than many peers, which can impact individual attention.

Not all comparisons are negative; the school has shown a notable recent drop in chronic absenteeism and its support for English Language Learners is a relative strength. However, the school's academic performance has declined over the past decade, and its per-student spending is lower than other district schools such as Albert F. Biella Elementary. This suggests that how resources are used for instruction and student support may be a critical area for improvement to help students succeed.

373

Students ?

24.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,448

Per pupil spending ?

90.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1700 Jennings Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-4556

(707) 890-3935

District: Santa Rosa Elementary

Students who attend Helen M. Lehman Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hilliard Comstock Middle
High:	Piner High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.9%

Asian:

4.8%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2012 → 3rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (11% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2012

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school11%

District avg28%

California avg41%

5,685^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Santa Rosa Elementary

1120^th of 1,543Santa Rosa Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.0	5685 of 5857	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	5520 of 5869	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	5096 of 5859	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	5765 of 5883	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	5475 of 5789	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.2	5354 of 5692	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.5	4912 of 5614	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.6	4569 of 5611	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	32.8	3825 of 5530	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	30.7	3891 of 5390	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	42.0	3085 of 5377	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	35.9	3440 of 5314	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.1	3238 of 5193	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	41.3	2865 of 5113	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	41.2	2833 of 5113	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	34.2	3041 of 4818	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	30.1	3266 of 4822	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	17.7	4143 of 4809	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.5	2585 of 3162	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	2919 of 3245	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	2974 of 3311	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	2997 of 3275	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.9	5439 of 5597	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	5381 of 5612	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	4912 of 5609	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	5557 of 5635	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	5163 of 5492	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.8	5052 of 5107	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	4953 of 5107	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	4609 of 5087	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	5045 of 5084	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	4810 of 4963	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.4	5256 of 5460	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	5126 of 5517	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	4613 of 5363	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	5100 of 5264	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.9	4947 of 5173	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	5427 of 5628	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	5127 of 5643	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	4876 of 5638	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	5523 of 5663	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.0	5252 of 5510	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)18th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy13%-36 vs state

Mathematics11%-27 vs state

Science2%-30 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Helen M. Lehman Elementary	Public	K-6	1700 Jennings Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3935	373	15	24.8	90.3%	17 (4.6%)	17 (4.6%)	298 (79.9%)	18 (4.8%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.7%)	10 (2.7%)	9	5685^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.9%		12.5	5520^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.9%	165	2.4		2.4	10.9	11.3	5.3	22.8			13.3	0.0	13.0	9.8	19.0			10.5	83.6	88.1	97.0	92.5	88.1	91.0	$18,448	$1,625	$16,823
Albert F. Biella Elementary	Public	K-6	2140 Jennings Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3906	274	15	18.2	90.1%	37 (13.5%)	6 (2.2%)	208 (75.9%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	9 (3.3%)	19.7	4855^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.1%		21.3	4749^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.1%	106	15.2		15.2	17.9	20.7	31.3	24.1			23.7	34.5	18.8	18.2	25.0			23.8							$23,189	$1,910	$21,279
Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	850 West Ninth St.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3940	305	18	16.9	92.1%	24 (7.9%)	2 (0.7%)	267 (87.5%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	5.5	5825^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.5%		5.9	5847^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.4%	22	6.5		6.5	8.3	5.1	9.7	16.7			9.9	13.9	0.0	0.0	5.6			5.1							$23,471	$1,648	$21,823
James Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	2567 Marlow Rd.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3910	315	13	24.2	86.3%	3 (1.0%)	6 (1.9%)	295 (93.7%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	12.2	5490^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.3%		12.9	5485^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.5%	5	18.2		18.2	17.7	6.5	21.4	22.5			17.0	21.2	6.0	11.4	16.0			13.8							$19,712	$1,536	$18,176
J. X. Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	246 Brittain Ln.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Wright Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 525-8350	332	15	22.1	78.0%	63 (19.0%)	7 (2.1%)	200 (60.2%)	25 (7.5%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.3%)	35.3	3553^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	39.3%		46.5	2760^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.0%	793	18.2		18.2	41.7	31.0	38.2	57.9			41.5	44.7	30.2	10.7	30.8			27.3							$19,922	$1,916	$18,006
Kid Street Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	709 Davis St.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Kid Street Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 525-9223	118	7	16.8	72.9%	37 (31.4%)	5 (4.2%)	45 (38.1%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (22.0%)	41.1	3145^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.3%		50.2	2541^st of 5869 public elementary schools	56.7%	604				27.8	53.3		50.0			42.9	38.9	21.4		31.3			32.7							$19,032	$1,251	$17,781
Steele Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	301 Steele Ln.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3945	447	19	23.5	70.0%	40 (8.9%)	7 (1.6%)	362 (81.0%)	12 (2.7%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.1%)	16 (3.6%)	8.2	5731^st of 5857 public elementary schools	2.2%		7.1	5810^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.0%	79	5.5		5.5	13.1	13.0	7.6	7.0			10.1	26.2	12.8	3.6	6.9			12.9	93.2	94.9		94.9	94.9	93.2	$21,469	$2,563	$18,906
Roseland Elementary	Public	K-6	950 Sebastopol Rd.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Roseland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 545-0100	471	23	20.4	94.3%	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	446 (94.7%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	31.9	3809^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.0%		32.5	3734^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.4%	75	9.8		9.8	27.7	34.3	42.2	41.4			35.7	45.5	20.3	23.5	31.0			30.3							$17,850	$1,172	$16,678
Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	756 Humboldt St.	Santa Rosa	95404	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3920	384	20	19.3	45.8%	238 (62.0%)	7 (1.8%)	98 (25.5%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.6%)	53.1	2421^st of 5857 public elementary schools	58.7%		48.9	2620^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.4%	199	42.9	12.5	26.7	47.7	59.5	60.0	47.2	45.0	25.6	47.4	31.8	50.0	34.3	17.0	15.0	5.1	25.3	88.1	90.5	92.9	90.5	90.5	92.9	$20,543	$1,245	$19,298
Cesar Chavez Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2480 Sebastopol Rd.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3890	773	39	19.9	74.4%	49 (6.3%)	4 (0.5%)	696 (90.0%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.4%)	32.5	3765^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.7%		30.7	3881^st of 5869 public elementary schools	33.9%	116	16.7	6.2	9.1	38.7	42.9	31.5	42.3	28.4	20.1	30.7	36.1	35.7	16.7	19.2	11.4	6.2	17.0	93.8	95.8		95.8	95.8	96.9	$21,980	$1,437	$20,543

Frequently Asked Questions about Helen M. Lehman Elementary

What schools do graduates of Helen M. Lehman Elementary attend?

Students who attend Helen M. Lehman Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hilliard Comstock Middle
High : Piner High

What district is Helen M. Lehman Elementary in?

Santa Rosa Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Helen M. Lehman Elementary?

Students at Helen M. Lehman Elementary are 80% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 5% African American, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Two or more races.

Is Helen M. Lehman Elementary a good school?

Helen M. Lehman Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Helen M. Lehman Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 373 students attended Helen M. Lehman Elementary.

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