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Albert F. Biella Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4855^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of California elementary schools

Summary

Albert F. Biella Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, serving 234 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Santa Rosa Elementary District, which is ranked 1123 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's higher spending per student, which has increased from $13,471 in 2020-2021 to $23,189 in 2023-2024, Albert F. Biella Elementary consistently performs below the district and state averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 23.73% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 32.59% for the district and 48.81% for the state. In mathematics, the school's end-of-course proficiency rate was 23.77%, compared to 25.02% for the district and 37.3% for the state. The school's performance in science is also significantly lower than the district and state averages.

Additionally, Albert F. Biella Elementary has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 34.9% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 47.47% to 81.2% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Nearby schools, such as Cesar Chavez Language Academy, Steele Lane Elementary, and Helen M. Lehman Elementary, also perform below the state average in academic assessments, but generally outperform Albert F. Biella Elementary.

274

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,189

Per pupil spending ?

90.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2140 Jennings Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-9528

(707) 890-3906

District: Santa Rosa Elementary

Students who attend Albert F. Biella Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hilliard Comstock Middle
High:	Piner High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

75.9%

White:

13.5%

Asian:

3.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 8th percentile in 2022 → 17th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 17th (2025) from a 8th-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg28%

California avg41%

4,855^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^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	19.7	4855 of 5857	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	4749 of 5869	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	4996 of 5859	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.1	5438 of 5883	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.2	4344 of 5789	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.5	3960 of 5692	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	25.3	4155 of 5614	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.7	4153 of 5611	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	29.7	4064 of 5530	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.1	3866 of 5390	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	36.6	3497 of 5377	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	34.4	3533 of 5314	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2009	38.0	3172 of 5193	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	37.1	3129 of 5113	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.4	3013 of 5113	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	43.5	2525 of 4818	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	52.5	2072 of 4822	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2004	56.6	1844 of 4809	61.7%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	19.1	3104 of 3162	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	2568 of 3245	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	2970 of 3311	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.3	3118 of 3275	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	4837 of 5597	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	4248 of 5612	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	5120 of 5609	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	5190 of 5635	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	4149 of 5492	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	4180 of 5107	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.5	3453 of 5107	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.2	4095 of 5087	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	4727 of 5084	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	3912 of 4963	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	4141 of 5460	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	4292 of 5517	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	4344 of 5363	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	4920 of 5264	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.4	3609 of 5173	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	4526 of 5628	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	4689 of 5643	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.3	4406 of 5638	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	5177 of 5663	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	4111 of 5510	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile~ school

Female (2025)14th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)2nd percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics24%-14 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy24%-25 vs state

Science15%-18 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
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
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
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
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
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
Village Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2590 Piner Rd.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Village Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 524-2848	118	0	1685.7	35.6%	62 (52.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (20.3%)	54.2	2351^st of 5857 public elementary schools	59.9%		64	1878^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.0%	473	46.2		42.9	45.5	50.0	38.5	69.2	54.6		54.3	45.5	35.7	30.8	30.8	45.5		38.6							$12,218	$00	$12,218
Morrice Schaefer Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1370 San Miguel Ave.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Morrice Schaefer Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 522-3015	304	12	24.8	71.4%	69 (22.7%)	5 (1.6%)	177 (58.2%)	31 (10.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.6%)	20.3	4800^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.0%		23.6	4507^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.2%	293	17.9		17.9	26.8	21.3	28.6	27.8			26.1	31.7	17.0	23.2	16.7			22.2
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
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
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Albert F. Biella Elementary

Is Albert F. Biella Elementary a good school?

Albert F. Biella Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.1% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Albert F. Biella Elementary?

Students at Albert F. Biella Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 14% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

What district is Albert F. Biella Elementary in?

Santa Rosa Elementary

What schools do graduates of Albert F. Biella Elementary attend?

Students who attend Albert F. Biella Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hilliard Comstock Middle
High : Piner High

How many students attend Albert F. Biella Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 274 students attended Albert F. Biella Elementary.

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