Schools in Zip Code 95409

Schools in zip code 95409 include eight schools serving 4,258 students from kindergarten through grade 12: five elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Their grade spans vary, including a middle school serving grades 5–6 and another serving grades 7–8. The most important finding for families is that results differ substantially from school to school: the All Grades proficiency ranges span 47 percentage points in ELA, 46 points in math, and 56 points in science.

Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter leads the supplied All Grades results, with 83% proficient in ELA, 82% in math, and 78% in science; its figures are for grades 5–6. Among the five K–6 schools, Austin Creek Elementary leads all three subjects, at 79% in ELA, 74% in math, and 66% in science, and leads elementary schools in ELA and math in every shared tested grade from 3–6. At the other end, Whited Elementary Charter scores 36% in ELA, 36% in math, and 22% in science. Those results are 13 points below the state in ELA, 2 points below in math, and 14 points below in science. Maria Carrillo High also stands out for completion: its 96% graduation rate is 8 points above the state, and its 3% dropout rate is 5 points below.

Across the schools, average proficiency declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 1 point in ELA, 1 point in math, and 2 points in science, even as state results rose. Individual trends differ: Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter fell 8 points in ELA, while Madrone Elementary rose 5 points in ELA and 4 in science; Rincon Valley Middle improved in all three subjects. SchoolDigger gives Austin Creek a 93rd-percentile ranking and five stars. For context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 16% at Austin Creek and 56% at Whited; Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter’s student-teacher ratio was 32 to 1. Because grade spans differ, All Grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.