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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 95409

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Schools

853

Students

Top rankedRincon Valley Middle786^th of 2,740 California middle schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 95409 has two middle schools enrolling 853 students in total: Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter serves grades 5–6, and Rincon Valley Middle serves grades 7–8. Both schools’ 2025–2026 all-grades results were above the state figures, but they serve different grades, so their overall scores are not a same-grade comparison. The clearest standout is Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter, which was well above the state in all three subjects.

Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter had the higher reported all-grades results: 83% in ELA, 82% in math and 78% in science, compared with 56%, 43% and 42% at Rincon Valley Middle. The gaps were 27 points in ELA, 39 in math and 36 in science. Santa Rosa’s results were 34, 44 and 42 points above the state, while Rincon’s were 7, 4 and 6 points above. Grade-by-grade comparisons also favor Santa Rosa: its results exceeded state figures by 32 to 50 points in the subjects and grades reported. Rincon’s grade 7 results were above state figures, but grade 8 ELA was 2 points below the state.

Results moved in different directions over time. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Rincon rose 2 points in ELA, 4 in math and 1 in science; Santa Rosa fell 8, 6 and 3 points, respectively, but remained well above the state. SchoolDigger’s percentile for Rincon also edged down, from 75 in 2023–2024 to 71 in 2025–2026. Context differs, too: Santa Rosa enrolls 128 students and has a 32:1 student–teacher ratio, compared with Rincon’s 725 students and 23:1 ratio. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was 15% at Santa Rosa and 34% at Rincon; these are reported school measures, not explanations for test results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					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	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rincon Valley Middle	Public	7-8	4650 Badger Rd.	Santa Rosa	95409	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3870	725	32	23.0	34.1%	352 (48.6%)	8 (1.1%)	236 (32.6%)	60 (8.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	59 (8.1%)	66.1	786^th of 2740 public middle schools	71.3%		65.3	777^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.9%	9		42.0	42.0			64.3	47.8	56.2			47.9	37.2	42.7	$14,590	$551	$14,039
Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter	Public, Charter	5-6	4650 Badger Rd.	Santa Rosa	95409	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3860	128	4	32.0	14.8%	86 (67.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)	22 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.4%)								(n/a)	78.1		78.1	81.3	85.7			83.5	76.6	87.3			81.9	$16,071	$506	$15,565

Cities Near Zip Code 95409

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Rosa	0.16 mi	70	573^rd
Kenwood	5.64 mi	1	152^nd
Rohnert Park	7.41 mi	16	484^th
Glen Ellen	8.03 mi	1	195^th
Calistoga	8.6 mi	3	480^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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