Summary:
ZIP code 95409 has one high school, Maria Carrillo High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,584 students; with no other high school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, the school’s graduation rate was 96%, compared with 88% statewide, and its dropout rate was 3%, compared with 8% statewide. It was also above state proficiency results in all three reported all-grade subjects. Its clearest strength is English language arts: 64% were proficient, 15 percentage points above the state.
Against state and district benchmarks, Maria Carrillo’s lead is largest in ELA and smallest in math. Its 2025–26 proficiency was 43% in science and 39% in math, compared with 36% and 38% statewide; it was 7 points above the state in science and 1 point above in math. Compared with the Santa Rosa High district, the school was ahead by 22 points in ELA, 14 in science, and 14 in math. The school’s 11th-grade results were also above state results: 64% in ELA, 39% in math, and 43% in science, with leads of 7, 8, and 5 points, respectively.
Proficiency results show a narrowing advantage over the state: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, school scores fell by 1 point in ELA, 7 in math, and 1 in science, while state scores rose in all three subjects. The school’s lead narrowed by 1 point in ELA, 8 in math, and 4 in science, leaving math just 1 point above the state. SchoolDigger ranked Maria Carrillo 546th of 2,137 schools, in the 74th percentile with four stars, in 2025–26; its ranking history moved down 305 places and 15 percentile points since 2023–24. Chronic absenteeism was 19%, 1 point above the state but 8 points below the district. Context for families: the student–teacher ratio was 21.7 in 2024–25, and 35% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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