Summary:
Zip code 95476 has eight schools serving kindergarten through high school: five labeled elementary, one middle school, and two high schools, including a K–8 charter. In 2025–26, schoolwide results varied widely, and the average school result was below the state result in ELA, math, and science. The most urgent concern is Creekside High: it had the lowest published ELA and science results, at 18% and 9%, and chronic absenteeism of 72%, compared with 18% statewide.
The strongest results depend on the subject: Sonoma Valley High led ELA at 62%, 12 percentage points above the state’s 49%, while Prestwood Elementary led reported math and science at 30% and 39%. Prestwood’s science result was 3 points above the state’s 36%; its math result was still 9 points below the state’s 38%. At the other end, Creekside’s ELA and science were 31 and 27 points below state results. Altimira Middle had the lowest published math result, 18%; Creekside’s math result was suppressed and cannot be ranked. Creekside’s graduation rate was 82%, below the state’s 88% and the district’s 93%.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, science improved at six of the seven schools with results in both years, while math fell at four of the six with published results in both years. SchoolDigger’s rank percentile also shows different trajectories: Prestwood fell from 59 to 42 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while Creekside rose from 7 to 13 but remained low. Context measures do not align neatly with results: Prestwood’s student–teacher ratio was 18.0 and its free/reduced-lunch-eligible share was 31% in 2024–25, while Sonoma Charter had a 48% eligible share that year and 39% math proficiency in 2024–25, above the state’s 37%; its K–8 span makes that comparison less like-for-like. These figures are useful context, not explanations for school outcomes.
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