Sonoma County Schools

School Districts

List of school districts in California, then skip down to Sonoma County . . . Wikipedia Link

If you want current statistics of schools you can go to: CA Dept of Education District profiles  or SCOE

Ed-Data is a partnership of the California Department of Education, EdSource, and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team/California School Information Services (FCMAT/CSIS) designed to offer educators, policy makers, the legislature, parents, and the public quick access to timely and comprehensive data about K-12 education in California. This site lists ALL schools, even those closed.

Elementary and High Schools

Alexander Valley Union School District [Healdsburg Area] (TK-6, 1 school, 115 students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Alexander Valley School (K-6) . . . Website

Bellevue Union Elementary School District [Santa Rosa Area] (TK-6, 4 schools, 983 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . History 

The Bellevue Union Elementary School District was established when the residents of the Steuben, Todd, Wilfred and Hearn School Areas voted to unionize in a general election on January 11, 1949, and was officially named the Bellevue Union School District on January 21, 1949. from History(PDF) This PDF has pictures of all the schools and names of teachers!  

Bellevue School (TK-6, 407 Students in 2024) Built in 1952 . . . Website

Hearn School (1867-1952) . . . History (PDF)

Kawana Springs Elementary School (TK-6, 302 Students in 2024) Our school first opened its doors in 1954 and will be undergoing major renovation 2022-2024. . . . Website;

Meadow View School (TK-6, 416 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Steuben School (1864-1952) . . . History (PDF)

Stoney Point Academy (2013-2018) (K-12) . . . Info

Taylor Mountain School (TK-6, 449 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Todd School (or Valley View School) (1856-1952) . . . History (PDF)

Wilfred School (1913-1952) . . . History (PDF)

Bennett Valley Union School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-6, 2 schools, 938 students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

A public school district based in Santa Rosa, in Sonoma County, California, United States. It operates two elementary schools, Yulupa School (TK-3) and Strawberry School (4th-6th). The district served 983 students in the 2011–2012 school year. (2012)

Strawberry School (4th-6th, 378 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Yulupa School (TK-3, 560 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Cinnabar School District [Petaluma Area] (Est. 1859, TK-8, 1 school, 220 students 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

The Cinnabar Elementary and Charter School District is a one school district. Cinnabar School serves 220 students in grades TK-8. The school and district were established in 1859 for the purpose of serving the children who lived mostly on farms just north of Petaluma.

Cinnabar Elementary & Charter School (TK-8, Charter, 176 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Cloverdale Unified School District (TK-12, 4 schools, 1303 students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

The Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD) is located in Sonoma County, California, 30 miles north of Santa Rosa. The district serves around 1,400 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Cloverdale High School (9-12, 380 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Eagle Creek (2013) . . . Info

Jefferson Elementary School (K-4, 493 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Johanna Echols-Hansen Continuation High School (JEH) (11-12, 20 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . About

Washington School (5-8, ?? Students in 2024) . . . Website

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District (TK-12, 13 schools, 6,595 students in 2024)  . . . Website . . . Wikipedia (Has a history!)

The building of schools always reflects growth. In 1900, there was only an 8-grade, one-room school house located on land donated by the Pages. When the first Rohnert Park children started attending school in Cotati, there were less than 250 students and only one school in Cotati School District. The Cotati-Rohnert Park School District today is a complete system. Many schools have been built. John Reed was the first school in Rohnert Park (dedicated in January, 1962), thereafter, Waldo Rohnert, Thomas Page (in Cotati), and La Fiesta Elementary Schools, Rohnert Park Jr. High School, and Rancho Cotate Sr. High School were built. (Wikipedia)

Credo High School (9-12, Charter, 440 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Credo High School is a tuition-free, college-prep, Public Waldorf independent charter school authorized by the Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District.

Creekside Middle School (1995-2010), renamed Lawrence E. Jones Middle School . . . 

El Camino Continuation High School (10-12, Continuation, 52 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Evergreen Elementary School (TK-5, 578 Students in 2024) . . . Website

John Reed Elementary School (1962) (TK-5, 360 Students in 2024) . . . Website

John Reed School was built in 1962 and was the first school in Rohnert Park. John Reed is currently a Transitional Kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school.

La Fiesta Elementary School (Was this renamed University Elementary at La Fiesta?)

Lawrence E. Jones Middle School (2010-) (6-8) . . . Website

In Spring 2010, the school district closed Mountain Shadows Middle School due to district-wide declining enrollment and the California budget crisis and merged it with Creekside Middle School, which opened in 1995. The combined school, on the former Creekside campus, opened in August 2010 and was named Lawrence E. Jones after a longtime School Resource Officer. (Wikipedia)

Marguerite Hahn Elementary (1978) (TK-5, 498 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Opening in 1978, Marguerite Hahn Elementary School has continued to work hard to create a challenging, safe, and rewarding environment for our students. Who is Marguerite Hahn, Read this article: Link

Monte Vista Elementary School (TK-5, 537 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . History

Mountain Shadows Middle School (1980-2010) . . . Article . . . Info

Phoenix High School (1994-2013) (10-12, Continuation) . . . Info

Rancho Cotate Sr. High School (1966) (9-12, 1674 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

It was established in 1966 and named after the Rancho Cotate land grant. It serves the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District. Enrollment in the 2006–2007 school year was about 1800-1900 students.

Richard Crane Elementary School (TK-5, 257 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Rohnert Park Jr. High School,

Technology High School (1999) (9-12, 338 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia (has great history of the school)

Technology High School is a magnet school with a focus in science, math and technology, located in Sonoma County, California. It was founded in 1995 under the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District on the Sonoma State University campus. It was sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and the Autodesk foundation. The school opened its doors in 1999.

Technology Middle School (2013) (6-8, 405 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Technology Middle School, home of the Tech Tigers, is located in central Rohnert Park. Our student body of approximately 450 is comprised of students from all the elementary schools in Rohnert Park as well as students from Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Penngrove, and Sebastopol. We opened our doors in August 2013.

Thomas Page Academy (1969) (TK-8, 447 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Thomas Page Elementary School - previously grades K-6. The school is located in 1075 Madrone Avenue in Cotati. Its school mascot is the tiger, and its annual fundraising event is a "Tiger Prowl" Walk-A-Thon. Its campus, built in 1969, occupies a 10.5-acre (4.2 ha) rural parcel on Madrone Avenue, just south of State Route 116 at 38.33°N 122.726°W.[7] The school is named after Dr. Thomas Stokes Page, an immigrant from Valparaíso, Chile, who settled in the area in the 1840s. (Wikipedia)

University Elementary at La Fiesta (2013) (K-5, 265 Students in 2024) . . . Website

University Elementary at La Fiesta, a partnership between Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District and Sonoma State University, was founded in 2013 by a group of Sonoma State University professors, Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District teachers and administrators, and local parents who are passionate about hands-on experiential learning promoted through project-based education.

Waldo Rohnert Intermediate (1980-2018) (3-5) . . . Info

Dunham School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 1 school, 174 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . Info

Dunham School District includes Dunham Charter (K-5th Grades) and Dunham Elementary (6th Grade). We are a 'California Distinguished School' located in the rural dairy lands of NW Petaluma. Established in 1870, Dunham is the only school in our small district serving 180 students in grades K-6th with one class per grade level.

Dunham Charter (2010) (K-6, 161 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Dunham Elementary (1980) (6th, 9 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Dunham Elementary (1870-1981) (K-6) Street address: 4111 Roblar Road, Petaluma, California . . . Pic Spring 1962 . . . Pic

The one-room school was originally built in 1870; was part of the Roblar district. A larger school was built in 1920, and the original 1870 school was converted into a social hall in 1923. In 1975 a new six-room school was constructed. For more information, see: Harlan Osborne column, Toolin' Around Town, Argus-Courier, 2010-09-23 (Link)  or? 3995 Roblar Road, Petaluma, California??

Forestville School District (K-8, 2 schools, 486 students) . . . Website. . . Wikipedia

Forestville Academy (2006) (2-8, Charter, 163 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Forestville Elementary (1980) (TK-1, 59 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Fort Ross School District [Cazadero Area] (K-8, 1 school, 40 students) . . . Website . . . History

Fort Ross Elementary is a small, rural, one-school district founded in 1885. Fort Ross School has two classrooms with 15 wonderful students. TK-4, taught by Ms. Romero, and grades 5-8, taught by Mrs. Willhoit.

Fort Ross Elementary (1980) (K-8, 15 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Geyserville Unified School District (K-12, 3 schools, 273 students) . . . Website (With a History) . . . Wikipedia

The Geyserville schools date back to the mid-1850's with upwards of 10 one-room schoolhouses around Alexander Valley and Dry Creek Valley. Oriental, Canyon Road....to name a few. In 1915, Geyserville High school began with students meeting in an old shed building on Geyserville Avenue with the first graduating class of two girls in 1917. In the 1920's a high school building was erected East of the elementary school. In 1972, the middle and high school students were moved to new facilities north of the Russian river while the elementary (K-5) remained on Geyserville Avenue.

Buena Vista Continuation High School (1980) (9-12, 6 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Geyserville Community Day (2004-2010) (6-8 grade) . . . Info

Geyserville Educational Park High (1980-2014) (9-12) . . . Info

Geyserville Elementary School (1980) (TK-5, 1921) (K-8, 94 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Info

Geyserville Middle School (1980-2014) (6-8) . . . Info

Geyserville New Tech Academy (2014) (Middle School 6-8) & (High School 9-12) (103 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Gravenstein Union School District [Sebastopol Area] (K-8, 2 schools, 810 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . History (w/ photos)

There are two schools in the district: Gravenstein Elementary School and Hillcrest Middle School. The principal of Gravenstein Elementary School is Keri Pugno and the principal of Hillcrest Middle School is William Deeths. GUSD schools have earned six California Distinguished Schools awards since 1990; Gravenstein Elementary School has earned two awards while Hillcrest Middle School has earned four California Distinguished Schools awards since 2000.

Gravenstein Community Day (2002) (K-8, 6 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Gravenstein Elementary (1980) (TK-5, Charter, 478 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Gravenstein First (2012) (1, 41 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Hillcrest Middle School (1980) (6-8, Charter, 289 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Guerneville School District (K-8, 1 schools, 302 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

California Pacific Charter - Sonoma (2019) (K-12, Charter, 152 Students in 2024) . . . Website

California Pacific Charter Schools is an accredited, free online public school for California students in 15 counties for grades TK-12. CalPac offers California students TK-12 a standards aligned curriculum created specifically for online instruction.

California STEAM Sonoma II (2017-2019) (K-12, Charter) . . . Info

Guerneville Community Day (2001-2015) (6-8) . . . Info

Guerneville Elementary (Charter) (1980) (K-8, Charter, 190 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Guerneville Primary (2018) (K, 17 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Harmony Union School District (K-8, 3 schools, 834 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Harmony Union School District is a public school district based in Occidental, California which feeds into the West Sonoma County Union High School District. Its offices are located at 1935 Bohemian Highway, Occidental, CA 95465.[2] As of October 2009, it had an enrollment of 790 students (including charter school students).

Harmony Elementary School (1980) (K-1, 60 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Pathways Charter School (2002) (charter Independent Study school, K-12, 323 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Salmon Creek Middle School (1992) (charter school, 2-8, 179 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Healdsburg Unified School District (TK-12, 4 schools, 2,267 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Healdsburg Charter (2011-2020) (1-5, Charter) . . . Info

Healdsburg Elementary (1980) (TK-5, 400 students) . . . Website

Healdsburg Elementary School is a TK-5 school on two campuses. Healdsburg Elementary School (HES) serves students in transitional-kindergarten through second grade and Fitch Mountain Campus (FMC) serves students in grades third through fifth.

Healdsburg High (1980) (9-12, 460 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Founded in 1888, Healdsburg High School remains the only comprehensive public high school within the Healdsburg City limits and, as such, is a cornerstone of the community.

Healdsburg Junior High (1980) (6-8, 282 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Marce Becerra Academy (1996) (11-12, 37 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Horicon School District (K-8, 1 school, 86 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Horicon Elementary School is a rural, one school district in the northwest corner of Sonoma County. The district is one of the largest geographically in the state and includes the coastal community of the Sea Ranch and Stewarts Point to the west; Annapolis Road and east along Skaggs Springs Road. Horicon is a Transitional Kindergarten through 8th-grade school with a very small student-to-teacher ratio.

Horicon Elementary (Unknown) (TK-8, 74 students) . . . Website

Kashia School District (K-8, 1 school, 8 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Kashia Elementary (1980) (K-8, 8 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Kenwood School District (K-6, 1 school, 153 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Kenwood Elementary (1980) (K-6, 111 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Liberty School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 2 schools, 635 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . History

Liberty School, serving 219 pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students, is nestled in the rural, dairy ranching area of Petaluma, fifty miles north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. Founded in 1857, Liberty School is the oldest school in continuous operation at the same site, in Sonoma County. Many families have been attending Liberty School for generations.

Heartwood Charter (2019) (K-12, 600 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Liberty Elementary (1980) (2-6, 158 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Liberty Independent Study (2020) (K-12, Unk Students in 2024) . . . Website

Liberty Primary (2010) (TK-1, 54 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Mark West Union School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-6, 4 schools, 1,421 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Mark West Union School District (MWUSD) is a public school district formed in 1868 in the Mark West/Larkfield area of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California. The school district is named for the area it serves, which is named for William Marcus West.

John B. Riebli Elementary (1992) (K-6, Charter, 404 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

opened in August 1992 and serving more than 500 students in 2010–11.

Mark West Charter School (2004) (K–8, Charter, 107 Students in 2024) . . . Website

a charter school serving more than 150 students. opened in 1868 and serving more than 400 students in 2010–11.

Mark West Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 424 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . History 

Welcome to Mark West Elementary School! Mark West Elementary School opened in 1868 as the original school in the district. It was the first Spanish speaking school in Sonoma County. Mark West is part of the unincorporated Larkfield area and a suburb of Santa Rosa. 

San Miguel Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 404 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Who is San Miguel? 

Monte Rio Union School District (TK-8, 1 school, 67 students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Monte Rio Elementary (1980) (TK–8, 67 Students in 2024) . . . Website 

Montgomery School District [Cazadero Area] (K-8, 1 school, 22 students in 2024) . . . Website . . . History . . . Wikipedia

The very first school Cazadero children attended was in 1895 called Millericks located on Ward Creek just below the site of our present day Montgomery school. In 1904 Montgomery School was built as a one room school house.

Montgomery Elementary (1980) (TK–8, 22 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Oak Grove Union School District [Santa Rosa Area] (1854) (K-8, 2 schools, 722 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Oak Grove Union School District has around 800 students and serves western Santa Rosa, California and eastern Sebastopol, California. The district has one elementary school and one middle school. Oak Grove School, a TK-5 grade school, is nestled in the hills above the little town of Graton. Willowside Middle School, a 6-8 grade middle school, is located just west of Santa Rosa, among vineyards and rural environments. Both schools boast small populations with a private school-like atmosphere. The superintendent of the district is Amber Stringfellow. Oak Grove school was founded in 1854 making Oak Grove Union School District the second-oldest school district in California.

Oak Grove Elementary (1980) (TK–8, 102 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Oak Grove Elementary/Willowside Middle (1980) (1–8, 714 Students in 2024) . . . Website . . . Website for Willowside

Willowside Middle School is a converted charter school serving students in grades 6-8. The school is located on the western edge of Santa Rosa amidst oak woodland and vineyards.

Old Adobe Union School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 5 schools, 1,832 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . History PDF

La Tercera Elementary (1980) (TK–6, 313 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Loma Vista Immersion Academy (2013) (TK–6, Charter, 468 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter (1980) (TK–6, Charter, 299 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Old Adobe Elementary Charter (1980) (TK–6, Charter, 295 Students in 2024) . . . Website

River Montessori Elementary Charter (2009) (TK–6, Charter, 133 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Sonoma Mountain Elementary (1997) (TK–6, Charter, 451 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Petaluma City Elementary School District [Petaluma City School] (Elementary) (K-6, 8 schools, 2,272 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

6th Grade Academy (2013) (TK–6, Charter, 468 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Grant Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 373 Students in 2024) . . . Website
Mary Collins School at Cherry Valley (2013) (TK–6, Charter, 468 Students in 2024) . . . Website

McDowell Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 313 Students in 2024) . . . Website
McKinley Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 313 Students in 2024) . . . Website
McNear Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 313 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Penngrove Elementary School (2013) (TK–6, Charter, 468 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Petaluma Accelerated Charter Academy (2013) (TK–6, Charter, 468 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Valley Vista Elementary School (1980) (TK–6, 313 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Petaluma Joint Union High School District [Petaluma City School] (7-12, 10 schools, 5,731 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Piner-Olivet Union School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-8, 6 schools, 1,683 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Rincon Valley Union School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-6, 9 schools, 2,965 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Roseland School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-12, 3 schools, 1,994 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Santa Rosa Elementary School District [Santa Rosa City] (K-6, 14 schools, 4,734 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Santa Rosa High School District [Santa Rosa City] (7-12, 19 schools, 11,964 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Montgomery High School (1980) (9–12, 1,433 Students in 2024) . . . Website

Opened in 1958, this school was the second high school in Santa Rosa City Schools. It has since expanded to include five comprehensive high schools, with bungalows and air conditioning added as the school grew. In 1995, the school became an IB World School and offers the IB Diploma Program

Sebastopol Union School District [Sebastopol Area] (K-8, 4 schools, 1,173 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Sonoma Valley Unified School District (K-12, 12 schools, 4,793 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Twin Hills Union School District [Sebastopol Area] (K-8, 4 schools, 908 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Two Rock Union School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 1 school, 152 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Waugh School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 2 schools, 899 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

West Side Union School District [Healdsburg Area] (K-6, 1 school, 163 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

West Sonoma County Union High School District [Sebastopol Area] (9-12, 5 schools, 2,435 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia . . . (Analy & El Molino HS's Combined in 2021)

Wilmar Union School District [Petaluma Area] (K-6, 1 school, 224 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Windsor Unified School District (K-12, 8 schools, 5,344 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Wright Elementary School District [Santa Rosa Area] (K-6, 3 schools, 1,435 students) . . . Website . . . Wikipedia

Reserach

~ California, U.S., Historical Students Database, 1893-1946 [Ancestry.com] . . . Link

~ U.S. Yearbooks, 1890-1979 (FREE) [MyHeritage]: 32,867,332 pages in 253,429 yearbooks . . . Link

~ U.S. Yearbooks Name Index, 1890-1979 (FREE) [MyHeritage]: 255,383,607 records in 253,429 yearbooks . . .Link

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