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Schools in Bodega Bay · Shoreline Unified School District, West Sonoma County Union High School District

Bodega Bay’s public schools beat 50% of California districts

The public schools Bodega Bay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

14%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
56%
▲ 8 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
43%
▲ 10 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
65%
▼ 23 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$39.1K
▲ 84% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.0
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools
1
27 students
The School Grade

How Bodega Bay compares

B+ Test scoresD Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (181)Better than 14%
High confidence. Built on 577 tested students and a graduating class of 442; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Bodega Bay (some depend on your address).

The path, start to finish
K–5Bodega Bay ElementaryShoreline Unified School District
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Analy Highin Sebastopol

Three districts serve Bodega Bay

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · K–8, Harmony Union School District67%
State average 48.5%
Reading · K–12, Shoreline Unified School District43%
State average 48.5%
Reading · K–12, West Sonoma County Union High School District56%
State average 48.5%
Math · K–8, Harmony Union School District47%
State average 33.4%
Math · K–12, Shoreline Unified School District20%
State average 33.4%
Math · K–12, West Sonoma County Union High School District43%
State average 33.4%

Every school in Bodega Bay

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
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Colleges near Bodega Bay

There’s no college in Bodega Bay, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, 18.9 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Bodega Bay. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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